6.5 Prc 140 vldh or 140 eol

[Southern 62]

Need y'all's advice. I'm having a rifle built and new to reloading. I'm in the process of getting compensates up. Iv never shot Berger's but that's what I want to try. So what gives between the two? Does one have better terminal performance that the other? Iv heard the vlds are harder to find a sweet spot if that's what you call it lol. I found the 140 vlds at Fun fur and Feathers and bought them. Did I make a mistake? Just for info I'm hunting Elk this fall and iv read about the 156 eol but 99% of my hunting is deer so I'm setting it up for that. Thanks for your advice!!!! This is my first post so if I messed up… forgive me lol I promise I have many more questions

 

[Recon$$]

Loads those 140 vlds up and have at it. I run them at 3125 fps out of mine and they hammer deer.

 

[308win]

Either will work fine, use the one your gun likes the best

 

[Southern 62]

Loads those 140 vlds up and have at it. I run them at 3125 fps out of mine and they hammer deer.

H1000? It's been crazy find powder and I had 2 lbs I bought about a yr ago.

 

[308win]

H1000? It's been crazy find powder and I had 2 lbs I bought about a yr ago.

Yep

 

[Recon$$]

Reloder 25 for that load.

 

[Southern 62]

Reloder 25 for that load.

I'll try to find a couple of pounds

 

[Jeffrey Van Zandt]

worked a load yester day for them, H-1000, cci 250LRM primers, Hornady once fired match prep, and started at 57grs worked up to 58.5 was best load. start low and work up looking for pres and best group

 

[Southern 62]

Thanks!!! Soaking up all this info

 

[Southern 62]

Does anyone use LR primers or is the LRM primers better suited for the 6.5 Prc. I have some CCI BR2 primes that I could swap out with a friend for the LRM primers. Or should I try both to see what works better.

 

[Varmint Hunter]

Does anyone use LR primers or is the LRM primers better suited for the 6.5 Prc. I have some CCI BR2 primes that I could swap out with a friend for the LRM primers. Or should I try both to see what works better.

I use Fed 210M primers in all my 6.5PRC loads and have had very good results. I did use some Fed 215M primers with Hammer bullets only because they recommended them but they now claim that standard LR primers yield even higher velocities slightly increased charges in the PRC.

 

[lancetkenyon]

I use LR primers (BR2 or 210M) in all my 6.5PRC loads.
RL23 is my go-to powder, with H1000 or N560 as my 2nd choice.
140 Hyb, 140 Elite, 140 HVLD, or 144 Hyb are my choices.

 

[wasskeet]

I use LR primers (BR2 or 210M) in all my 6.5PRC loads.
RL23 is my go-to powder, with H1000 or N560 as my 2nd choice.
140 Hyb, 140 Elite, 140 HVLD, or 144 Hyb are my choices.

I'm going to have to give the RL23 a shot.

 

[okie man]

Rl-26, n565, h1000 are the 3 powders I've been using.