Has anyone ever found much luck using Varget in a short 6.5 Creed (16.5") with lighter bullets (130gr)? I have a pile of Varget, more than ill ever shoot out of my BRA, and curious if its worth trying to find a load for in my creed, or give some of it to family members.
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Varget in short barreled 6.5 Creed w/ 130gr bullet?
- Thread starter Winny94
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I’ve used it with all bullets up to 140. in short and long barrels. It will work fine in your short barrel.
130 AR hybrid and varget. 260 rem 20 inch tikka ctr. Is more accurate than H4350 in that rifle. I got better sd as well with varget.
I use varget with 130 & 140. You will not get the same speed but it works fine.
I actually load Spear 140s they are only 18.99 per 100 and I load them light/slow so they are my wind practice bullets. With a crappy G1 of .49 and a SLOW speed of 2400 out of a 24” barrel, do it’s a 4mph (it drifts more), is SUPER cheap and easy on the barrels.
I actually load Spear 140s they are only 18.99 per 100 and I load them light/slow so they are my wind practice bullets. With a crappy G1 of .49 and a SLOW speed of 2400 out of a 24” barrel, do it’s a 4mph (it drifts more), is SUPER cheap and easy on the barrels.
I use 39.5 gr of Varget in my 18” 6.5 creed. Run the 130 hybrids at 2780 with sd of 9.
I shot some load tests today of Varget with 123 SMK's out of my 6.5 CM AR10 with a 20" barrel. They finally started grouping and having low SD at my highest charge of 41.2 (over max on Hodgdon's website).
All that said (which had absolutely nothing to do with your question
), Varget is one of my favorites. It should do just fine with your 130's.
All that said (which had absolutely nothing to do with your question
), Varget is one of my favorites. It should do just fine with your 130's.
