Have a 26 nosler built on a tikka action I can get 1/2 moa with factory 142 lrab but can only get moa out of hand loads with 142 lrab tried us869 thats all i can get. I hade it shooting awsome with retumbo but pressures where to high had hard bolt lift also tried 143 eldx they wouldn't group worth a darn . any one got some good load data for these?
26 nosler help
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LongBomber
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Factory loads are 87.8gr of us869, so you should be able to make a factory duplicate load pretty easy. Any issues with sizing brass and case concentricity?
I actually pulled a bullet from factory load it was not a ball powder are u shooting ab or lrab? .No issues with cases or resizing yet so far 300 rnds down the pipe
318lll9740
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I was having same results with us869. Try rl33, start around 73gr and go up. FWIW my sweet spot was 75gr.
Man the rl33 is like gold around here super hard to find what are u running for bullets?
318lll9740
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140 nbt shoots a ragged hole with 75, and I have the 127 lrx with 79 @3500 and .80 moa. I got lucky and the old guy from my lgs had one pound he didn't even know where it came from. The rl33 works.
318lll9740
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I tried the us869 with the 129 lrab , 140 nbt, and the 127 lrx. I wasn't impressed at all
trailrider121
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I tired US869 on my 26 Nosler. I got mixed results and didn't care much for the powder. I switched to RL33 with 136gr Lapua Scenars and now shoots consistent 1/2" groups at 100 yards and doing well to 900 yards. The speed with 26" barrel is 3415fps.
How far are u off the lands ?
318lll9740
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.080 for Barnes, .050 nbt and lrab.
trailrider121
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The Scenars are .020" off the lands.
LongBomber
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Maybe they changed the factory loads, I have pulled both the 140ab and the 142lrab, both had us869.
I have run prob 10 different bullets and a bunch of powders, us869 usually gave the highest velocities, but not the best accuracy.
I ended up with the 127lrx and rl33. Gives me the most consistent groups.
How many grns you running
LongBomber
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I am running 79gr RL33, gives me 3490ish fps. I am running .070" off the lands but don't remember the oal offhand. I have a bit longer throat than sammi spec.
