Fotis, Thanks for the Re26 info. We're in unknown territory w/ Re26. I started out thinking that Re26 is slower than Re25. Big oops/recoil/velocity, luckily, no permanent damage done but had to "hammer" the bolt open w/ the palm of my hand. As above in this post, & on other threads on the Fire, many are using 72gr of Re22 (NOT in MY rifle!). 70gr of Re 26 in my 24" Vanguard barrel gave me 3456fps w/ the E-Tip. Based on bolt lift on extraction,& primer appearance, I noted that 71gr would be my safe max charge w/ the E-Tip @~3550fps, which is excellant velocity. With the change to the TTSX, I think that 69.5 or 70gr would be max w/ the Barnes (based on what I saw using Retumbo w/both the E-Tip & TTSX (and noticeable higher pressure w/ the TTSX compared to the E-Tip). Bottom line is that Re26 does have very good potential in the 257 Roy W.
Is that a five shot group? Is that your preferred elevation at 100yd (1.4" high)? Are you a "scope dialer" or a reticle holdover type? Longest range you've shot targets/game? TTSX performance on such game? Thanks! -Mark
