Testing RL 26 in the 280 Remington

Those pills are moving! Should put a smack down on about anything you will hunt with that rifle.
 
hunter24605":18qgqtve said:
Went today with my 280 and 154 gr Interbonds...I stopped at 61.5 gr..Didn't see signs of over pressure, except for the primers had a very slight raised ridge around the firing pin dimple..Needless to say, I'm impressed with RL-26.

4 shots at 100 yards.
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Very awesome load. That is a one load sorta deal that will do anything asked of a 280 Rem. Congrats on such a good load. I'm very impressed with that Interbond, even 200 FPS faster from my MSM.
 
A local shop always has a good supply of just about any powder or bullet you want, but his prices are higher than everybody else. The other day his sign said "Semi Retirement Sale, 25% off".. I stopped and got his last four pounds of RL-26 for right at $23.00 ea...If you can find it, it is definitely worth searching for...I'm seriously considering giving it a try in the 264 WM
 
"Very awesome load. That is a one load sorta deal that will do anything asked of a 280 Rem. Congrats on such a good load. I'm very impressed with that Interbond, even 200 FPS faster from my MSM."

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The Interbond, or lack thereof, is what drove me to this forum and the AccuBond in the first place..I really liked Interbonds for deer and black bear and had invested the time and cost to develop loads for all my deer/bear rifles with them, then they got placed on Hornady's dreaded "Temporarily Suspended" list for a long time, so that absence from the market led me to the AccuBond..Since they've came back I've slowly been stocking up and now have 500 for each of the calibers I load them in...Just an interesting side note..The SST performs almost exactly like the Interbond (in the air, not in terminal performance) On a couple rifles I used the much cheaper SST to dial in a load and when satisfied used the Interbond to fine tune for hunting..
 
Nice score.

I think it'll work excellent in your 264. I have ran RL25 forever and 26 is better yet.
 
Can someone see what QL says about RL-26 with 150gr Scirocco 2's in a 22" 280 rem with rem 9-1/2M?
 
Code: 
Cartridge          : .280 Rem.
Bullet             : .284, 150, Swift Scirocco
Useable Case Capaci: 58.708 grain H2O = 3.812 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 3.330 inch = 84.58 mm
Barrel Length      : 22.0 inch = 558.8 mm
Powder             : Alliant Reloder-26

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 1.0% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step    Fill. Charge   Vel.  Energy   Pmax   Pmuz  Prop.Burnt B_Time
 %       %    Grains   fps   ft.lbs    psi    psi      %        ms

-10.0   94    54.54   2641    2323   39896  12286     96.8    1.313
-09.0   95    55.15   2675    2384   41374  12424     97.3    1.290
-08.0   96    55.75   2710    2445   42918  12556     97.8    1.268
-07.0   97    56.36   2744    2508   44527  12679     98.2    1.246
-06.0   98    56.96   2778    2571   46206  12793     98.6    1.224
-05.0   99    57.57   2813    2635   47959  12899     98.9    1.202
-04.0  100    58.18   2847    2700   49790  12997     99.2    1.181
-03.0  101    58.78   2881    2765   51704  13084     99.5    1.161  ! Near Maximum !
-02.0  102    59.39   2916    2831   53703  13163     99.7    1.140  ! Near Maximum !
-01.0  103    59.99   2950    2898   55795  13231     99.8    1.120  ! Near Maximum !
+00.0  104    60.60   2984    2966   57984  13290     99.9    1.101  ! Near Maximum !
+01.0  105    61.21   3018    3034   60275  13338    100.0    1.081  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+02.0  106    61.81   3052    3102   62675  13376    100.0    1.062  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+03.0  107    62.42   3086    3172   65192  13409    100.0    1.044  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+04.0  108    63.02   3119    3241   67831  13440    100.0    1.025  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+05.0  109    63.63   3153    3311   70599  13469    100.0    1.007  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

Results caused by ± 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge
Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value:
+Ba    104    60.60   3140    3285   73785  12647    100.0    1.002  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value:
-Ba    104    60.60   2750    2518   45277  13194     94.7    1.229
 
Could we possibly get load data for 175 gr ELD-X bullet?
60k psi and 64k psi? Please?
Using RL-22 and.RL-26, and a 24" barrel.


