Just switched from 260 -> 6x47. Have just under 300 rounds on it since the beginning of this month with one match shooting it (Vegas match). 22" barrel and varget getting 2950 with 105's.
When sizing brass, I just hit it with spray lube (not heavy amounts - outside only) and sized with forester full length ZERO problem. I DID crush 5 cases when I was just dipping the necks in sizing powder only, and stopped that immediately. Think the full length sizer better than bushings when doing large jumps in neck diameter.
LOVE the 6's for low recoil, but wen my 6x47 (35gr) is using 10-15 less grains of powder than 260 (49gr), this adds up to approx. 65 (yes sixty five) more firings PER POUND of powder. again this price is negligible like barrel life costs, but still something to consider. I was loading my 260 hot and got just over 2k rounds out of it last year. the 6x47 is not at a hot load, so going to be interesting to see barrel life.
another interesting note is you comment on price of 6x47 brass (which is available everywhere) and not on xc brass, which is priced similarly and very tuff to find (of course I havnt looked very hard either). My initial searches came back negative so I went with 6x47 over the xc.
do believe any of the above is ok though and any variances (accuracy, speeds, etc) will more likely be accredited to the shooter/reloading than to the cartridge itself...
Regards,
DT
When sizing brass, I just hit it with spray lube (not heavy amounts - outside only) and sized with forester full length ZERO problem. I DID crush 5 cases when I was just dipping the necks in sizing powder only, and stopped that immediately. Think the full length sizer better than bushings when doing large jumps in neck diameter.
LOVE the 6's for low recoil, but wen my 6x47 (35gr) is using 10-15 less grains of powder than 260 (49gr), this adds up to approx. 65 (yes sixty five) more firings PER POUND of powder. again this price is negligible like barrel life costs, but still something to consider. I was loading my 260 hot and got just over 2k rounds out of it last year. the 6x47 is not at a hot load, so going to be interesting to see barrel life.
another interesting note is you comment on price of 6x47 brass (which is available everywhere) and not on xc brass, which is priced similarly and very tuff to find (of course I havnt looked very hard either). My initial searches came back negative so I went with 6x47 over the xc.
do believe any of the above is ok though and any variances (accuracy, speeds, etc) will more likely be accredited to the shooter/reloading than to the cartridge itself...
Regards,
DT