My First Ever Reloads! Opinions Please

[chris514scott]

I am brand new to long range shooting and reloading. These are the very first rounds I have ever loaded. Here's the data. Input much appreciated. I had no signs of pressure but the last few rounds I believe were compressed.

Rifle: AXMC w/ 6.5 26" Gradous Barrel
Brass: Peterson LRP Fat Neck
Primer: FGMM
Bullet: Hornady 147gr ELD Match
Powder: H4350
Jump: .020
Outside Temp: 43 degrees

 

[AlarmedTrout]

I would try to work on getting your ES and SD's down. Personally, Im currently in the exact same boat as you. New to long range and reloading and need to get my ES and SD's down. These numbers aren't worrisome at 100 yards where you probably wont see and differences, but at 1000 with a 30 fps difference shot to shot it translates to about 10 inches in my case. No Bueno...

 

[ShtrRdy]

I think the 38.4 hr load looks pretty good. I like to look at where the groups are located with respect to each other as well as the group size. What type of chrono are you using? Is this 6.5 Creedmoor or one of the other 6.5 offerings?

 

[Robert Gradous]

I am brand new to long range shooting and reloading. These are the very first rounds I have ever loaded. Here's the data. Input much appreciated. I had no signs of pressure but the last few rounds I believe were compressed.

Rifle: AXMC w/ 6.5 26" Gradous Barrel
Brass: Peterson LRP Fat Neck
Primer: FGMM
Bullet: Hornady 147gr ELD Match
Powder: H4350
Jump: .020
Outside Temp: 43 degrees

Nice shooting

 

[clcustom1911]

Play with seating depth on the 41g Load for the high end. You're likely Sub-half MOA on that one and your SD/ES look great. That's if you wanna lob those bullets waaaayyyy out there. But the 39.4 load looks damn near perfect. Even though it has a lower velocity, you're still going to be supersonic at 1300+ yards.

 

[chris514scott]

Nice shooting

Thank you. Also, Thank you for an awesome barrel.

Play with seating depth on the 41g Load for the high end. You're likely Sub-half MOA on that one and your SD/ES look great. That's if you wanna lob those bullets waaaayyyy out there. But the 39.4 load looks damn near perfect. Even though it has a lower velocity, you're still going to be supersonic at 1300+ yards.

Thank you for your input. I'm going to play with those two loads this weekend. Will probably go a tenth each way as well.