Rl 26 loads

[jwing]

Post you loads!

 

[outlawsix]

Subscribing and hoping someone has a 264 win mag load! Especially if it uses a Barnes 127gr LRX bullets.

 

[Popapi]

.........looking 212grn ELD-X loads w/RL26 thanks!!!!!!!!!

 

[johnnyk]

I'm currently running the 208gn ELD-M in my .300 WinMag Savage 112BVSS with a max of 77.0gn of RL26 with CCI BR2's. I worked up to this from 74.0gn and repeated testing using 3 different primers, which I thought this amount of powder needed (Fed215, CCI250 and Rem9.5M) but the BR2's actually gave me the highest veloctiy and best accuracy. This load averaged 3092fps, .53" groups. ES was 13 and SD; 7.23 and has been consistent.
I have not tried the Berger VLD with this powder, however earlier I tried the 208gn A-Max and 210 VLD side by side in this rifle, using Retumbo/CCI 250's and the Hornadys had a slight accuracy edge over the Bergers, and I mean slight. I probably couldn't shoot the difference but with the price difference in the two, I went with the A-Max's and just carried on with the ELD-M's. Velocity was similar.


I have some of the 212gn ELD-X's that I will try this year. Hopefully they shoot as good and as consistent as the 208gn ELD-M. My plans are to take the 208M's to a mile target shooting and hopefuly the 212X's will mirror their performance for hunting. The BC's are close, .670 for the M and .673 for the X, and the velocity should be real close.

Happy shooting and be safe. JohnnyK.

 

[Popapi]

I'm currently running the 208gn ELD-M in my .300 WinMag Savage 112BVSS with a max of 77.0gn of RL26 with CCI BR2's. I worked up to this from 74.0gn and repeated testing using 3 different primers, which I thought this amount of powder needed (Fed215, CCI250 and Rem9.5M) but the BR2's actually gave me the highest veloctiy and best accuracy. This load averaged 3092fps, .53" groups. ES was 13 and SD; 7.23 and has been consistent.
I have not tried the Berger VLD with this powder, however earlier I tried the 208gn A-Max and 210 VLD side by side in this rifle, using Retumbo/CCI 250's and the Hornadys had a slight accuracy edge over the Bergers, and I mean slight. I probably couldn't shoot the difference but with the price difference in the two, I went with the A-Max's and just carried on with the ELD-M's. Velocity was similar.


I have some of the 212gn ELD-X's that I will try this year. Hopefully they shoot as good and as consistent as the 208gn ELD-M. My plans are to take the 208M's to a mile target shooting and hopefuly the 212X's will mirror their performance for hunting. The BC's are close, .670 for the M and .673 for the X, and the velocity should be real close.

Happy shooting and be safe. JohnnyK.

Let us know when you try the 212s!!

 

[Longtooth32]

Where can you find any in stock?

 

[PGJPJ]

280 AI
Nosler brass
Fed 215 primers

168 grain Berger VLD Hunting
60.0 grains RL26

168 grain Barns LRX
58.5 grains RL26

 

[WildRose]

Where can you find any in stock?

Graf and Sons.

 

[Timber338]

Cabelas has it too. They just overcharge for powder.

 

[Popapi]

Where can you find any in stock?

212s or RL26?

 

[Engineering101]

RL-26 is some pretty amazing stuff. It does for regular rifles what RL-33 does for the big magnums. Alliant has quit a bit of load data on line now for the WSMs and such but I came up with one they didn't list - a 30-06 load with the 178 ELD-X using 62.2 gr RL-26. It runs right at 2,900 fps with an ES of 14 fps. That is 3,324 foot pounds at the muzzle out of a 30-06! My 06 never did that before. The barrel is a 26" Krieger with 5R rifling. It is also good in the 300 WSM with heavy bullets.

 

[Tucker65]

Anybody using Reloader 26 with 210gr Berger vld's in a 300 WSM? Looking to try these and was wondering what kind of velocity can be expected out of a 24" barrel.

 

[WEATHERBY460]

How much rl26 is needed for 200 grain bullets in 300 win mag?

 

[Timber338]

RL-26 is working great with my 338 RUM and 250gr bullets. RL-33 has proven to be too slow in my rifle with 250's.

I'm going to try RL-26 with the 300gr bullets and won't he surprised if it outperforms RL-33.