Thanks Ceekay. That tends to make sense to me. I'm shooting the Berger 144 Hybrids in my 6.5 and I'm jumping them 90 thousands and they shoot great. I was hoping the 109's liked to jump too.
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Thanks. Bare... for another 100rds at least lol...
I’m going to have to move onto a box of 500 coated, that I wet tumbled in order to take the coating off (that’s all they had left and DTAC’s have been out of stock since...). Hopefully things don’t get wonky with them![]()
I don’t think you can wash the coating off. If you start shooting them with a freshly cleaned barrel check your speed after 20-30 rounds down the pipe with those bullets. If you speed has dropped off then washing didn’t work. You’ll need to bump your speed up.
If you start with a dirty barrel it likely won’t matter until you deep clean the barrel. Then the coating will likely start transferring to the barrel and reduce pressure and speed. You’ll need to bump the charge to speed it back up.
I think you might be right. Regardless you should check it since if there is a small group range between .06 and .08 then that will make your load more tolerant to jump changes as the barrel wears.I wish I would have shot qt .07 because I think there is a node between.06 and .08.
So I took my rifle out for load development today with the 112 match burners. I shot at .06, .08, .09, .1 and .12 off the lands.
Origin action
proof 6mm CM 1/7.5 26"
KRG bravo
Lupua brass(new). Used a 21st century neck mandrel on them.
CCI 450
H4350 40.5 grn for the groups shot. Shame on me, but that is not the charge weight I am going to use. I was trying to do all of my load development last week but only got the ladder shot due to poor ( windy) shooting conditions. After the ladder test I picked 41.0 grn and I checked that today as well. When I tested a 5 shot group today with the 41.0 load I got an ES of 7, at an average of 3034 fps.
Here are my groups. The.06 and .08 were the best. The first 3 on the .6 group were that tight bunch and I threw that last shot low. The .08 group was good. I don't know that I consciously threw that flyer, but it looks decent without it. They did not shoot well at all at .09. I was really thought the .1 group was going to be magic. The first two shots were almost in the same hole. Right after that second shot my target stand blew over and I took about a 20 min break between the first 2 and last 2 shots since I had to wait on the range to go cold so I could fix my target.
I wish I would have shot qt .07 because I think there is a node between.06 and .08. I am going to caveat this all with the fact that I am newish to bolt gun shooting and probably not the best shot. I was shooting prone off the ground with a bipod and a bag.
An old chart I have shows H 414 shows it as being on the same line as AA 2700 and VVN 540. The chart also shows it as being faster the I 4350 and H 4350. Just have to "google"burn rate charts and see if any of the older ones show it. I think they stopped making it so it's not showing up on any chartsAnyone have some data for H414 and the 6CM, bullets from 105- to 108 grains? Sitting on 8 pounds of it. Pretty sure the burn rate was similar to H4350 and IMR4350 but all the new burn rate charts I have found exclude H414.
I grabbed some 105 match burners to help break in a couple new barrels.. the 112 would be interesting to try.. price is great if they perform..
Brand new to hand loading but did a seating depth test with 43.7 grains of 6.5 Staball, Berger 115’s, and new lapua brass.
There was a slightly heavy bolt lift about half of the time.
Magneto Speed gave average of 3050 FPS with 26” barrel.
Going to go down on the powder charge a few tenths and repeat and see what I get haha
These were some of my first handloads so I don't have as experienced an eye as some but nothing on the brass showed pressure signs that I noticed other than slightly heavier bolt lift on some rounds more than when I fired factory Berger Ammo
Have you been happy with your SD's so far with 6.5 Staball in 6 Creed?
