My 6.5-06 with a 23" barrel and 56gr RL-26 with a 140 Berger VLD does 3050fps , 100fps faster than my previous load of 49gr. RL-17.
My 26" Krieger 6.5-284 will consistently shoot 140 VLD's at 3K with RL-17, around 48 gr. IIRC. Great accuracy.
Guess I need to try some 26.
DF