Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles RL26 25-06 experiment

initial test with a:

26" barrel,
Nosler 115 gr BT
Nosler brass
Fed 210M
RL 26 --- 55 and 57 grains

Both loads are 1/2" 3 shot groups.

Don't know velocity yet but from what I've seen on this Nosler forum ( https://forum.nosler.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=30389 ), velocity could be running ~3200 fps. Brass and primers didn't show any real pressure signs.

Looks pretty good. Seems like if you shortened them both a hair you'd be chopping in high cotton. 26 has worked really well for me in my 25-06.

next tests will adjust the seating depth and then also push the throttle forward slightly

I am at 58.5 but have not tested them yet. I think I will use 3200 fps as a sort of baseline but this may be too conservative. Let us know how it works out.

More testing with both 25-06 and 7mm Rem Mag. The 7Mag partition load grouped about 3/4" with a 65gr charge so will need to back that one down for accuracy.





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