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6.5 WSM reloading data
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<blockquote data-quote="EZShooter" data-source="post: 165928" data-attributes="member: 5305"><p><strong>Thanks for the replies...</strong></p><p></p><p>I have emailed Fiftydriver for some of his recipes, as I have recently seen that he has built some pistols in 6.5 WSM. Maybe he has some recipes with H-1000 and 140 gr bullets... Reloaders nest is a great site, but they only have one load shown for H-1000 and 140 gr bullets - 59.2 gr.s, which is a lot lower than the loads I have already shot out of this gun... I have tried 64.0 and there were no pressure signs, no sticky extraction, no shiny spots on the brass headstamps, no flattened/cratered primers, etc. but I have read that custom rifles sometimes don't show pressure signs till you are blowing primers or pounding on the bolt.... Maybe I shouldn't try for top speed, but I have also read that accuracy usually gets better with better density loads, so.... and this thing is only shooting 1 moa at 100 yards right now, so accuracy is off a bit. I am going to try varying the distance from the lands, and neck tension as well at 64.0 and see what happens. It would be nice if someone with Quickload ran me something showing powders and charges for 140 gr bullets in this, but I dont blame anyone for not doing it! (go buy it for $150 yourself... lol). </p><p> </p><p>EZ</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EZShooter, post: 165928, member: 5305"] [b]Thanks for the replies...[/b] I have emailed Fiftydriver for some of his recipes, as I have recently seen that he has built some pistols in 6.5 WSM. Maybe he has some recipes with H-1000 and 140 gr bullets... Reloaders nest is a great site, but they only have one load shown for H-1000 and 140 gr bullets - 59.2 gr.s, which is a lot lower than the loads I have already shot out of this gun... I have tried 64.0 and there were no pressure signs, no sticky extraction, no shiny spots on the brass headstamps, no flattened/cratered primers, etc. but I have read that custom rifles sometimes don't show pressure signs till you are blowing primers or pounding on the bolt.... Maybe I shouldn't try for top speed, but I have also read that accuracy usually gets better with better density loads, so.... and this thing is only shooting 1 moa at 100 yards right now, so accuracy is off a bit. I am going to try varying the distance from the lands, and neck tension as well at 64.0 and see what happens. It would be nice if someone with Quickload ran me something showing powders and charges for 140 gr bullets in this, but I dont blame anyone for not doing it! (go buy it for $150 yourself... lol). EZ [/QUOTE]
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