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6.5 sherman gets facelift
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<blockquote data-quote="elkaholic" data-source="post: 1130876" data-attributes="member: 13833"><p>I had a chance to get back out today and test the newly barreled 6.5 Sherman. It has been showing great promise under not so good conditions initially. I loaded up some 150 Matrix with RL26. The load was 60 grs. with a coal of 3.517' (just into the lands with the new throat). It was a cloudy, actually rainy day, so was eager to see what the rifle would do now that it is broken in. My plan was to shoot at 100 yds., chrono it, and then move out to 1000+ yards. I fired these 3 rounds (cold bore) and had to quit because it was raining too much to see through the scope. The barrel has settled in and the throat loosened up (it was tight) so velocity (pressure) has dropped off from early tests. This load turned up 3080' and was not at all high pressure. I may try to keep loading it up as long as accuracy remains good. I really like the fact that this rifle is only a #4 contour and the cold bore and follow up shots do not change. It is a 3 groove, 8 twist Lilja.[ATTACH]53310[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkaholic, post: 1130876, member: 13833"] I had a chance to get back out today and test the newly barreled 6.5 Sherman. It has been showing great promise under not so good conditions initially. I loaded up some 150 Matrix with RL26. The load was 60 grs. with a coal of 3.517' (just into the lands with the new throat). It was a cloudy, actually rainy day, so was eager to see what the rifle would do now that it is broken in. My plan was to shoot at 100 yds., chrono it, and then move out to 1000+ yards. I fired these 3 rounds (cold bore) and had to quit because it was raining too much to see through the scope. The barrel has settled in and the throat loosened up (it was tight) so velocity (pressure) has dropped off from early tests. This load turned up 3080' and was not at all high pressure. I may try to keep loading it up as long as accuracy remains good. I really like the fact that this rifle is only a #4 contour and the cold bore and follow up shots do not change. It is a 3 groove, 8 twist Lilja.[ATTACH]53310.vB[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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