300 win reloader 26

[Muddyboots]

I was shooting the 200AB until I ran low and tried the 196 Hammer Hunter with RL26. No trouble hitting 3150 and easy 0.5 MOA with a 20 year old 300WM Sendero with 1400+ rounds down it. Looking forward to next year to test it out since I never got a "shooter" buck in front of me on our Indiana lease. Guess I am in pay back for 2019 of 3 really nice bucks, 2 - MI and 1 - IN that totaled over 400 inches. I would recommend the 196 highly since it really doesn't care about jump and I just set it at a max magazine COAL of 3.62 which was about 0.095 jump. RL26 is crazy fast with 180-190 grain bullets as well. The 181 Hammer Hunter was over 3300 and I settled in at 3240 for again MOA of 0.5. RL26 is magic elixir for the 300WM for sure. Just be aware of temps over 80 can be serious pressure bump.

 

[Steves1911]

Ran a couple more today 75gr is the sweet spot. 2957fps from a 24" very low es/sd and a tight cloverleaf @ 100yds. Ran up to 76 grain but accuarcy fell off. Will load up the remaining pieces of peterson brass with this combo and begin testing farther out weather permitting