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26 Nosler ????
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<blockquote data-quote="IdahoCTD" data-source="post: 1011419" data-attributes="member: 13110"><p>My 6.5-300wm shoots 140 Amax's at 3300fps in Winchester brass with 73grs of Retumbo (3230fps in RWS brass with 70grs. This is a hot load in my gun but the brass takes it and I have 7-8 firings on some of my brass). It will shoot even faster with R-33 but it isn't quite as accurate. That's a lot more powder for no gain and way expensive brass. That case should shoot closer to 3400fps (since it's basically just a shortened 6.5STW) but if the brass is weak or it's not accurate then it is what it is. </p><p></p><p>Ball powder, while it's a necessary evil in overbore cases, is terrible stuff for powder fouling. I have over 100 rounds through my gun since the last time I cleaned it and it's still very accurate. I doubt the same can be said shooting 85grs of ball powder in the 26 Nosler. As a matter of fact the powder fouling would probably be bad enough the accuracy would be gone. I also think a lot of those people that buy factory guns and never clean them are going to end up selling off their 26 Noslers cheap when they stop shooting because the powder fouling got bad enough or they cooked the throat hot lapping rounds through it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IdahoCTD, post: 1011419, member: 13110"] My 6.5-300wm shoots 140 Amax's at 3300fps in Winchester brass with 73grs of Retumbo (3230fps in RWS brass with 70grs. This is a hot load in my gun but the brass takes it and I have 7-8 firings on some of my brass). It will shoot even faster with R-33 but it isn't quite as accurate. That's a lot more powder for no gain and way expensive brass. That case should shoot closer to 3400fps (since it's basically just a shortened 6.5STW) but if the brass is weak or it's not accurate then it is what it is. Ball powder, while it's a necessary evil in overbore cases, is terrible stuff for powder fouling. I have over 100 rounds through my gun since the last time I cleaned it and it's still very accurate. I doubt the same can be said shooting 85grs of ball powder in the 26 Nosler. As a matter of fact the powder fouling would probably be bad enough the accuracy would be gone. I also think a lot of those people that buy factory guns and never clean them are going to end up selling off their 26 Noslers cheap when they stop shooting because the powder fouling got bad enough or they cooked the throat hot lapping rounds through it. [/QUOTE]
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