Rl 23 loads

6.5 rem mag rock 28" 1-8 t ,147 eld m moly coated
55.5 rl 23
WLR
Rem brass
3030 FPS es-6
 
.243AI (full power)
Hornady fireformed brass
108 ELD-M or 115 DTAC (coated or uncoated)
45.5gn RL-23 (not a max load)
Win LRP or CCI LRP or F210 or F210M (all tested)
3180 FPS, 4-6fps SD

.243 Win - Ackley Fire-forming load (safe and accurate, not powder hungry, fills shoulders out, doesn't send necks down the bore)
Hornady virgin brass
108 ELD-M
39.3-40.5gn RL-23
Win LRP
2800-2850fps w/ 15-30fps SD's

Charge weights left to right top row: 43.5, 44, 44.5, 45.5. Bottom group 45gn. 10 shots each group. The two off by themselves were shooter error.

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270 mri Krieger 24 bbl 1/10 tw . out side temp was 65 degrees pitted RL23 against RL22 , bullet was 150 sst max load rl23 tmv=3060 rl22 max tmv=2940 that's 100 fps mor with rl23 ,everything being the same even powder charges brass was r-p , primer wlr. next bullet same rifle was 145 eld/x same two powders again ,same everything as close as I could weight everything on my digital scale ,col same .25 thou off again rl 23 beat rl22 by 79 ftps still very impressive ... last test lightest brass r-p again same bullet and everything but+ .5 grains higher powder MAX charge and longer col .74 thou.tmv=3135 fps which beat the first 145 eld/x test by 51 fps . all TMV were done using an Oehler 35p . by no means am I running rl22 down its a Steller performer in many many calibers .
 
25-06
Norma Brass
Fed 210M
54 gr Rl 23
100 gr Sierra Pro Hunter (#1620)
3131 fps
Schultz and Larsen Classic DL 24" Barrel
Groups at 100m.
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