Originally Posted by Remington725
I'm interested in trying RL 26 with Barnes 168-180 gr bullets, and Nosler 180 gr bullets. Curious if any of you have experience with these combos.

Also, what difference do you see between Win LRM primers and Fed 215M primers in the 300 WM?


Speer has good data for 150-200 for R26. I am going to try both R26 and R16 with the 150 BT (Kenny Jarretts favorite culling bullet for the 300). At close to 3400 fps it should be a deer smacker of the first degree. No need to crawl through the thorns looking for them with this one.

Fed is slightly hotter. Win. is almost a magnum primer as it was designed to work with ball powders, which it does.

I rarely try multiple primers as I usually find a good load with the first couple of components I try, but at times it can make a significant difference.

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