The nosler 26. @ shot how will it compare to the 6.5 saum from gap?

[groundhogbuster]

I went to a local FFL in Tenn last Sunday, and a few of my buds work in the reloading/gun area and were in a whirl about this new 'Nosler 26 cartridge. He had the drawings of the OAL, and said they were getting 3450fps from a 129 Accubond. I asked if he hadn't saw the Xtreme Hunter from GAP, but he hadn't , and said they haven't gotten any of the new LR Accubonds in yet. Does anyone know more about this cartridge, and how it would compare to the 6.5saum? I won a new Bartlein barrel of my choice in contour, and cal. and I shoot a custom 260, and just wondering if I wanna new 6.5 build or stick to my original 6mm plan. Thanks

 

[Eagle1899]

It is on a long action....

 

[Wyfox]

Its a 7mm Rem Ultra Mag necked down, very over bore and will fry your barrel within 800 rounds. 6.5 saum is low pressure and should average 3000 rounds before needing a barrel.

 

[groundhogbuster]

Well that makes my mind up I guess. I thought they said it was a 30/06 necked down? Barrel burner or not I'd say for hunters are gonna love this thing since they don't put as many rds down range as a Comp. shooter.

 

[6XC]

6.5-284, 264 Win Mag, 26 Nosler and 7mm RUM:
https://twitter.com/Rockymtnx/status/424247633658380289/photo/1

 

[Natty Bumpo]

I had heard it was a necked down .375 Ruger. Barrel life might mean something to a high volume shooter. But this is being marketed to hunters as a way to essentially hold "dead on" out to 400 yards or so. There's a lot of hunters out there that will never come close to putting 800 rounds down a big game rifle in their lifetime. And some guys just want the fastest, most whiz-bang chambering available. Roy Weatherby and John Lazzeroni built succesful companies around this fact.

 

[Wyfox]

It has it's place in the shooting community, but the OP asked how it compared to the SAUM.
I'll take the 100-150fps less and shoot the shit out of it and not need to worry about burning the barrel up. Easy choice for me!

 

[Forgetful Coyote]

From what I can tell its basically a 6.5 Dakota. A .30-06 length Ultra Mag case necked down to 6.5. Should be around ~92gr H2O capacity. Performance is gonna be similar to a 6.5mm STW or 6.5-300 Weatherby.

 

[HodgdonExtreme]

No comparison to 6.5 SAUM, like comparing apples and cumquats.

The 26 Nosler has its place, and I'm sure it'll be dandy with a 250 yard zero. Capable of anchoring anything alive between 5 yards and 450 using a dead hold.

Wicked up, I suspect the SAUM wouldn't be too far behind, but ultimately, the case capacity and packaging of the SAUM is really ideal for the 130-140gr high BC bullets going 3100-3200 with a moderate charge of H1000.