Best European Powder for Remington .260

[HALODIN]

I'm fed up with developing a load to then find out I can't get the powder anymore. I had fantastic results with Hodgdon VARGET in my 26" AI-AT, but you can't get it for love nor money, so I want to start using powders that are readily available. I assume European propellant manufacturers will be the best option, but which one will produce the best results for either 139 Scenars or 140 Berger VLDs? I've found 2 options below:

RS60 Rifle Powder
Vihtavuori N160/N550/N560

Are there any other European manufacturers? If not, which of the 4 propellants would you recommend?

[DaveT]

N560 works really well with 139 / 140g projectiles.

N550 brill with 123s

[HALODIN]

Thanks for the reply. I've had really good results with N560, but it was a bit hit and miss, so I assumed it wasn't very tolerant to different atmospheric conditions. Having said that, I now develop my loads around OCW so it might be worth another look. When you say N550 is brill what moa have you reliably achieved? I managed .25 --> .3 moa with VARGET, it was fantastic.

Does anyone have an opinion on Reload Swiss or any other European manufacturer?

[farmer7]

I'm using RS62 with 123gr bullets and achieving good velocites and very good accuracy. Its not running flat out by any means but shows a decent increase in velocity over my H4350 load.

Its a single base powder too which I tend to stick to rightly or wrongly. (Makes me feel better at least!) And only cost me £65/kg. I pay £85/kg for Viht up here.

[HALODIN]

Thanks. What rifle is this in and what moa do you regularly get? Do you find the RS powders are tolerant to temperature change? I don't mind so much about price, I just want VARGET accuracy again...

I'm using RS62 with 123gr bullets and achieving good velocites and very good accuracy. Its not running flat out by any means but shows a decent increase in velocity over my H4350 load.

Its a single base powder too which I tend to stick to rightly or wrongly. (Makes me feel better at least!) And only cost me £65/kg. I pay £85/kg for Viht up here.

[phaedra1106]

37g of Lovex S062 under a 140gr Nosler Custom Competition, shoots better than I can :)

[dodgyrog]

37g of Lovex S062 under a 140gr Nosler Custom Competition, shoots better than I can :)

I've seen you shoot - everything shoots better than you.

[Swamp Donkey]

Ramshot Hunter. Meters like water, works well, very well in fact, in 260 flavour

[Dahonis]

37g of Lovex S062 under a 140gr Nosler Custom Competition, shoots better than I can :)

I've seen you shoot - everything shoots better than you.

[lapua338]

I've been using 43gr N160 (had a stash with £45/kg labels so I can't even tell you how old it is) in a Lapua case with GB458 Scenars.

At 100m off a bipod it will shoot under a 10mm group (edge to edge and it's repeatable). It's a modified CZ550 Varmint with a Bartlein 26" MTU contour barrel.

I don't shoot in competition (only informally) so not really interested (no time nor the inclination) in developing the load further.