Time to find a load for the 6.5 PRC

[Lab rat]

So with rifle season quickly approaching its time to find a good hunting load for the 6.5 PRC starting with 55 grs of RL26 150 LRAB bullets federal 215 primers if any has used this combination please any helpful information you could throw my way would greatly appreciated

 

[zr600]

Should be a good hunting combo. I don't have any experience with lr accubond but I think a lot of people are running standard large rifle primers in the 6.5prc. I have found some good nodes I believe in my buddies 6.5prc with ccibr2 and rl26 with 124 hammer hunters. Hammer bullets told me to run a standard primer not a magnum in the prc.

 

[med358-boise]

Just FYI, Nosler shows book max for that 150 @ 56 grains and the the starting load @ 52 grains and the moast accuarte load at 54.
I would load a safety check load 50, 51, 52, 53. then load 3 rounds at 53.4, 53.8, 54.2, 54.6, 55, and 55.4, and 56. You should find two of those have a very similar group size and the same POI and there is you node, split the difference between those two loads.

 

[RockyMtnMT]

Don't use magnum primers.

 

[JakeM300winnie]

Don't use magnum primers.

Yep. I had better luck with standard primers. CCI200

 

[sable tireur]

So with rifle season quickly approaching its time to find a good hunting load for the 6.5 PRC starting with 55 grs of RL26 150 LRAB bullets federal 215 primers if any has used this combination please any helpful information you could throw my way would greatly appreciated

As with any request such as yours, the limited scope of the load precludes most of us from helping out.

Because most rifles and their associated barrels differ from each other, it might be best to get on with your testing personally. Usually there are no short cuts to the best, most accurate loads.

I used Re-26 and a lighter weight solid for a competition build with a short barrel which performed great. The difference was that I used Rem. 9-1/2 Large Rifle Primers for that result. This from a reloader far happier with the Federal #210 and the CCI 200.

Be sure to test your primer selection to achieve the best results.

Enjoy!

 

[FLHunter88]

Browning x bolt long range 6.5 PRC. Hornady brass, federal 210, 156 berger, 57.3 RL 26. Pretty sure I'm 2.288 cbto. Why are you using magnum primers? Some reports and bullet makers don't see an improvement in performance with those or even say it decreases performance.

 

[BrentM]

Seems close. I run 55.5 with 210's. 55 might be about right with a magnum.

 

[tylsmith33]

I have been doing some development with rl26 and and 150 ablr I use standard lr fed primer and lapua brass. I kind of cheated in my initial development out of a savage ultralite proof 24" barrel, I started with a load I had for my previous prc, which was 56.5 gr it shot 2970 avg velocity. The mag was a little a little longer on the ultralite so I have been playing with seating depth. I haven't found a real hammer of a load in this gun with the 150ablr's yet but so far 2.960 col has shot the best at about .6". I do have the 143 eldx shooting groups in the .4 range at near max mag length. I will probably stretch out the ablrs a few more thousands and see if they tighten up.

 

[IHFarmer07]

I've got some loaded up myself, waiting on a nice day to shoot.
Using rl26 and magnum with cci200's. I think I started rl26 at 54 and 59 with magnum. Can't remember, I think I loaded 7 with magnum and 5-6 with rl26 1/2 grain increments at 2.970 or somewhere in that neighborhood.

 

[MOA or bust]

Is the OP's load for elk, deer, antelope, all?

 

[A guy named Bob]

Another vote for 210M
I tested 5 different primers, the 215Ms were slightly too hot, the 210Ms we not. My particular rifle wanted the 210Ms, E.S. was very low. Im not a fan of the Nosler 150 ABLR in the 6.5 PRC. It is my opinion the outer copper jacket on that bullet is too thin and can break down in flight IF the velocity is around 3000fps. Nosler's factory 6.5PRC ammo with that bullet runs around 2750 at the barrel, even though the factory ammo box from Nosler states 2950. I tested the heck out of them and had very lengthy talks with Noslers ballistic technician. The bullet was designed for long range expansion, so might not max out the velocity. This is just my opinion based on my experience, for what its worth.
My rifle liked
ADG brass, 59 grains N565, Berger 156, 210M, in a 20'' SAAMI barrel. 1/4 min@100yrds all day long.

 

[pupdistress]

I may be going back to r26 after trying n565 with 156s in a +p barrel. I started with standard and yes my speeds dropped with magnum for what ever reason. I usually use magnum in everything because a long time ago I thought it played out more consistent with temp. I probably need to revisit my thought process now since I adapted to different techniques over the years

 

[Txcowboy50]

Yep. I had better luck with standard primers.

I prefer standard large rifle primers but with shortage have uses mag primers and they seem to work ok.