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  1. 29-05-2020, 07:45 PM #1
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    Threw a few 160 TMK’s down range today.
    Reloader 26 certainly could be a good powder in the 284Win. Loading 58g RL26 having an average speed of 2861 from a 20” barrel. Accuracy was unfortunately not as good as I had hoped at over 1”
    55g of VV N160 gave 2770fps with great accuracy and low ES. This will be my load for now.
    Reloader 16 also has good speed with 54g doing an average 2822 but not as good accuracy as the VV N160.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwijames View Post
    Threw a few 160 TMK’s down range today.
    Reloader 26 certainly could be a good powder in the 284Win. Loading 58g RL26 having an average speed of 2861 from a 20” barrel. Accuracy was unfortunately not as good as I had hoped at over 1”
    55g of VV N160 gave 2770fps with great accuracy and low ES. This will be my load for now.
    Reloader 16 also has good speed with 54g doing an average 2822 but not as good accuracy as the VV N160.
    With re26 did you ladder up higher than 58gr?

    Reason i ask is at 58gr you may not be going high enough to get into that node.

    Im running 57-57.5gr with 180gr eldms for 2850 fps from 22"
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    Quote Originally Posted by GWH View Post
    With re26 did you ladder up higher than 58gr?

    Reason i ask is at 58gr you may not be going high enough to get into that node.

    Im running 57-57.5gr with 180gr eldms for 2850 fps from 22"
    No. I think RL26 has some potential but I have a couple issues with my 284. First the stock is not good to shoot from my bench setup so is frustrating to shoot, plus the rifle has terrible mirage with the suppressor. I’m having good result with N160 so for now I will run with this and fiddle later on. The whole thing has been a pain in the ass. I’ve near shot a pound of powder down the tube without a good result only to find the one thing I discounted was the problem. Swarovski Z6
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwijames View Post
    No. I think RL26 has some potential but I have a couple issues with my 284. First the stock is not good to shoot from my bench setup so is frustrating to shoot, plus the rifle has terrible mirage with the suppressor. I’m having good result with N160 so for now I will run with this and fiddle later on. The whole thing has been a pain in the ass. I’ve near shot a pound of powder down the tube without a good result only to find the one thing I discounted was the problem. Swarovski Z6
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