6.5 creedmoor & RE26

[farmerboy78]

hey guys, I just wanted to give a little briefing on some load work I'm currently working on for my custom rpr 6.5 creedmoor. I have about 400 fired hornady cases from some once fired 147gr eld match ammo I picked up at the range. all the boxes and case cartons were there! well anyway, I'm trying to get past a few hurdles I've had in prs competition and wanted a more economical brass for use. because, you lose a lot of brass, and it pained me to lose nearly a box of my Peterson. but, to the point. I recently picked up re26 for my 6.5-06 and decided to give it a try in the creed with a 140gr eld-m. I started @ 46gr and worked to 49gr @ aics mag length. I worked in 0.5gr increments to get a rough start and direction. 48gr seems to be a strong point in my rifle. I ended up with 2949fps average which is damn amazing for a 140gr projectile in the creed. BUT, I had zero issues with pressure until 49gr! and that was just a slight shiny spot on some brass that has began to tarnish. I plan to work in smaller increments above and below 48grs to see if I can get the groups better. at 48gr the group was about 5/8" @ 100yds. what do yall think?

 

[jmr40]

What barrel length? I've read that RE26 was giving impressive speeds with the 6.5CM, but I've not been able to locate any. And I've not heard a lot about accuracy. H4350 is giving me right at 2700 fps from a 22" barrel with 143 ELD-X bullets and excellent accuracy. It'll probably do anything I need to do, but I'd not walk away from another 100 fps with the same accuracy.

 

[climbnjump]

I don't have a 6.5CM, but have used RE 26 in both 7mm RM with 168 gr Berger VLDs and .243 Win. with 105 gr Berger hybrids. It did give impressive velocities in both, but I was just not able to get best accuracy in either. I dropped back to RE 25 in the 7mm and RE 19 in the .243. Perhaps if I had played with it longer I could have gotten it dialed in, but in the end just stayed with what was already working, albeit a bit slower.

 

[farmerboy78]

What barrel length? I've read that RE26 was giving impressive speeds with the 6.5CM, but I've not been able to locate any. And I've not heard a lot about accuracy. H4350 is giving me right at 2700 fps from a 22" barrel with 143 ELD-X bullets and excellent accuracy. It'll probably do anything I need to do, but I'd not walk away from another 100 fps with the same accuracy.

26" kreiger

 

[jmr40]

2900 fps isn't practical from my 22" barrel then, but 2800 is possible. i may give it a try.

 

[farmerboy78]

well I just couldn't get what I wanted in the upper speeds. but, I will try it again from 44-45.5gr