Liking RL26

[salmonchaser]

86 gr RL 26; 250 gr AccuBond; 2950 FPS; SD 9.5 ; 100 yards: 3 shots
338 Jarrett.



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[SJB358]

Another big fan of 26 here.

That 338 Jarrett seems like a rocket ship!

 

[69gto]

Great shooting, I will be trying it in my .340WBY. when I get it.

 

[Dwh7271]

Hey!
Sssssssssssssh! Quiet. That stuff is already getting hard to find. :lol:

You are correct though. It's a pretty impressive, versatile powder.

 

[DrMike]

86 gr RL 26; 250 gr AccuBond; 2950 FPS; SD 9.5 ; 100 yards: 3 shots
338 Jarrett.



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Hard not to like that powder when you are producing results like this. I need to do more work with these newer Alliant powders.

 

[salmonchaser]

The only thing that kept it from being perfect was I had left my 300 yard dope on the rifle with a minor wind correction from my last outing.
Still though, comes in at .246, beats my best group to date by .01. I guess that's important in an elk rifle


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[FOTIS]

Hey!
Sssssssssssssh! Quiet. That stuff is already getting hard to find. :lol:

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true

 

[69gto]

Midsouth has 1lb and 8lb in stock.

 

[Charlie-NY]

I'm running 89.0gr RE26 in my 338RUM under the 250 AccuBond. Velocity is right at 3,000 ft/sec. Groups of 2.5" at 400yds are not difficult to achieve.

 

[salmonchaser]

I've gotten her up to 3000fps but felt like I was pushing her a little to hard. 3000 FPS and a 250 gr bullet is serious horse power.


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[Cleveland48]

That is awesome shooting! I’m gonna have to get me some of this RL26.


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[NYDAN]

Awesome! That is some fine shooting. Great load workup.

Dan

 

[ShadeTree]

Wow. Serious power and excellent shooting.

 

[longrangehunter]

Nice Shooting............. The luck of the Irish, the cloverleaf that is!

 

[cloverleaf]

Nice Shooting............. The luck of the Irish, the cloverleaf that is!

One more time....just one more time.... I'd like to shoot a group like that. I wonder how RL 26 Would work in my 250 Savage?!?! :grin: Good for you! CL

 

[Dwh7271]

Troy,
I’d think you’d run right on case capacity before you got it rev’d up all the way

 

[jmad_81]

That is some impressive shooting, well done!

My 338 Rum loves RL-26 as well. If I remember right I was running 88.5-89 with the 250 VLD and getting 3,000 fps and great groups out of it. I switched to the 265 ABLR and dropped down to 87 gr. and am pushing them at about 2925. In the RUM case, I haven't even come close to running out of case capacity with RL-26. I got another 30 fps with Retumbo and the 265 ABLR, but case capacity was becoming an issue there.

I have had great luck with it in a pile of other calibers as well. My wifes 6 CM pushes a 105 VLD @ 3220, my father in laws 270 WSM pushes a 140 AB at 3260 (26" tube), both my 6.5 SAUM love it with the 143 ELDX or 140 VLD, and my 280 AI pushes a 168 ABLR @ 2940 with it.

 

[joelkdouglas]

I couldn’t find any local to me, and the three places that sell powder in town said they wouldn’t order it for me. One of the dumbest things I’ve heard. I understand hazmat fees, but if you are out of some popular powders I would think you would want to order those for the sales.

So I ordered 9 lbs from Powder Valley. Almost $9 per lb cheaper than local powder cost, and it was in stock. Only downside is I will have a bunch of it.


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[salmonchaser]

So far I've only run it in my 6.5; 06 and the Jarrett. I've achieved very good velocity and accuracy out of each. With my goals I'll be replacing four different powders, probably more.



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