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Little Advice please- 6.5-284 load
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<blockquote data-quote="BrentM" data-source="post: 912883" data-attributes="member: 61747"><p>The HS measurements from new. The old 6.5 was 2.582 and is now 2.584 with 1000 rounds down range. It is not giving me the love it used to. It liked .100/2.482 with 56.5 retumbo and 140vlds. .3 MOA consistently. Seems tired now and not consistent.</p><p> </p><p>The new rifle dimensions are strange to me. Who knows. Perhaps savage changed reamers. </p><p> </p><p>The case dimensions and HS are an issue. My redding Body die bumps the shoulder to 1.838 max. To go more I have to mod the die or case holder. It seems like it should not need that much HS though. I will remeasure the brass tonight and get an average. I am pretty sure it will be 1.841-1.843. Based on your thought I could just body and neck size like normal each time vs neck size only. I could fire a piece of brass 3 times and see where the HS ends up. </p><p> </p><p>I keep toying with the idea of seating to the lands. If I recall correctly the entire length of the neck is filled with the bullet when seating to the lands. Perhaps this is not a bad thing?? I am used to my savages liking jump, perhaps this one is that way. Perhaps I need to change my approach to this rifles attitude?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrentM, post: 912883, member: 61747"] The HS measurements from new. The old 6.5 was 2.582 and is now 2.584 with 1000 rounds down range. It is not giving me the love it used to. It liked .100/2.482 with 56.5 retumbo and 140vlds. .3 MOA consistently. Seems tired now and not consistent. The new rifle dimensions are strange to me. Who knows. Perhaps savage changed reamers. The case dimensions and HS are an issue. My redding Body die bumps the shoulder to 1.838 max. To go more I have to mod the die or case holder. It seems like it should not need that much HS though. I will remeasure the brass tonight and get an average. I am pretty sure it will be 1.841-1.843. Based on your thought I could just body and neck size like normal each time vs neck size only. I could fire a piece of brass 3 times and see where the HS ends up. I keep toying with the idea of seating to the lands. If I recall correctly the entire length of the neck is filled with the bullet when seating to the lands. Perhaps this is not a bad thing?? I am used to my savages liking jump, perhaps this one is that way. Perhaps I need to change my approach to this rifles attitude? [/QUOTE]
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