Recent content by John Glidewell

Looks like 300 Atips (seconds) at Midway USA.

know issue. Dies and reamers are not right. Chambers typically need to be slightly larger or you need a custom die (small based) to size the body down. Standard dies do not size the body down enough and the clicker is the primary extraction being used at top of opening bolt. Adding - there...

Big Horn Medium

Go to Defensive Edge - they developed the cartridge and have a lot of info on it on their web site. I do not run mine as hard as they do - I am running 86.3 of Retumbo with 300 grain projectiles at 2675.

There is a sticky on 6.5 cm loads. you can also use the search function - this question is asked multiple times a week

Whidden dies - all we use

It was $5.10 for premium in Reno last week

Looks like firing pin protrusion is short. Measure it from bolt face, should be .040 min to .050 which is what most call for.

Been playing with 115 DTACs and different powders. RL 16, RL 15.5, N555, H4350. I decided to stay with 15.5. Chamber is a standard .120 freebore. It likes .040 jump. I ran tests multiple times to ensure repeatability. This load is very consistent.

Both work. N555 is temp stable. N550 is not and you can see velocity swings.

None issue. Used it for years.

Nope. Deal with savage rifles a lot. First question is what shank, large or small.....and most people cannot answer that question.

Sounds like you did not set it up right. I have no issues with varget to n570. I can get them all to throw consistent 8 to 12 second throws. It is all about getting the initial calibration done. Once the small tube has been adjusted to .19 to .23 for tye powder being used, it is easy from there.

You mean they can take a savage small shank barrel, not a large shank.

You can also go thorough this sticky post just for the 6.5 creed. Every rifle is different, start lower and work up. You can safely start at 41 and work up. https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/6-5-creedmoor.89643/page-72#post-11487681