I found reloader26 in stock today but man was it expensive! $55 per pound and $405 for an 8# jug! I was down to half a pound and feeding four rifles so I caved in and bought the 8# jug. Now if some 6.5 bergers would show up!

I’m darn glad that I bought an 8 pounder prior to this insanity! memtb

When it worked so damn good in the Creed and the PRC I decided I’d get it when I seen it. Have 26# stashed away ready to go. Now the 7 mag loves it so WIN-WIN for me.

Glad I have my two 8lb jugs

That's nuts

and to think when it was launched, all the Sportsman's Warehouses around here were selling it at $22.00 a pound, and like $125.00 or something in that range for the 8 pound ones... I'd buy one every time I was in their stores....I think I ended up giving 10 to 12 pounds of it away to fellow campfire members or local friends here in Oregon...

Still got a bunch of it... and like anything else I got that will make a gun go bang.... nope it ain't for sale...

Same here. I brought it at the right tiime.

Ph uck for $405 bucks I would’ve found another powder to use.

I guess you gotta do what you gotta do to feed your rifle but I wouldn't have paid 405 dollars for it. I bought all the powder and primers I'll ever need for my rifles during the Trump years.

I waited out VV N550 & N165. Took a long while but I got 12# each when the price was down..........as much as it was going to get.

Some azzholes are paying over $100/lb on GB!

Post pictures of this mysterious powder you've found. 😁

Haven't seen any Get around my area in about 2 years.

24# or so left of RL26
8# of Retumbo
9# of H1000
8# of H4350
Quite a few other. I’m set for awhile.

Roy

Did I feel like I paid too much? Yes, am I glad I have it now, yep !

Another boring nonstory today. 60.5 grains RL 26 behind a 150 NP in my 270 Winlite. 3/4 in for 3 shots at 2980. Just like everybody else said it would. Hard to argue with results like that.

IMR 7977 is a great substitute for RL 26.
Gets about 50 fps less but is not temp sensitive and gets better accuracy in everything I burn it in.

I did not find the magic in RL26 with my 270 win using 150 gr bullets.

Performed parallel to a couple other powders I use.

Just my gun I guess.

I found it works great in my 6 cm, 6.5cm, and my 6.5 prc

im thinking of trying it my 280

It’s my go to powder in my 300 Weatherby and 300 Winchester both with 200 grain Nosler Partitions.
I used to use H1000 in my 300 Winchester - it’s still the second best powder in that rifle.

It’s the first one I will reach for myself unless I’m just trying to be different. In the 270 and 280, 26 is the speed king and usually very accurate.

Every gun and barrel is different for sure, but in the couple of 270's I have tried it in RL26 has gained 150-200fps over any other powder I have tried

I worked up a load for my .280, with RL26 and a Hornady 150 ELD-X, a fairly high-BC bullet. With 60.1 gr., I get MV of 3050 fps, and sub-MOA accuracy out of my rifle's 22" PacNor barrel. This puts the performance of a .280 into a higher category, and I daresay will rival a lot of 7mm Rem Mag loads downrange, with little fuss.

Anyone got a 280ai load with Re26....maybe with 140's?

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Yup, hard to go wrong with that one. I might even give that one a shot with my 760 270 Win.. It's only got Skinner's on top, so extreme accuracy wouldn't even be able to be judged, but like the others, I am sure it will be more than enough. Might run the 150 BT's in that one though.

My observation and experience is RL26 seems to be akin to the Barnes X Bullet—shoots plenty accurate in some rifles, not so much in other rifles.

Of my five 270’s, one of them flat won’t shoot it well—and it has a custom bbl to boot. One of my 243’s has ok accuracy with 100g NPt’s, but H4831 does better, albeit at slower velocity.

My first batch of RL26 produced velocities equal to what Alliant advertised, subsequent lots have ran 50-70 fps slower in my 270’s and 243’s. I have an 8# jug of another lot that I haven’t opened yet, I’m curious to see what it does.

As a added note, with the 160g NPt in the two 270’s I’ve tried, IMR 7977 handily beats out RL26 for accuracy AND velocity.