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Tell us about the one that got away, the flier that ruined your group, the zero that drifted, the shot you still see when you close your eyes. Winner will receive a free scope!
I have some loads ready to test with H4831SC and 147g ELD 10thou jump, 24” barrel. I believe I went up to 48g with nothing but a drop tube. Hopefully I can test soon, might wish I went with RL26!
I achieved the best accuracy out of both my 7mm rm's with rl22. I've moved away from H1000 after splitting two seaters in my Forster benchrest die with slightly compressed loads. I've also had decent luck with 180 Bergers and non compressed retumbo.
Just sent my 4-16 pst in a couple months ago. The Parralax knob quit on my second range trip with the scope. It was on a 22lr trainer. I'll never put below a razor gen II on my centerfires if going with Vortex.
Bto is 2.232
Coal is 2.888 (Hornady book says 2.800 Fyi)
I don't have a ball micrometer to measure neck thickness unfortunately. It's just standard Fgmm 1x brass, I don't turn the necks and do 2 thou tension with a redding neck sizer using a 0.336 TiN bushing.
Half moa at 100yd. Around 2730fps from what I remember. 20" tikka barrel so definitely a hot one. It's my hunting load this year. Fits in an accurate mag with room to spare can measure bto and coal if you would like.
Just went to my normal store this afternoon and the shelf was full of it. I just laughed... I had bought the only pound they had a month ago, guess it's starting to be more available.
Bto with comparator and 143 Eldx is 2.262 touching lands.
Hornady ammo measures 2.163 bto. So 0.099 off lands.
The rifle does have a tight throat, but it doesn't seem to make a difference with my reloads.
Has anyone experienced this with the 143g 6.5 creed factory ammo? I fired 3 rounds with this ammo just to test and all three had a heavy bolt lift with swipe marks on the brass in my savage 10ba stealth?
I didn't see any large Headspace jumps from loaded ammo vs fired on the three cases...