Was curious more so than anything since you don't see many guys going with the 6.5 staball yet
I had an sd of 12 over about twenty rounds in a seating depth test
Going to redo a seating depth test at 43.5 grains and report back
@ceekay1 Im running a slow node too. DTACs at 2885 with 39.6 grains of RL16 in Lapua cases with a 24” barrel. Pressure is only around 58K psi and water safe. I look at it like I’m running Dasher speeds without having to use special mags and/kits for reliable feeding.![]()
I'm very new to reloading so my question might be dumb, and I would honestly appreciate being told if that's the case.
I have a 6CM on order from PVA, I am getting into reloading with this cartridge and am slowly acquiring components; I'll be shooting from a 26" barrel and I'm not concerned with burning through a barrel. I have 8lbs of RL26 that I was going to start load development with but there is a local Hide member that has IMR 4451 that I can trade 1-1 with.
My question is thus, should I get the 4451 for starting out? Or, just stick with with RL26 and try to grab some others and learn with several powders? Obviously, I'm trying to maximize my round performance during my learning curve while minimizing cost. Again, I'm a knuckle dragger so feel free to learn me.
Thank you for the direct answer. Your earlier posts throughout this thread have been educational.Welcome.
Keep the RL26.
Typically, H4340 and RL16 are the "go-to's" with 6CM, but H4831SC and RL26 are up there too, recently StaBall is in the mix and the new on the scene.
My recommendation would be to try and stay as close to an already proven recipe at the start. Using a recipe that's already been working for somebody who knows shit, you'll at least know you've got the right ingredients and won't have to wonder about it. Sadly, with components being as scarce as they are, that can be tough right now., but if you look hard enough you can find what you need out there.
Check this out if you haven't already: https://precisionrifleblog.com/2019/09/06/6mm-6-5-creedmoor-load-data/
I would trade one lb.........just to see what the 4451 does ( RL 26 is "gold " right now ,hang on to it ) ..........Superformance is my friend with 108 s...give it a try ,you may likey too.I'm very new to reloading so my question might be dumb, and I would honestly appreciate being told if that's the case.
I have a 6CM on order from PVA, I am getting into reloading with this cartridge and am slowly acquiring components; I'll be shooting from a 26" barrel and I'm not concerned with burning through a barrel. I have 8lbs of RL26 that I was going to start load development with but there is a local Hide member that has IMR 4451 that I can trade 1-1 with.
My question is thus, should I get the 4451 for starting out? Or, just stick with with RL26 and try to grab some others and learn with several powders? Obviously, I'm trying to maximize my round performance during my learning curve while minimizing cost. Again, I'm a knuckle dragger so feel free to learn me.
What’s your OAL?My 300 yard group with
Jp enterprise brass
112MB
42.1gr staball
26" Savage takeoff barrel
2925 fps
That is right about 1/2 with almost no load development. Good enough for me
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I'd have to check again but in the 2.93-4 range.What’s your OAL?
I have never gotten close to single digit SDs with Berger, Hornady or Prime ammunition in either of my 6 Creeds. Reloads, yes.For reference, over 10 rounds of factory berger ammo, magneto speed showed an SD of 9.
Definitely wanting to get down to single digit SD's but still load ammo quickly by basically just tumbling, then resizing using full length type s die, then tumbling again, then priming then charging and seating bullet with Forster Bench Rest Micrometer Seater. Would be a very simple and fairly speedy process as far as hand loads go if I could get to single digit SD's doing those steps only by using quality components like Berger bullets and lapua brass but minimal steps at the reloading bench.
Hi all, I've got a 6mm CM gas gun being built and am working on getting all the components set up to reload when it gets here. I'm planning on using the Redding Type-S bushing dies, since that's what I have for everything else. What bushings will I need to order to use with lapua or Peterson brass? Even better, does anyone know the loaded neck diameter of a 6CM in Lapua and/or Peterson brass? TIA.
