I've been working on starting to reload for 8.6 blk and figure it would be good to start a thread and share information specific to reloading.
Q has some tech data posted on their website here - https://liveqordie.com/86-technical-data/
Cartridge Print - https://store-fwcq7xdl4a.mybigcommerce.com/content/8.6BLK CARTRIDGE.pdf
Chamber Print - https://store-fwcq7xdl4a.mybigcommerce.com/content/8.6BLK CHAMBER.pdf
The first hurdle was figuring out a way to resize brass since factory brass I'd imagine is a ways out. I did manage to get my hands on a set of prototype 8.6 blk reloading dies that I'll be using.
Left is a Q head stamped piece of 8.6 blk brass, the right is once fired Hornady 6.5 Creedmoor
I noticed at first I was getting some ripples in the neck when I did a full length resize and neck up from 6.5 to 8.6 all in one step.
Running the brass through an Annealeez proved to give much better results when pushing the shoulder back.
Q has some tech data posted on their website here - https://liveqordie.com/86-technical-data/
Cartridge Print - https://store-fwcq7xdl4a.mybigcommerce.com/content/8.6BLK CARTRIDGE.pdf
Chamber Print - https://store-fwcq7xdl4a.mybigcommerce.com/content/8.6BLK CHAMBER.pdf
The first hurdle was figuring out a way to resize brass since factory brass I'd imagine is a ways out. I did manage to get my hands on a set of prototype 8.6 blk reloading dies that I'll be using.
Left is a Q head stamped piece of 8.6 blk brass, the right is once fired Hornady 6.5 Creedmoor
![dYfPOsc.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/dYfPOsc.jpg)
I noticed at first I was getting some ripples in the neck when I did a full length resize and neck up from 6.5 to 8.6 all in one step.
![lBYvbGl.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/lBYvbGl.jpg)
Running the brass through an Annealeez proved to give much better results when pushing the shoulder back.
![oLnEHJw.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/oLnEHJw.jpg)