Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting The new 26 Nosler

$4295 according to the web site. He offers a discount for the first orders. Looks like a great gun.

I can see $600 replacement barrels on existing magnum rifles with tired tubes. Lots of Loonies can do their own glass bedding, etc. I'm sure we'll be seeing those projects.

DF

Finished this one up. Now to see how it runs out.

Looks good...need a range report!

Very nice!

The plan is to run it out mid morning. I will certainly post up the results.

Based off of what I've seen with my 270 STW.
Barrel life will be short.
Toasting the throat doesnt necessarily mean that it will loose accuracy.At least not right away. But what typically happens first, is you loose speed.Would not surprise me one bit if after you got to 300 rounds that you drop 100 fps due to "throat roast".
Thinking this would be a good application for Melonite barrel treatment.
I got a look at the reamer print today.The 26 has a 35 degree shoulder.and looks like a nice clean looking round with no surprises.
For a open country,flat shooting,hard hitting, low recoiling round.Id carry one..
I hope Nosler does well with it.
Run a 127g Barnes LRX at 3450 fps.
And poop will die...before they hit the ground....

dave

Hopefully load workup comes quickly....this is a cartridge that a person needs twins setup exactly the same, one for play and one for hunting!

Initial 20 rounds of the factory 129's are history. I was wanting to get a feel for 100 to 500yrds and this is what I came up with.

20 rounds, Avg 3317 with ES of 60 and SD15. 100yrd Zero, 3.25 at 300, 4.75 at 400, 7.5 at 500yrds.

Shot my 6CM (just finished last fall) right next to this rifle. The recoil got me a little even though I have been running some heavy hitters. On the 500yrd target I changed my hold on the rifle on #4 and #5 and am certain that is what pulled them left.

Got the 20 cases worked and will run some 142SMK and or 140 Berger Hybrids on the next run for giggles.

My brass should be here shortly so I will drop back and retest.

Something I should mention. The last few Bartlein barrels I have ran seemed to settle in at 60 to 80 rounds give or take. Not blaming the barrel, just stating what I have witnessed on the previous.





300yrd group. One sighter, two follow up.


12th round Magneto Speed results.

Any word on other major manufacturers picking it up yet? I'd like to see a Savage or Ruger.

Gunner,

Not to hijack, but tell me more about your 6 Creedmoor. I'm having one built this year. Thanks.

Interesting.

129's at a little over 3300 is .264 Win Mag territory. I get 3250 with the 140's

When you go to loading for it, try RL 33. I bet it will get you more velocity

...and I'd like to hear your results

Necked up to 270 would clean up a lot of 24" 270 barrels lying around.... 150 LRAB. $300 mag actions. TI stock. See a lot of dirty little hammers being rolled... Just sayin'..

W

6 Creedmoor and 243 Win, both with Berger 105gr Hybrids, both run 42gr H4350 at a near equal 3,010fps.
The CM has a Bartlein 7.8 twist and the 243 8 twist, both heavy palma contour finished at 24". Both are new barrels that I haven't pushed much yet. My last 243 barrel was the same and I ran 115gr BN DTACs at 43gr (3,010fps).

Both shoot fantastic, but I don't care for the bullet seating in the neck on the CM. I dropped a round or two and actually kicked the bullet a bit. (.015" off the lands in both)

Hornady brass on the 6CM from GA Precision, Win on the 243.

Overall I think it is a great round and without wearing a barrel out that is all I can really say about it. I got 3,000 rounds out of my last 243 Bartlein and 5 or 6 loadings on each win case. If I were to do it over again I would likely have passed on the 6CM and ran a standard 260.



6CM on the bottom, 243 top.

Why not go all out and get a 408 cheytac and push a 305gr bullet at 3350fps.

Curious why you didn't throat the CM shorter? Both cartridges appear to be about the same OAL, so that pretty much cancels out the purpose of the CM. If you wanted it to be 243 length with identical bullets, why not just run a 243?

Thanks.

That is how it is set up. I don't recall the two reamer specs but this one is the shorter of the two.

Next up.....

140gr Berger Hybrids. Next to 300WM/168gr Hunting VLD and 338LM/250gr SMK.

Gunner, What stock are you using on the new rifle? Sorta looks like a B&C M40?

gzig5 that is exactly what it is. (Long action version #1001)

Hmmmm...I darn near bought one of the new Rem700 Longe Range in 7mag that carries that stock. Cabelas had them for $700 and I fiugred it would be a good basis for a 26 Nosler with a new tube. Or would the magazine in the 300 Ultra work better? Have to go hold one to see how it feels. Looks like a pretty decent stick for the price.