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.270 Win + RL26 = Holy Cow
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<blockquote data-quote="MT Southpaw" data-source="post: 2082042" data-attributes="member: 96292"><p>I started down this rabbit hole with my Rem 700 270 and a 22" barrel about 4 years ago. I had always shot 130gr in the 270 win and was given a ton of older 150gr bullets, so I decided to find the max velocity I could push them for coyote hunting. The max i could find in any book was from a older manual that showed 2900 as max with RL19. Fast forward a year and I get a .243 so I started looking up max heavy target loads and kept seeing RL26 as the best for heavy bullets in .243 as well as 270. Alliant showed over 3000fps, but Every forum had people saying 3200 easy so I get some and I had over 3200 fps with no pressure signs with 62gr RL26 but 3-4" pattern so I knew I needed a 1:8 twist per the twist rate formula. Long story short I now have a 26" 1:8 twist Proof Carbon fiber chambered in 270 A.I. (purely for decreased case stretch, not velocity increase) that shoots 150gr Accubond Long Range bullets at a little over 3200fps with magnum primers and a .325" four shot group at 100 yards. Now I will say I did have a primer pop out with 63 grains of RL26 And a magnum primer in the A.I. but that was just trying to see what max could be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MT Southpaw, post: 2082042, member: 96292"] I started down this rabbit hole with my Rem 700 270 and a 22" barrel about 4 years ago. I had always shot 130gr in the 270 win and was given a ton of older 150gr bullets, so I decided to find the max velocity I could push them for coyote hunting. The max i could find in any book was from a older manual that showed 2900 as max with RL19. Fast forward a year and I get a .243 so I started looking up max heavy target loads and kept seeing RL26 as the best for heavy bullets in .243 as well as 270. Alliant showed over 3000fps, but Every forum had people saying 3200 easy so I get some and I had over 3200 fps with no pressure signs with 62gr RL26 but 3-4" pattern so I knew I needed a 1:8 twist per the twist rate formula. Long story short I now have a 26" 1:8 twist Proof Carbon fiber chambered in 270 A.I. (purely for decreased case stretch, not velocity increase) that shoots 150gr Accubond Long Range bullets at a little over 3200fps with magnum primers and a .325" four shot group at 100 yards. Now I will say I did have a primer pop out with 63 grains of RL26 And a magnum primer in the A.I. but that was just trying to see what max could be. [/QUOTE]
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