Unfortunately I'm not a great shot, getting much better, but shooting a target is tough. I do fine on steel. But when I have to put them in a spot I struggle. Plus my reloading skills are still getting better, but there is a lot of room for improvement.
So I can't really do any of the normal load work up methods.
I do use a Magnetospeed and look for low SD and ES. I'v read a number of threads that, that doesn't always translate into accuracy.
My latest build is (or should be) my most accurate rifle, so I've been doing the most work trying to develop an accurate load. Of course the 6.5-06 is not the best choice, but I wanted something that would I could get more than 3000fps, shooting high BC 130gr bullets.
Because of the lack of a lot of reloading data, I'm kind of working my way through it. I first tried Hybrid 100 V (picked this powder because it's very available where I am) and reached 3030fps, but I'm one full grain over Hodgdon load data. I have zero pressure signs-no sticky bolt lift, no sticky extraction, primers don't look any different than the max load. So from many years of reloading (since the late 70's) I should be able to continue to increase the powder charge.
But I order a big jug of Reloder 22 because it shows up more data so I can feel better about my powder charges.
Any way....when I have see I've not reached any pressure signs and the SD and ES are not what you want I have stopped wasting components, take everything home and pull bullets so I can can check powder charges and increase them as I was working my way up in powder charge.
So here is the question;
Should I resize the necks or just reseat the bullets and play on?
I have done one "test" where i checked the velocity of freshly sized brass and pulled bullet brass. The velocity was slightly faster, but the SD and ES were slightly higher.
Hybrid 100V 49.8 grains of powder.
Pulled bullet brass;
3031av FPS
SD 9
ES 22
Sized Brass
3026av FPS
SD 6
ES 15
I know it's not much of a difference, but I decided to remove the deprimer pin on a neck size die and resize the necks on pulled bullets....just in case...
Am I wasting my time?
So I can't really do any of the normal load work up methods.
I do use a Magnetospeed and look for low SD and ES. I'v read a number of threads that, that doesn't always translate into accuracy.
My latest build is (or should be) my most accurate rifle, so I've been doing the most work trying to develop an accurate load. Of course the 6.5-06 is not the best choice, but I wanted something that would I could get more than 3000fps, shooting high BC 130gr bullets.
Because of the lack of a lot of reloading data, I'm kind of working my way through it. I first tried Hybrid 100 V (picked this powder because it's very available where I am) and reached 3030fps, but I'm one full grain over Hodgdon load data. I have zero pressure signs-no sticky bolt lift, no sticky extraction, primers don't look any different than the max load. So from many years of reloading (since the late 70's) I should be able to continue to increase the powder charge.
But I order a big jug of Reloder 22 because it shows up more data so I can feel better about my powder charges.
Any way....when I have see I've not reached any pressure signs and the SD and ES are not what you want I have stopped wasting components, take everything home and pull bullets so I can can check powder charges and increase them as I was working my way up in powder charge.
So here is the question;
Should I resize the necks or just reseat the bullets and play on?
I have done one "test" where i checked the velocity of freshly sized brass and pulled bullet brass. The velocity was slightly faster, but the SD and ES were slightly higher.
Hybrid 100V 49.8 grains of powder.
Pulled bullet brass;
3031av FPS
SD 9
ES 22
Sized Brass
3026av FPS
SD 6
ES 15
I know it's not much of a difference, but I decided to remove the deprimer pin on a neck size die and resize the necks on pulled bullets....just in case...
Am I wasting my time?
