Originally Posted by 28lx
Originally Posted by 79S
Rl26 with a 162 out of a 22 inch barrel will have rethinking anything 120 or 140.. some rl26 with that 180 eld-m chit you won’t be talking about 6.5 cm no more



Do you have any load data and velocity numbers with the RL26 in 7mm-08?



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Cartridge          : 7 mm-08 Rem.
Bullet             : .284, 180, Hornady ELD-M 28503
Useable Case Capaci: 43.304 grain H2O = 2.812 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 2.800 inch = 71.12 mm
Barrel Length      : 22.0 inch = 558.8 mm
Powder             : Alliant Reloder-26

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 3.0% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step    Fill. Charge   Vel.  Energy   Pmax   Pmuz  Prop.Burnt B_Time
 %       %    Grains   fps   ft.lbs    psi    psi      %        ms

-30.0   78    33.60   1745    1217   19650   6733     80.1    1.897
-27.0   82    35.04   1829    1337   21814   7251     83.3    1.817
-24.0   85    36.48   1916    1467   24250   7757     86.3    1.740
-21.0   88    37.92   2004    1606   26996   8244     89.1    1.665
-18.0   92    39.36   2095    1754   30102   8702     91.7    1.592
-15.0   95    40.80   2186    1911   33626   9125     93.9    1.521
-12.0   98    42.24   2279    2076   37637   9502     95.9    1.450
-09.0  102    43.68   2373    2250   42222   9826     97.5    1.373
-06.0  105    45.12   2467    2432   47488  10090     98.7    1.299
-03.0  108    46.56   2561    2621   53570  10287     99.5    1.229  ! Near Maximum !
+00.0  112    48.00   2655    2817   60637  10410     99.9    1.163  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+03.0  115    49.44   2748    3019   68909  10460    100.0    1.100  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+06.0  119    50.88   2841    3227   78674  10486    100.0    1.039  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+09.0  122    52.32   2935    3442   90318  10494    100.0    0.982  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+12.0  125    53.76   3028    3666  104375  10482    100.0    0.927  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+15.0  129    55.20   3123    3899  121579  10448    100.0    0.875  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!


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