Every brand and even lot of brass is different as far as thickness... and sometimes it changes a little over time as multiple loadings/firings add up. I'd say grab a .267", .268", and .269" and you should be covered. If you were only going to buy one, my guess would be .268".
second and third rows are 41.2 h4350 berger 109 with lapua srp brass going down .003 in seating depth each time
Hmmmmmm..... I've recently been thinking the same thing about the validity of 100 yd groups. I know I get mentally bummed out if all the holes are not touching and think it's a shit load if they are not. But that's likely causing me to burn up a lot of barrel life chasing that perfect 1 hole group. I may try the 200 yd thing and see how it goes....wanted to add: I think I'm going to try to break the habit of using 100 yard groups as the absolute defining metric to make load decisions. I've been thinking about it and I believe there comes a point where one's group size at 100 isn't really telling you anything.
I mean we all have good days and bad days, and some of us (like me) kind of suck a shooting groups sometimes (and maybe don't really care to practice much at getting better at it when it's way more fun to do other stuff). And I just feel like sometimes there's only so much that can be gleaned from one's 100yrd groups anyways, because it's not like we fire them in a lab with the gun locked in a mechanical rest and fired remotely in perfect conditions, there are just so many other variables in play.
I think aside from initial load work-up, if I'm going to shoot paper, from now on I think I'm going to get in the habit of shooting at 200yrds more, not just for keeping tabs on how my rifle/load is shooting, but just as better and more interesting marksmanship practice. Still close enough to where wind isn't really much of a factor, but I feel like it's far enough where I'm not going to be bummed when the first two rounds aren't touching or whatever, and it'll actually be a better distance to make a better judgment on what the gun/load is capable of vs what the shooter is capable of... I feel like we probably don't compare what we get at 100 with what we get at 200 nearly enough.
Hmmmmmm..... I've recently been thinking the same thing about the validity of 100 yd groups. I know I get mentally bummed out if all the holes are not touching and think it's a shit load if they are not. But that's likely causing me to burn up a lot of barrel life chasing that perfect 1 hole group. I may try the 200 yd thing and see how it goes.
Loaded up 30 rounds.
Stuck with 41.2 grains of H4350 in resized Lapua 6 Creed Small Rifle Primer Brass. Berger 109 LRHT.
Had to up the G1 BC to .584 from advertised .568 for AB solver to line up in Vortex Fury 5000 AB app.
Getting my sd/es down a little more each time a load some rounds up. Here are the numbers for the 30 today measured over a Labrador.View attachment 7645844
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Those are some great numbers, but how does it shoot? I've had some loads that shoot 1 hole groups with 20+ SDs and others that looked like a shotgun 00 pattern with single digit SD's. Also with a Labradar. So I'm not 100% convinced that low SD's are the end-all, be-all of load dev.Went out to the farm today to true up BC at 600 yard steel.
Loaded up 30 rounds.
Stuck with 41.2 grains of H4350 in resized Lapua 6 Creed Small Rifle Primer Brass. Berger 109 LRHT.
Had to up the G1 BC to .584 from advertised .568 for AB solver to line up in Vortex Fury 5000 AB app.
Getting my sd/es down a little more each time a load some rounds up. Here are the numbers for the 30 today measured over a Labrador.View attachment 7645844
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Getting my sd/es down a little more each time a load some rounds up. Here are the numbers for the 30 today measured over a Labrador.
That works!Only did one group on paper to confirm zero before going out to steel to true up BC. But, it’s shooting decent. Not quite as tight as the last trip out but I did have a whole pot of coffee before this and had just done several hours of bush hogging in the Alabama heat lol View attachment 7645882
Only did one group on paper to confirm zero before going out to steel to true up BC. But, it’s shooting decent. Not quite as tight as the last trip out but I did have a whole pot of coffee before this and had just done several hours of bush hogging in the Alabama heat lol View attachment 7645882
Nice rifle! What is it? An AXMC? How did your load do at 1000?Heading out Monday to a 1000 yd range with a small group. Twisted on a Proof Carbon Fibre from a fantastic member on here. Really hoping this barrel turns out to be a winner.
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