Hawk

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Code: 
Cartridge          : .280 Rem.
Bullet             : .284, 175, Hornady ELD-X 2841 G7
Useable Case Capaci: 55.542 grain H2O = 3.606 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 3.330 inch = 84.58 mm
Barrel Length      : 24.0 inch = 609.6 mm
Powder             : Alliant Reloder-26 *C

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 1.0% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step    Fill. Charge   Vel.  Energy   Pmax   Pmuz  Prop.Burnt B_Time
 %       %    Grains   fps   ft.lbs    psi    psi      %        ms

-10.0   94    51.75   2582    2590   43087  10766     99.5    1.419
-09.0   95    52.33   2613    2653   44722  10839     99.7    1.394
-08.0   96    52.90   2644    2716   46427  10905     99.8    1.371
-07.0   97    53.48   2674    2779   48206  10963     99.9    1.347
-06.0   98    54.05   2705    2843   50062  11013    100.0    1.324
-05.0   99    54.63   2735    2908   52001  11055    100.0    1.301
-04.0  100    55.20   2766    2972   54028  11094    100.0    1.279
-03.0  101    55.78   2796    3038   56147  11132    100.0    1.257  ! Near Maximum !
-02.0  102    56.35   2826    3103   58364  11169    100.0    1.236  ! Near Maximum !
-01.0  103    56.93   2856    3169   60682  11205    100.0    1.215  ! Near Maximum !
+00.0  104    57.50   2886    3236   63109  11240    100.0    1.194  ! Near Maximum !
+01.0  106    58.08   2915    3303   65650  11274    100.0    1.174  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+02.0  107    58.65   2945    3371   68316  11306    100.0    1.154  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+03.0  108    59.23   2975    3439   71110  11337    100.0    1.134  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+04.0  109    59.80   3004    3507   74043  11366    100.0    1.115  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+05.0  110    60.38   3034    3576   77120  11394    100.0    1.096  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

Results caused by ± 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge
Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value:
+Ba    104    57.50   3005    3510   80245  10725    100.0    1.094  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value:
-Ba    104    57.50   2698    2828   48825  11735     98.4    1.328


Cartridge          : .280 Rem.
Bullet             : .284, 175, Hornady ELD-X 2841 G7
Useable Case Capaci: 55.542 grain H2O = 3.606 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 3.330 inch = 84.58 mm
Barrel Length      : 24.0 inch = 609.6 mm
Powder             : Alliant Reloder-22 *C

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 1.0% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step    Fill. Charge   Vel.  Energy   Pmax   Pmuz  Prop.Burnt B_Time
 %       %    Grains   fps   ft.lbs    psi    psi      %        ms

-10.0   96    49.86   2531    2488   44143  10286     96.3    1.410
-09.0   97    50.41   2560    2547   45709  10399     96.8    1.387
-08.0   98    50.97   2589    2605   47332  10508     97.2    1.365
-07.0  100    51.52   2619    2665   49019  10613     97.6    1.343
-06.0  101    52.08   2648    2725   50771  10713     97.9    1.322
-05.0  102    52.63   2678    2786   52592  10808     98.2    1.300
-04.0  103    53.18   2707    2848   54488  10898     98.5    1.280  ! Near Maximum !
-03.0  104    53.74   2736    2910   56457  10984     98.8    1.260  ! Near Maximum !
-02.0  105    54.29   2766    2972   58507  11064     99.0    1.240  ! Near Maximum !
-01.0  106    54.85   2795    3036   60642  11139     99.3    1.220  ! Near Maximum !
+00.0  107    55.40   2824    3099   62862  11209     99.4    1.201  ! Near Maximum !
+01.0  108    55.95   2853    3164   65164  11273     99.6    1.182  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+02.0  109    56.51   2883    3229   67551  11332     99.7    1.164  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+03.0  110    57.06   2912    3294   70033  11385     99.9    1.146  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+04.0  111    57.62   2941    3360   72617  11431     99.9    1.128  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+05.0  112    58.17   2970    3427   75306  11472    100.0    1.110  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

Results caused by ± 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge
Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value:
+Ba    107    55.40   2951    3383   76804  10772    100.0    1.110  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value:
-Ba    107    55.40   2643    2715   50054  11067     94.4    1.322
 
Code: 
Cartridge          : .280 Rem.
Bullet             : .284, 175, Hornady ELD-X 2841 G7
Useable Case Capaci: 55.542 grain H2O = 3.606 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 3.330 inch = 84.58 mm
Barrel Length      : 24.0 inch = 609.6 mm
Powder             : Alliant Reloder-22 *C

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 1.0% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step    Fill. Charge   Vel.  Energy   Pmax   Pmuz  Prop.Burnt B_Time
 %       %    Grains   fps   ft.lbs    psi    psi      %        ms

