• Winner! Quick Shot Challenge: What’s the dumbest shooting myth you’ve heard?

    View thread

147 GR ELD M and Reloader 26 for the 6.5 Creedmoor

xbonesny

Private
Minuteman
Nov 13, 2017
15
5
Anyone have any load data for the aforementioned combo? I am running Alpha Brass, 26" Hawk Hill 1:7.5 twist and Fed 210m primers.
I have taken these bullets to 1760 yards running speed of 2720, and was told to try this combo to increase FPS. I have 3 pounds coming soon, and could use some help with starting load info
 
  • Like
Reactions: bobke
I've never used Alpha brass but if it has less case capacity than Hornady I'd probably start around 44-45gr of Rl26. I run 47gr in Hornady brass with cci 200 and get roughy 2838fps out of my 22" proof with no issues.
 
I am using H4350 in Hornady brass and getting 2820fps from my 27" barrel. You should be able to get more than 2720fps with a 26" barrel.
 
Isn't rl26 pretty unstable temp wise? I'm getting 2705 with 45.0 H4831SC, br2 at mag length in a 24 inch tube. Hornady brass that has seen this load at least 10 times. Add a WLRM and get 2743 avg. Still playing with that one.
 
Isn't rl26 pretty unstable temp wise? I'm getting 2705 with 45.0 H4831SC, br2 at mag length in a 24 inch tube. Hornady brass that has seen this load at least 10 times. Add a WLRM and get 2743 avg. Still playing with that one.

Not according to some test results by a member a short time back.



My 147 load is 46 grains. For me, it’s 125 fps faster than my h4350 load.