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I’m not very new to reloading but brand new to this cartridge and with powders being as scarce as they are I’m asking to advice from those that hopefully have experience so I can’t try to mitigate stock piling multiple powders. I understand my barrel might not like one over another but this question is more so to find a burn rate range rather than one specific powder.
so I have almost everything to get this build started and sent off to have it assembled. I’m planning on doing a 6.5 saum.
Im for sure doing a 7.5 twist proof carbon with a 16.5” finish length. This rifle will wear a 7” can and be strictly a hunting rifle. I’m planning on running 124gr hammers or 131gr hammers.
my question is; what burn rate should I be looking for for those bullets in that barrel length? From what I can find h1000, retumbo, rl26 etc seem to be the go to powder for this cartridge in a 24-26” barrel but those people are also typically running heavy for caliber bullets like a 147gr+
Im not sure what velocities to fully expect but if I could push a 124 hammer hunter at around 3050 cool. Has anyone done a 16.5 6.5saum? And if so what powders are you running?
I’m not very new to reloading but brand new to this cartridge and with powders being as scarce as they are I’m asking to advice from those that hopefully have experience so I can’t try to mitigate stock piling multiple powders. I understand my barrel might not like one over another but this question is more so to find a burn rate range rather than one specific powder.
so I have almost everything to get this build started and sent off to have it assembled. I’m planning on doing a 6.5 saum.
Im for sure doing a 7.5 twist proof carbon with a 16.5” finish length. This rifle will wear a 7” can and be strictly a hunting rifle. I’m planning on running 124gr hammers or 131gr hammers.
my question is; what burn rate should I be looking for for those bullets in that barrel length? From what I can find h1000, retumbo, rl26 etc seem to be the go to powder for this cartridge in a 24-26” barrel but those people are also typically running heavy for caliber bullets like a 147gr+
Im not sure what velocities to fully expect but if I could push a 124 hammer hunter at around 3050 cool. Has anyone done a 16.5 6.5saum? And if so what powders are you running?
