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

 

[Gpkhill2]

I'm down to my last few pounds of RL26. I'm looking at H1000 as my replacement for it but I'm using it in 6.5 PRC and 300 PRC

 

[ImBillT]

N560 gave me higher velocity in 280AI and 30-06AI than RL-23. I haven't used RL-26. I was getting velocities at the top of the spectrum, but within the range of published data with the N560. People seem to claim velocities that are hard to believe with RL-26. From that perspective I assume that N560 won't quite reach the same velocities. Even so, it was quite the performer for me. Good price too.