Looking For 6.5 Creedmoor Load Data For 26 inch barrel

[vino87]

Does anyone have experience loading for a 26 inch barrel? I'm building a 6.5 creedmoor with a 26 inch barrel 1 in 8 twist and am looking to see if anything would be different.

 

[brantfredrickson]

There are a "ton" of posts answering your question on the in the reloading section of the 6.5 Creedmoor forum. I started there and got a good feel for things. Use the search function for 26" barrel. If there is a powder you can use it in a Creedmoor they have a post on it. Good luck with you load development

 

[vino87]

Awesome, thank you

 

[NGCSUGrad09]

You shouldn't have any problems. H4350 works wonders, but RL16 is on the rise in popularity for the 140gr bullets. I don't know if you can get the really heavy (147gr+) bullets fast enough to take advantage of the BC, and 120/123 gr stuff can be used inside of 1,000 for something flatter than the 140s (at the expense of a little wind drift).

One thing to note is what brass people are using, there is a metric ton of information on Hornady brass, but the newer stuff from Alpha, Lapua and others tends to have a little less case capacity.