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Hey John,

I blundered into a can of Reloader 26 at Sportsman's Warehouse, today. Any idea where I can get some loading data for it? So far I'm striking out online.

Thanks,

Reed LeCheminant

Hi Reed,

Dunno what cartridge you want to use it in, but I've been seeing some data on Alliant's website. As an example, I just checked their .270 Winchester data, clicked on the 150-grain Speer BTSP, and there it was, a maximum of 60.4 grains for 3034 fps.

Powder companies normally start with more popular cartridges when they work up data for new powders. Alliant also often lists some powders with one particular bullet in a cartridge, and other powders with another bullet of the same weight.

If you have a particular round you want data for, sometimes a call will get you info that has not been yet published.

DF

Tried RL-26 in my FN Mauser .270 22" barrel with 150 gr NP's. Worked up a load of 59.8 grs with Fed 210 Match,it got 3009 fps average first time over the chronograph,then 3011 fps average for the second time over. It shot about 1-1/4 for three shots. Tried 58.8 gr,59.8 gr never tried the 60.8 gr as the max speed was 3022 fps and I figured the 60.8 was over max.

The FN will do with about a grain less than max,but will almost equal the max load velocity.

This is it,it now has a Leopold 3x-9x-40mm.

Alliant has some data for it at their website, for popular cartridges.

I did some extrapolating and tried it in a .300 Weatherby under Nosler 210gr ABLR, with Federal 215M primers. It slightly exceeded Nosler's max speeds, and was very consistent. No sign of excessive case expansion. Not particularly accurate, but I think that is a rifle issue, not the load.

I'm REAL interested in trying 23 in the .270 Winchester