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<blockquote data-quote="winmag" data-source="post: 628974" data-attributes="member: 22166"><p>200 may be pushing it. I may have rounded up some. The old school rule of thumb was 50-60 feet per second, per inch, depending on case volume, etc.</p><p>When compared to a 22" barrel, the 26" is gonna shine more, & more, the hotter you load it. I'd guess it'd gain quite a bit in velocity, especially being able to take full advantage of slower powders, but you may or may not get 200 full fps. 150 ya, 175 maybe/probably, but your nearing the end of the maximum return ratio of barrel length to case capacity.</p><p>Like I said, you'd be knockin on the door of 300win velocities. Barnes bullets loaded hot would probably come closest for velocity.</p><p>Granted, you can always load a 300 hotter. But you'd be somewhere in there compared to standard loads on a 300, which is pretty dang impressive for an ol -06 I think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="winmag, post: 628974, member: 22166"] 200 may be pushing it. I may have rounded up some. The old school rule of thumb was 50-60 feet per second, per inch, depending on case volume, etc. When compared to a 22" barrel, the 26" is gonna shine more, & more, the hotter you load it. I'd guess it'd gain quite a bit in velocity, especially being able to take full advantage of slower powders, but you may or may not get 200 full fps. 150 ya, 175 maybe/probably, but your nearing the end of the maximum return ratio of barrel length to case capacity. Like I said, you'd be knockin on the door of 300win velocities. Barnes bullets loaded hot would probably come closest for velocity. Granted, you can always load a 300 hotter. But you'd be somewhere in there compared to standard loads on a 300, which is pretty dang impressive for an ol -06 I think. [/QUOTE]
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