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6.5 sherman q&a
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<blockquote data-quote="elkaholic" data-source="post: 905090" data-attributes="member: 13833"><p>Hi Jay.....I was holding off hoping someone else would respond but will throw out a few that have worked for me.</p><p>I use nothing but std primers, either 210's or BR2's. I have found no benefit in using magnums. Loads below are with 26" barrel. I trim to 2.520" which is only .005" clearance but you can go more if you like.</p><p></p><p>For the 140 bergers and a-max I like:</p><p>62-65 grains Retumbo</p><p>60-63 grains RL-25</p><p>54-55 grains H4350</p><p>57-59 grains 7828 </p><p>Almost any powder with a burning rate slower than 4350 seems to work well. I think CliffM likes 57 grains H4831.</p><p>Most of the loads listed above will get you in the 3100'+ range.</p><p>Top loads will reach 3200'/sec</p><p></p><p>With the 160 Matrix:</p><p>59-62 grains retumbo</p><p>68-70 grains US869</p><p>58-60 grains H1000</p><p></p><p>Bigngreen is doing some testing with RL33 which is showing good promise. Top loads with the 160's will exceed 3000'/sec.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.......Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkaholic, post: 905090, member: 13833"] Hi Jay.....I was holding off hoping someone else would respond but will throw out a few that have worked for me. I use nothing but std primers, either 210's or BR2's. I have found no benefit in using magnums. Loads below are with 26" barrel. I trim to 2.520" which is only .005" clearance but you can go more if you like. For the 140 bergers and a-max I like: 62-65 grains Retumbo 60-63 grains RL-25 54-55 grains H4350 57-59 grains 7828 Almost any powder with a burning rate slower than 4350 seems to work well. I think CliffM likes 57 grains H4831. Most of the loads listed above will get you in the 3100'+ range. Top loads will reach 3200'/sec With the 160 Matrix: 59-62 grains retumbo 68-70 grains US869 58-60 grains H1000 Bigngreen is doing some testing with RL33 which is showing good promise. Top loads with the 160's will exceed 3000'/sec. Hope this helps.......Rich [/QUOTE]
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