Calling 24” 6.5 Creed Guys

jb1023 said:
CM Shooter, are you using a drop tube or vibrator or what brass are you using when loading 48gr of rl-26? I just loaded up some virgin ADG brass with 140 Nosler RDF and rl-26 and I am compressed at 46.3 and heavily compressed at 46.8. I did not use a drop tube or any sort of vibrator to settle the kernels, which I've heard can help, even so, that is a big difference. I'm also loaded at 2.215 BTO, .040 of the lands in my gun.
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Used to use a drop tube. Now I use an electric toothbrush; it works better.
 
shawnb said:
Thats good to hear. Ive got a couple new scopes now. There was no clicks on the pst at that temp. Just a stiff turn!
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Did you have vertically split rings? They are known for issues with dialing and parralax
 
Nope. It worked fine in warmer weather. Tried and tested in everything from -35C to 30C and it just didnt like the cold. At -15C it worked OK. Anything colder it stiffened up and then eventually lost the clicks and tracking.
 
Should of sent it back to vortex. Mine in those temps did dial. But I forgot to put in my previous post that sometimes I couldn't turn the magnification knob. On my elk hunt this year in Alberta my NF SHV did almost the same thing. I could change the magnification, but it was very stiff. Temp was -27C.
 
Factory Savage 6.5 LRH 24" + Muzzlebreak
Factory hornady 140 Gr ELD-M
Approx. 2670 FPS
about 150 shots down the barrel
 
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