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Of course, I was not only born and raised here, but Barsness is a Norwegian name, and the rest of my heritage is Dutch, Scottish and Tuscarora, one of the tribes from upstate New York near Buffalo. None of which are exactly warm-country genes.
The shooting club I belong to (Niagara County Sportsmans) is MAYBE 1/4 mile from the border of the Tuscarora Nation Reserve. Means nothing but thought I'd add that.
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John, can you see an application for RL-26 in a 6.5 Rem. Magnum? Just starting to wring it out and testing has been limited to H4831sc and H4350 so far......
We eat organic in our house, we just have to shoot and gut it first.....
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This means I may have to dust off my drop tubes.......it's been so long I may need instruction on how to operate them.......
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John,
I forgot to ask, do you recall the ES of your cold weather string?
I've seen ES increase with a lot of powders in cold weather.
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Lawdwaz,
I've been there. Made a couple of trips to that part of the world in the early 1990's, and liked it. Good fishing in that part of the state!
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SSB,
It might work well in the 6.5 Remington, especially with heavier bullets, since it's slower-burning than H4831.
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Casey,
No need for a drop tube. RL-16 is a short-cut powder, and 60 grains doesn't over-fill the case.
The extreme spread of the shots was 21 fps.
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It just gets better!
Thanks John.
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It just gets better! Thanks John.
Ain't that the truth ! ! ------------------------- MD I just turned 67 yo and I have found LIMITS that aren't fun to cross. In my 20-40s it didn't get too cold for me. ugggh ! Jerry
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Damn......and I got all this H4831.......
I am guessing it will continue to kill chit.
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Thanks JB. BTW: RE26 is at Graf's. I just put in my order.
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Jerry,
The other factor is that I have plenty of good clothes for cold weather, and experience wearing them!
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John, thanks for the updated information on RL 26 and cold weather.
Bugger, thanks for the heads up on RL26 at Graf's, just placed my order. Even with the Haz Mat fee it is cheaper per pound than I paid a couple of months ago at a LGS.
Now SPS needs to get some 150 g. partitions in!
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Thanks for posting the info. Can't think of a Rheinmetall powder off-hand that I've had anything but good temp-resistance with. Now that Hodgy is contracting them to build 4064 (and others?), maybe that'll change, but I'm hoping not.
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Good info. Might have to try it in the .300 Roy, and .300 RUM.
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I shot some today in 45 degree weather (I know that's not cold) out of a 22" Tikka 270 with 61g of RL-26 and 150g BT's, and had a 5 Shot average of 2930fps. Accuracy was right at an inch. Warrants some more testing for sure.
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Thanks great info and I am glad I stashed 8lbs of R26 for new load work up. It is also really great for clean up. After about a hundred rounds I ran a bronze brush down the barrel and there was a puff of carbon dust when I looked down the barrel it was completely shiny. Ran a couple of wet patches and there was almost nothing on them. The de-coppering agent really seems to work.
The only thing is it doe's not seem to be an inherently accurate powder if they even exists. So far it has panned out with a little more tinkering than some other powders.
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Very good info to have MD. Thanks. RL26 has become my favorite powder for the 243 with 95gr. and 100gr. bullets. Very accurate in mine.
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