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6.5mm - 25cal = .007"
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<blockquote data-quote="Creedmoor shooter" data-source="post: 1566662" data-attributes="member: 72601"><p>150 smk in Peterson brass with rl-26 2815. 147 eld in hornady brass and rl-26 2903. 140 eld-m in hornady brass rl-26 2945(accuracy node). 140 eld hornady brass rl-17 2883 fps. 147 eld in hornady brass rl-27 2823. These are just some loads I've come up with over the past couple years that have ran well for me all out of a 26in barrel. I just started the 150 smk as winter came so I still have exploring to do there, and I ran out of rl-26 so I'm waiting to find more of that. If I ran the 150 smk in hornady brass it should equal or surpass the 147 due to the smaller bearing surface. Currently my load im running is a 140 eld in Peterson brass at 2773. It just shoots well there so I'm leaving it. Hornady brass gives me alot better velocity but peterson is way more consistent. Waiting on my barrel to get back from being threaded so I can do more development with the 150 and 147 with rl-16. I'm expecting to top out around 2775-2815ish. This is going to be in adg brass which so far from what I'm seeing can take more pressure than Peterson can. When I'm comparing I run the 150 smk at 2800 which is book max from sierra in a 24in barrel just in case my barrel is abnormal. All my calculations are run through hornadys app which has been spot on for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Creedmoor shooter, post: 1566662, member: 72601"] 150 smk in Peterson brass with rl-26 2815. 147 eld in hornady brass and rl-26 2903. 140 eld-m in hornady brass rl-26 2945(accuracy node). 140 eld hornady brass rl-17 2883 fps. 147 eld in hornady brass rl-27 2823. These are just some loads I've come up with over the past couple years that have ran well for me all out of a 26in barrel. I just started the 150 smk as winter came so I still have exploring to do there, and I ran out of rl-26 so I'm waiting to find more of that. If I ran the 150 smk in hornady brass it should equal or surpass the 147 due to the smaller bearing surface. Currently my load im running is a 140 eld in Peterson brass at 2773. It just shoots well there so I'm leaving it. Hornady brass gives me alot better velocity but peterson is way more consistent. Waiting on my barrel to get back from being threaded so I can do more development with the 150 and 147 with rl-16. I'm expecting to top out around 2775-2815ish. This is going to be in adg brass which so far from what I'm seeing can take more pressure than Peterson can. When I'm comparing I run the 150 smk at 2800 which is book max from sierra in a 24in barrel just in case my barrel is abnormal. All my calculations are run through hornadys app which has been spot on for me. [/QUOTE]
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