Ive got four good loads so far for 3 different bullets in a Field Craft. 40.0 of RL 15 with 129 Hornady and 130 Berger @ 2760fps, 47.0 RL 22 with a 147 Hornady @2700 or a little more. Those three loads were around 1.5" or a little less at 300 yards for 3 shot groups. I worked up to 47.6 RL 26 for 2760 fps and it shot moa @ 300 yards but that was before I got the seating depth squared away. This rifle likes the 147 Hornady around 50 thou off. Going to try the 26 again at the right seating depth. If it does what I think it will, 147's @2760 from a 21" barrel is going to be sweet.
Jim, that is some great velcoity...my Fieldcraft with an 18" barrel is just over 2700 fps with the 147....seems to keep 3 shots inside 1 MOA but I am right in the lands right now...need to work on backing it up some too see if I can get even better accuracy. BTW my powder charge was .1 less than yours...they both seem to like that amount of powder roughly.
I have run 47.5 of RL 26 in a 22" barrel with the 147 ELD-M and am getting 0.75" consistently at 2768. Have gotten as small as 0.43" and more than a few groups at 0.60" or less.
I'm not super-crazy about running the ELD-M on game the size of elk so I am wanting to see what RL 26 can do with the 143 ELD-X and 142 ABLR. Anybody tried these two bullets with RL 26?
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