N560 powder replacing RL26 ?

[mk443]

I'm giving up on restocking my RL26 stash and looking at N560 and curious if anyone has played much with it? I have a 6x47 Lapua shooting the 115 Berger's and it scoots with RL26…. I have N570 and N565 and love it so I'm looking at grabbing 8lbs of n560 to try but wanted to see if anyone has any first had experience

 

[akmtnhnt]

It's not a drop in replacement. Powder density is different so that alone will give you different performance. But they're not far off. RL26 will generally outrun it in the magnums.

 

[mk443]

Yeah I'm between n560 and 565 to make the switch.. not looking at magnums, just 6mm

 

[akmtnhnt]

Yeah I'm between n560 and 565 to make the switch.. not looking at magnums, just 6mm

Like 6mm Remington? I have a feeling you won't be able to get enough of either of those in there to achieve what you want. I doubt RL26 is the best powder for that cartridge either.

 

[johnmyers]

Talked to guys at Capstone on this and N560 is more temp stable than N565. I bought some N560 to try in 6 Remington Ackley and 7-06 Ackley but haven't tested yet. N160 works well in 6 Ackley