Hey everyone, just starting to load for my new 6.5 Creedmoor I picked up last weekend. It's a custom build Surgeon 591 with a 24" Hardy CF barrel on it. I took it to the range the other day and fired some Federal GM Berger 130gr rounds through it to break in. Took about 10 rounds before it settled down and I printed a 1" group at 100 yards. Not super impressive but I'll chalk it up to being the first rounds through the barrel, and the ammo being from different lots.
Now I'm looking to start some load development with virgin Lapua brass, Berger 130gr OTM Hybrids, and H4350. I'm planning on ladder testing from 41gr up in 0.3gr increments to find a load it likes. Just wondering what everyone else is running with this combination in terms of powder charge and distance off the lands (is there a certain distance these bullets like?)
And before anyone jumps down my throat, I've check the 17 pages of loads on here but there really is not much for 130gr bullets in Lapua brass.
Now I'm looking to start some load development with virgin Lapua brass, Berger 130gr OTM Hybrids, and H4350. I'm planning on ladder testing from 41gr up in 0.3gr increments to find a load it likes. Just wondering what everyone else is running with this combination in terms of powder charge and distance off the lands (is there a certain distance these bullets like?)
And before anyone jumps down my throat, I've check the 17 pages of loads on here but there really is not much for 130gr bullets in Lapua brass.