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Lets hear your 6mm Arc Varmint loads

806guns

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I have a 22" 1:7.5 satern barrel and a custom 16" 1:10 twist.
22" is my day time setup
16" wears a thermal for night hunting.
I plan on using nosler 70gr bt, 75gr vmax, 80gr hormady vt. Powders i have lever, benchmark, staball match, varget, 8208, h4895, tac.

Lets hear your go to coyote loads.
 
I have had good luck with varget, 8208 and benchmark. I have huge temp swings so I needed a powder that is consistent, which is the reason I don't use lever, cfe 223, or staball.

The nosler 70gr showed good performance with 8208 almost reaching 3100 fps from my 20" proof. I started at 27 grains and work up.

Benchmark was probably the fastest with the Nosler . I reached almost 3200. I started again at 27 and worked up to 30.

For long range plinking I use lever and 108 bergers. Started at 25 and worked up
 
I haven't loaded any 6ARC loads with 75Gr VMAX since I have a 7.5 twist but the 10 is right down its alley. If none.of those bullets work you can try the 69, 70 or 75gr hammers that require a 10 or faster twist. Here's an excerpt:
 

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I found a couple good loads for the 75VMAX. I've got a 24" Sanders Armory upper. Both of these loads grouped under .75 MOA @ 200yds shooting 5-shot groups and opened up to 1.25 MOA shooting 7-shot groups.
Hornady brass
28.6g H4895, REM 7 1/2 3150 FPS
and
28.7g Benchmark, 7 1/2: 3165 FPS
 
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