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Have a box of those 200 grain Partitions & a big jug of Reloder 23. You guys have me itching to work up a dark timber load

Only problem is I don't have a current 30 06 in the house!

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Accuracy? Velocity variation? Any oddities due to "crunching"?

I suspect that might kill a big game animal.

gunner500 and others-

Twenty months ago I worked up a load for my M1885 with the 27" barrel of the 200 NPT with RL22. 58 grains produced 2725 fps and also primer leaks. 57 grains gave about 2680 fps, so I considered that max. Temps at testing were 35°F. Since the ammo and rifle were heading for Namibia, I thought maybe 57 grains was not all that conservative, and might be well above 2700 fps with temperatures of 95°F.

The Problem: I was using Norma brass and Winchester WLR primers. Last year I found my lot of primers was one of the ones to be recalled, so I'm thinking of redoing the test with either replacement WLRs or something else. The primer leaks with WLRs may have been a false-positive for pressure problems.

QUESTION: What primers and what make(s) of brass are you using for your loads using RL22 and 200 NPTs?

Thanks.
--Bob

I loaded some up tonight with R17. I'll see how they do in the morning. How do you get 62 grains of R26 in a 3006 case???

Ok. I'll try it.
Have you tried R23?

I loaded some up tonight with R17. I'll see how they do in the morning. How do you get 62 grains of R26 in a 3006 case???

Ok. I'll try it.
Have you tried R23?

This is my 200gr Accubond load out of my 28" Pacnor barreled 30-06
Win case,WLRM primer,61.0grs of Reloader 26 2815fps.You would probably lose around 25fps per inch of barrel length.

I wasn't too impressed with Reloader 26 until I used it for 180gr bullets in my 30-06's.It certainly works for 180gr and heavier.So what is better,a 180gr at 2992fps or a 200gr at 2815fps?I chose the 180gr to shoot a red stag and it worked very well.

It depends on what you define as "better" Obviously your 200gr Accubond load is shooting better, based on the 2 pictures you posted. Who knows if its' consistent, you say you were not impressed with RL26 until you used it for the 180gr. Why? Your 200gr load appears to be more precise, unless there's something your are not telling us. Is that load consistent? How is it for 5 shots? I'd take the 200gr load any day over the 180, but that goes back to what your take is on "better". I've used 180's on elk and they stop them, even the Nosler partiton. The 200's tend to penetrate deeper and within reasonable hunting distance, you won't notice a difference in trajectory between the 2. Having shot the 30-06 all my life and using many weights of bullets, I have personally settled on the 200 gr partition as a do it all bullet for the old war horse. It does great things and there's a reason Win458 loves that combo so much as well. You can use the 180's if you want, but there's a reason so many of us like the 200gr pills.

Ok: 54.0 grains R17, 200 grain Accubomb, Russian primer, avg velocity was 2780.

56.2 grains IMR 4350 produced 2928 fps with 178 ELD-X and the Russian primer. I did not try R26.
57.4 grains of Hunter with the same 178 ELD-X was only 2890 so the 4350 was the faster load with equal accuracy.

25" barrel

Ok: 54.0 grains R17, 200 grain Accubomb, Russian primer, avg velocity was 2780.

56.2 grains IMR 4350 produced 2928 fps with 178 ELD-X and the Russian primer. I did not try R26.
57.4 grains of Hunter with the same 178 ELD-X was only 2890 so the 4350 was the faster load with equal accuracy.

25" barrel