-10.0   95    48.96   2483    2395   41728  10094     95.6    1.447
-09.0   96    49.50   2512    2451   43172  10212     96.1    1.424
-08.0   97    50.05   2541    2508   44670  10325     96.5    1.402
-07.0   98    50.59   2569    2565   46223  10435     96.9    1.380
-06.0   99    51.14   2598    2623   47836  10541     97.3    1.358
-05.0  100    51.68   2627    2682   49512  10642     97.7    1.337
-04.0  101    52.22   2656    2741   51251  10739     98.0    1.316  ! Near Maximum !
-03.0  102    52.77   2685    2801   53057  10831     98.3    1.295  ! Near Maximum !
-02.0  103    53.31   2714    2862   54936  10919     98.6    1.275  ! Near Maximum !
-01.0  104    53.86   2743    2923   56887  11002     98.9    1.255  ! Near Maximum !
+00.0  105    54.40   2771    2985   58915  11079     99.1    1.236  ! Near Maximum !
+01.0  106    54.94   2800    3047   61029  11152     99.3    1.217  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+02.0  107    55.49   2829    3110   63222  11220     99.5    1.198  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+03.0  108    56.03   2858    3173   65494  11282     99.6    1.180  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+04.0  109    56.58   2886    3237   67850  11339     99.8    1.161  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+05.0  110    57.12   2915    3301   70299  11390     99.9    1.144  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

Results caused by ± 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge
Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value:
+Ba    105    54.40   2902    3272   72058  10695    100.0    1.140  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value:
-Ba    105    54.40   2588    2603   47011  10842     93.4    1.361


Cartridge          : .280 Rem.
Bullet             : .284, 175, Hornady ELD-X 2841 G7
Useable Case Capaci: 55.542 grain H2O = 3.606 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 3.330 inch = 84.58 mm
Barrel Length      : 24.0 inch = 609.6 mm
Powder             : Alliant Reloder-26 *C

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 1.0% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step    Fill. Charge   Vel.  Energy   Pmax   Pmuz  Prop.Burnt B_Time
 %       %    Grains   fps   ft.lbs    psi    psi      %        ms

-10.0   92    50.85   2533    2494   40664  10635     99.2    1.458
-09.0   93    51.42   2564    2554   42168  10719     99.4    1.433
-08.0   94    51.98   2594    2615   43733  10796     99.6    1.409
-07.0   95    52.55   2625    2677   45364  10865     99.8    1.385
-06.0   96    53.11   2655    2739   47067  10927     99.9    1.362
-05.0   98    53.68   2685    2801   48843  10981    100.0    1.339
-04.0   99    54.24   2715    2864   50694  11027    100.0    1.316
-03.0  100    54.81   2745    2928   52627  11067    100.0    1.294  ! Near Maximum !
-02.0  101    55.37   2775    2992   54644  11105    100.0    1.272  ! Near Maximum !
-01.0  102    55.94   2804    3056   56753  11143    100.0    1.251  ! Near Maximum !
+00.0  103    56.50   2834    3120   58953  11179    100.0    1.230  ! Near Maximum !
+01.0  104    57.07   2863    3186   61262  11214    100.0    1.210  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+02.0  105    57.63   2892    3251   63674  11248    100.0    1.189  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+03.0  106    58.20   2922    3317   66196  11280    100.0    1.170  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+04.0  107    58.76   2951    3384   68841  11312    100.0    1.150  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+05.0  108    59.33   2980    3450   71609  11342    100.0    1.131  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

Results caused by ± 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge
Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value:
+Ba    103    56.50   2958    3399   74991  10656    100.0    1.126  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value:
-Ba    103    56.50   2640    2709   45758  11566     97.7    1.369
 
Here are ballistic tables for the .30-06, 212 gr Hornady ELD-X @ 2610 fps first table.

The .280 Rem, 175 gr ELD-X BC .689, SD .311, @ 2834 fps using RL-26, 56.5 grs, 60k psi.

Draw your own conclusion as to which bullet has less drop, and more energy at 1000 yds.

Hawk
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Retained velocity is also important...which 7mms clearly have over 30 cals as well. But ya, this is why I love 7mms, you cant beat them ballistically...
 
remingtonman_25_06":mhqvfge2 said:
Retained velocity is also important...which 7mms clearly have over 30 cals as well. But ya, this is why I love 7mms, you cant beat them ballistically...
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Fully agree with you there!

Hawk

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But to be fair, you need to run the 30-06 with RL26 and 2750 with the 212 which is entirely within the realm of safe. Pretty sure they'd both be neck and neck at that point and maybe tip the 06 in favor of both energy and velocity.
 
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