Carbon fouling with RL-26 and Hammers?

[44hunter45]

Anyone experienced excessive carbon buildup with RL-26?

Getting amazing speed with Hammers in three different rifles, but all three show terrible carbon fouling after just one range session.

Maybe this is a Hammer thing?

 

[BackofBeyond]

Is it carbon fouling or an incomplete burn? Maybe it’s just a short and curly too slow?

But yes, haven’t seen it in my rifle but my can was god awful disgusting after a long test run of R26. Small price to pay though for the results.

 

[MThuntr]

Can't say I have. I'll run a scope down the rifle that has shot the most rl26 and hammers and report back

 

[Salmonchaser]

Not that I’ve noticed, always seems to take about the same number of brush strokes and patches. I’ll be happy again when 26 is available and I can experiment some more.

 

[blueridge]

Haven’t tried RL26 but I have a load with RL23 and hammers that looks like a smoke pole and need to run a bore snake down it every 15-20 shots to keep tight groups. Haven’t tried it with any other bullet so I can’t say whether it’s the powder or the combination.

 

[littlebighorn]

I have not noticed any excessive carbon with RL 26 behind Hammers but I love the results! I clean my barrels pretty regularly.