The shelves are empty everywhere. I happened across a single box of 6.5 123gr SSTs at Cabelas. I'm loading for a Creedmoor. Anyone have experience with these. The COAL is 2.710. That leaves the cannelure really high on the cartridge. Any issues with that? The hornady site only mentions this bullet for the Grendel, LBC and Laupa.
123gr SST in a 6.5 Creedmoor?
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Yes. I meant the bullet jump you will target. This is an excerpt from The Berger method by Eric Stecker:
Load 24 rounds at the following COAL if you are a hunter (pulling a bullet out of the case with your rifling while in the field can be a hunt ending event which must be avoided) or a competition shooter who worries about pulling a bullet during a match:
1. .010 off the lands (jump) 6 rounds
2. .050 off the lands (jump) 6 rounds
3. .090 off the lands (jump) 6 rounds
4. .130 off the lands (jump) 6 rounds
I am shooting Berger hybrid 130s at 80 thousandths off the lands and they’re shooting very consistent.
Load 24 rounds at the following COAL if you are a hunter (pulling a bullet out of the case with your rifling while in the field can be a hunt ending event which must be avoided) or a competition shooter who worries about pulling a bullet during a match:
1. .010 off the lands (jump) 6 rounds
2. .050 off the lands (jump) 6 rounds
3. .090 off the lands (jump) 6 rounds
4. .130 off the lands (jump) 6 rounds
I am shooting Berger hybrid 130s at 80 thousandths off the lands and they’re shooting very consistent.
The whole article:
bergerbullets.com
Getting the Best Precision and Accuracy from VLD bullets in Your Rifle
VLD bullets are designed with a secant ogive. This ogive shape allows bullets to be more efficient in flight (retain more velocity = less drop and wind deflection). While this result is desirable for many rifle shooters the secant ogive on the VLD bullets produces another result in many rifle.
bergerbullets.com
Been playing with some 123 Eldms in my 6.5CM
2.225 CBTO
Seems like COAL was around 2.82 if I remember right
42.5gr H4350
Lapua brass and BR-2s
holding half minute and touched some steel at 1300 the other day
2.225 CBTO
Seems like COAL was around 2.82 if I remember right
42.5gr H4350
Lapua brass and BR-2s
holding half minute and touched some steel at 1300 the other day
OP is worried about not having enough bullet in the neck. Sounds like that’s not an issue.
I gotcha yeah hasn’t been an issue for me. I’m running some 140 sst in a 26 Nosler can’t remember length but they’re quite a ways past cannelure without any problems.
