Sellier & Bellot 6.5 Creedmoor ammo

[NamibHunter]

Picked up some range brass and it had the S&B logo on the head. Was not aware they started making 6.5 Creedmoor ammo, but i guess with the panic buying going on right now, all ammo producers can make a lot of money exporting to the USA.

Measured the 6 cases i got: Neck thickness variation was between 0.2 thou and 0.9 thou, average of 0.4. Which is on par or possibly better than Lapua. Necks are not overly thick, between 13.2 and 14.1 thou, average is probably 13.5 thou. So bo need to do neck turning. The carbon deposits on the necks has the desirable sine wave pattern... which

Has anybody tried to reload this brass?

Note the comma in 6,5 Creedmoor... The European format.

 

[TheOfficeT-Rex]

I’ve used some of it I got from some factory 140SP loads. They load it Hot from the factory... the brass is good and I got six loads from it before I tossed it as part of pre-house move downsizing. I did not notice any impending case head sep or primer pocket loosening, it’s at least as good as the prime brass I’m now working with.

 

[NamibHunter]

I’ve used some of it I got from some factory 140SP loads. They load it Hot from the factory... the brass is good and I got six loads from it before I tossed it as part of pre-house move downsizing. I did not notice any impending case head sep or primer pocket loosening, it’s at least as good as the prime brass I’m now working with.

Thanks for the intel, good to know.

I checked the weight range and for the 6 cases i had on hand, it was only 1.4 gn ES. Yes it is a small sample, but still a very good result.

Curious if anybody has reloaded them until the primer pockets opened up, and how many reloads you got.

I would have liked them more if they were small primer pocket brass, but if they can survive 8 reloads, that would probably be good enough.

Found this review, done in Europe, so units are m/s not fps. They saw an ES of 23 fps (7 m/s) from 20 rounds using a LabRadar. That might have been a little lucky, and ES will alway increase as you fire more rounds, but that result is almost on par with good hand loads.

I see Midway has them for $0.75 per round. Of course they are sold out! Ammo hoarding is in full swing again.

TFB Review: Sellier & Bellot 6.5 Creedmoor Tactical – 1 USD each

Sellier & Bellot's first 6.5 Creedmoor. Can we reduce the cost of shooting by almost a factor of 2 - 2.5 and still be as accurate?

www.thefirearmblog.com

 

[NamibHunter]

Btw: What company makes the brass for Prime? I know it used to be RUAG Switzerland who makes Norma, but apparently that deal fell apart. Heard it might be Peterson, which is superb quality.

 

[TheOfficeT-Rex]

It's both, the american prime is made with peterson brass, the european variant is made with ruag/norma. At least for 6,5CM

 

[Zane1844]

This is great ammo. For the price I try to stock up as much as possible when I find it. I use it for practice out to 550yds. It shoots sub-moa for me, and its POI is the same at 100yds as 147gr ELD.

 

[Mike Casselton]

I've shot this brass as reloaded ammo. So far, I've loaded one batch 6 times and it's still good.
Initially, I resized it, trimmed, chamfered, deburred flash holes and uniformed the PP.

None have needed a second trimming so far.

The accuracy and velocity is the same that I get from Lapua LR brass with identical charge weight.