260 Remington & RL17

[chrisj]

I am looking for info on 130-142 grain bullets in the 260 loaded with RL17.

Thanks,

Chris

 

[alf]

Here's the little bit Alliant's got.

Caliber Bullet Case Minimum OAL
(inches) Bbl Length Primer Powder Charge Weight
(grains) Velocity
(fps) Notes
260 Remington Speer 120 gr SP Remington 2.72 24 Fed 210 Reloder 17 44 2,912 -
260 Remington Speer 140 gr SP Remington 2.745 24 Fed 210 Reloder 17 41 2,645 -


I haven't seen the need to try R-17. H-414 makes mine snort.

 

[chrisj]

I searched the net and a few shooters are getting between 100-200 fps more with RL 17. 26" bbls are getting 2900-3050. I believe it because I have seen these velocity increases in other cartridges. That's 139-142 bullets.

 

[BHarvey]

Those guys are loading pretty hot it seems!