6.5 PRC Hornady 147 gr. ELD Match factory powder

[Feugo Jeuvo]

I settled on 52.8 grains of RL 26. Same velocity as factory and shooting bug holes. ADG brass, F210m primers.
Plan on a H1000 load eventually. Good luck

 

[Nimrodmar10]

Reloader 26 that I have here measures 0.041 to 0.044 in diameter. Lengthwise my sample varies a lot from 0.041 to 0.069 with several measuring 0.058". From what I have read it is not unusual for ammo manufacturers to use a blended powder that is not available to reloaders.

Reloder 26 wouldn't be a blended powder though, would it

 

[Nimrodmar10]

I'd bet it's H1000......and part the reason you cannot find any of it on shelves!

59 grains is too much for H1000. Hornady shows the max load for H1000 is 57.4 gr.

 

[Nimrodmar10]

I've had some people tell me they're pretty sure it's RL26.

59 grains is too much for RL26 also. Hornady lists the max load for RL26 is 55.7 grains

 

[Nimrodmar10]

The man that told me said he pulled a bullet and weighed the powder. Compared it to rl 26 and they looked and weighed the same. He's a custom reloader around here, so I believe him. But you can't get rl 26 so i'm using h1000. I have a lot of it

Hornady lists the maximum load for RL26 is 55.7 gr.

 

[kiwikid]

Reloder 26 wouldn't be a blended powder though, would it

Not as far as I know but I am surprised at how much variation there is in the length of the kernels.

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

59 grains is too much for H1000. Hornady shows the max load for H1000 is 57.4 gr.

What the manual says doesnt really mean anything. In 6.5 creed, they used to put the receipe on the box. 41.5 grains of h4350 with the 140 a-max. Their manual at the time had a max charge of 40.5 with h4350. Manuals in my experience are pretty conservative

 

[lyotehunter]

Why would they tell you so you would stop buying their ammo

 

[Tree Farmer]

My 6.5 PRC shot sub moa groups with RL 26, H1000 and Retumbo. All were above Hornady's max load (no pressure signs). RL 26 was the fastest. Using 140 Bergers and 124 Hammers.

 

[subslinger]

I pulled a 140 eldx last week, I'm guessing rl 26 , close to RL 25 which I do have , I have a new Christensen Mesa 6.5 prc , did barrel break in and started to work some loads, started ok , but when I went closer to max of retumbo 58.2 gr with 140 gr rdf things went bad fast , extremely tight bolt, blown primers , crazy high velocity, reloaded some 120 ttsx 59 gr retumbo same problems 3425 ft/sec, not having good luck yet with new gun or loads, factory loads were fine faster than specs but no accuracy, any ideas but start over, thanks.

 

[liv4thehunt]

I'm going with retumbo. Reloads loaded to their book data is almost exactly what the book says. I tried rl 26 in one that I built it was 100 fps faster than the book.

 

[Jeffrey Van Zandt]

I'd bet it's H1000......and part the reason you cannot find any of it on shelves!

yes been looking for 3 months now but found a 8lb jug yesterday

 

[Nimrodmar10]

I pulled a 140 eldx last week, I'm guessing rl 26 , close to RL 25 which I do have , I have a new Christensen Mesa 6.5 prc , did barrel break in and started to work some loads, started ok , but when I went closer to max of retumbo 58.2 gr with 140 gr rdf things went bad fast , extremely tight bolt, blown primers , crazy high velocity, reloaded some 120 ttsx 59 gr retumbo same problems 3425 ft/sec, not having good luck yet with new gun or loads, factory loads were fine faster than specs but no accuracy, any ideas but start over, thanks.

I had the same type problem with a 6 CM. You may need to measure your chamber length with a modified case and those bullets to make sure you're not jamming the bullet into the Lands and shoving the bullet back into the case. I had a short throat in the chamber. I had to return it to the factory to have the barrel replaced

 

[T3ninja]

Idk if this matters but my 3-4 lbs of RL 26 I've used is black, Not the yellow/gold color in the photo I see on page 1..... maybe it's the lighting in the picture?