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<blockquote data-quote="Airedale56" data-source="post: 1907061" data-attributes="member: 66305"><p>Lethal Chica,</p><p>Thanks for sharing your 6.5 SAUM experience.</p><p></p><p>I took my Blaser R8 with a 24" barrel, TBAC brake/Ultra-7 suppressor and ZCo 420 to the range a couple of weeks ago for the first time as well.</p><p></p><p>I was shooting factory Prime 6.5 SAUM / 142 SMK HPBT.</p><p>20 rounds fired in five round strings resulted in 2905/2904/2878 and 2888 FPS=2893 FPS average.</p><p>The last five were 5/5 hits on steel at 506 yards.</p><p></p><p>I was thinking it was pretty slow compared to my 26" DT SRS-A1 which averages 5 rounds at 2840 FPS with Hornady 140 ELD Match in 6.5 Creedmoor.</p><p></p><p>I was thinking it should have been about 100 FPS faster than it clocked, like closer to 3000 FPS.</p><p>For the difference in case capacity, I was expecting more than a 50-60 FPS increase over my 6.5 CM.</p><p></p><p>Your 6.5 SAUM speed data however is pretty close to mine.</p><p></p><p>It looks like I've got to do some hand loading to do to boost velocity or be satisfied with increased case life at the speeds I've got.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Airedale56, post: 1907061, member: 66305"] Lethal Chica, Thanks for sharing your 6.5 SAUM experience. I took my Blaser R8 with a 24” barrel, TBAC brake/Ultra-7 suppressor and ZCo 420 to the range a couple of weeks ago for the first time as well. I was shooting factory Prime 6.5 SAUM / 142 SMK HPBT. 20 rounds fired in five round strings resulted in 2905/2904/2878 and 2888 FPS=2893 FPS average. The last five were 5/5 hits on steel at 506 yards. I was thinking it was pretty slow compared to my 26” DT SRS-A1 which averages 5 rounds at 2840 FPS with Hornady 140 ELD Match in 6.5 Creedmoor. I was thinking it should have been about 100 FPS faster than it clocked, like closer to 3000 FPS. For the difference in case capacity, I was expecting more than a 50-60 FPS increase over my 6.5 CM. Your 6.5 SAUM speed data however is pretty close to mine. It looks like I’ve got to do some hand loading to do to boost velocity or be satisfied with increased case life at the speeds I’ve got. [/QUOTE]
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