Finishing up buying components for my 6.5sst build and was wondering what bullets/powders everyone is shooting. Just looking for starting points
6.5 SST LOAD DATA
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I have. Just looking for a little more
lancetkenyon
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140 Hyb, 144 Hyb, 150 SMK, 156 Elite
RL23, H1000
RL23, H1000
Forcedoutage
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RL 23 with 130's, Starting at 58gr
RL 26 with 143 ELDx, Starting at 56gr
N565 with 142 NABLR, starting at 56.5gr
N565 with 140 Speer Gold Dot, Starting at 56.5
I use BR2 primers will all
All guns and chambers are slightly different, so my starting loads are only good for my gun of course. You will be surprised what RL23 will do with the 130's. It's crazy fast @3300 FPS. Didn't expect it.
RL 26 with 143 ELDx, Starting at 56gr
N565 with 142 NABLR, starting at 56.5gr
N565 with 140 Speer Gold Dot, Starting at 56.5
I use BR2 primers will all
All guns and chambers are slightly different, so my starting loads are only good for my gun of course. You will be surprised what RL23 will do with the 130's. It's crazy fast @3300 FPS. Didn't expect it.
What speeds are you getting with the 140's?? @ forcedoutage
Forcedoutage
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3050-3070. Could go a little
Higher but this is where everything settled in at. Haven't tried the 23 with the 140's but feel I would gain a little with it. I'll also add that when I Chose the 6.5SST I was targeting 3050 with the 140's. This is where Rich and most everyone had mentioned it worked well. And they were right. Seems to be a good balance of performance, accuracy and barrel life.
Higher but this is where everything settled in at. Haven't tried the 23 with the 140's but feel I would gain a little with it. I'll also add that when I Chose the 6.5SST I was targeting 3050 with the 140's. This is where Rich and most everyone had mentioned it worked well. And they were right. Seems to be a good balance of performance, accuracy and barrel life.
