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I have a pound of unopened RL 26, I don't dare use it for fear of never finding it again!!!! Just genuflect your loaded rounds in front of the R26 canister and they will have increased mojo.
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H1000 works just as well.....
that being said... I have like 10 to 12 pounds of it...
one 8 lb keg and then singles...
picked it all up when it was being sold for like $22 a pound at Sportsman's Warehouse...
the 8 pounder was like $125 or so....
stocked up mainly due to the price....
this was after sending 3 pounds of it to one of my campfire buddies...
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My experience with RL-26 is the same as Jordan's: Very consistent velocities, accuracy and POI in a wide range of temperatures, from below zero Fahrenheit to above 90.
Am also a great admirer (and user) of H1000, again because of actually testing it in a wide range of field conditions for accuracy and veloicity.
But 26 can get a little more zip out of certain cartridge/bullet combinations, due to being double-based.
Like Jordan, I tend to pick powders by actually testing them in rifles at various temperatures, instead of guessing.
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Like Jordan, I tend to pick powders by actually testing them in rifles at various temperatures, instead of guessing. Well, if you remove all conjecture & subjectivity, what’s left to dicker over?
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My experience with RL-26 is the same as Jordan's: Very consistent velocities, accuracy and POI in a wide range of temperatures, from below zero Fahrenheit to above 90.
I think what some or most of what I was seeing at 90 plus degrees is that I had a too hot load to begin with. They ejected fine only had slightly flattened primers (yes voodoo) it is just the velocity I was getting was in the Bob Hagel range for the 6.6x55.
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Where do you get "super unstable with temp" for '26. I've read it wasn't the best, nor the worst, overall not that bad.
DF
It's right in line with most double base non-stabilized powders. Depending on the application it generally clocks in at over 2 ft/s per degree of instability which is enough to take a load outside of a velocity node with only a 10-20 degree variation from the temperature it was developed at. Well designed temp stabilized powders like the Alliant RL16/23/ARCOMP series or the more recent Hodgdon Extreme powders can stay on the same velocity node over a 100+ degree swing. My experience with RL-26 is the same as Jordan's: Very consistent velocities, accuracy and POI in a wide range of temperatures, from below zero Fahrenheit to above 90.
Am also a great admirer (and user) of H1000, again because of actually testing it in a wide range of field conditions for accuracy and veloicity.
But 26 can get a little more zip out of certain cartridge/bullet combinations, due to being double-based.
Like Jordan, I tend to pick powders by actually testing them in rifles at various temperatures, instead of guessing. What a surprise.......Llama Bob has no clue what he's talking about, once again.
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Where do you get "super unstable with temp" for '26. I've read it wasn't the best, nor the worst, overall not that bad.
DF
It's right in line with most double base non-stabilized powders. Depending on the application it generally clocks in at over 2 ft/s per degree of instability which is enough to take a load outside of a velocity node with only a 10-20 degree variation from the temperature it was developed at. Well designed temp stabilized powders like the Alliant RL16/23/ARCOMP series or the more recent Hodgdon Extreme powders can stay on the same velocity node over a 100+ degree swing. My experience with RL-26 is the same as Jordan's: Very consistent velocities, accuracy and POI in a wide range of temperatures, from below zero Fahrenheit to above 90.
Am also a great admirer (and user) of H1000, again because of actually testing it in a wide range of field conditions for accuracy and veloicity.
But 26 can get a little more zip out of certain cartridge/bullet combinations, due to being double-based.
Like Jordan, I tend to pick powders by actually testing them in rifles at various temperatures, instead of guessing. What a surprise.......Llama Bob has no clue what he's talking about, once again. You noticed...  DF
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Tejano,
I knew the editor of one of the magazines Bob Hagel wrote for regularly, and he said more than one of Hagel's rifles ended up with chamber expanded so much the barrels had to be replaced.... :-)
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John Steinbeck
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Tejano,
I knew the editor of one of the magazines Bob Hagel wrote for regularly, and he said more than one of Hagel's rifles ended up with chamber expanded so much the barrels had to be replaced.... :-) Yeah, but look how much fun he had... DF
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Guys Powder valley has reloader 26 in 1 pounders instock, 429 as of this post............good luck!
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Guys Powder valley has reloader 26 in 1 pounders instock, 429 as of this post............good luck! Thank You!
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Powder Valley website now shows "out of stock."
429 one-pound bottles sold in less than 24 hours. I wonder when more will be available.
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