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Light vs Heavy and Extreme Spread
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<blockquote data-quote="deertroy1" data-source="post: 1817441" data-attributes="member: 53905"><p>I'm noticing I cannot get consistent velocities when shooting light bullets in my 6mm Rem. It is a McGowen barrelled Savage. I'm starting to think it's because of the firing pin assembly as it also gave high ES when it was new as a 243 Win. Unfortunately it has the one piece firing pin. Firing pin protrusion is good at 0.053". It severely craters primers with even mild loads. I was told this is a result of too sharp a firing pin tip. I made it more blunt and it helped with the cratering but did not eliminate it. I made it more blunt and it wouldn't fire. I put it back and it fires but the cratering is back. </p><p>I recently tried some 100gr bullets with RL-22 and ES was down in the low 20's and teens. With bullets 75gr and under it's anywhere from 50 - 100 fps for five shoots. Accuracy isn't all the great either.</p><p>I've tried all the little things like different brass, different bullets (Nosler, Berger, Sierra, Hornady), different powders (H4895, Varget, RL-15, RL-16, Staball 6.5, H4350, Big Game, Hunter, W760, etc.), different primers, weighing cases, cleaning up the necks, etc.</p><p> I was wondering if anyone else has experienced having difficulty getting low ES with light for caliber bullets?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deertroy1, post: 1817441, member: 53905"] I'm noticing I cannot get consistent velocities when shooting light bullets in my 6mm Rem. It is a McGowen barrelled Savage. I'm starting to think it's because of the firing pin assembly as it also gave high ES when it was new as a 243 Win. Unfortunately it has the one piece firing pin. Firing pin protrusion is good at 0.053". It severely craters primers with even mild loads. I was told this is a result of too sharp a firing pin tip. I made it more blunt and it helped with the cratering but did not eliminate it. I made it more blunt and it wouldn't fire. I put it back and it fires but the cratering is back. I recently tried some 100gr bullets with RL-22 and ES was down in the low 20's and teens. With bullets 75gr and under it's anywhere from 50 - 100 fps for five shoots. Accuracy isn't all the great either. I've tried all the little things like different brass, different bullets (Nosler, Berger, Sierra, Hornady), different powders (H4895, Varget, RL-15, RL-16, Staball 6.5, H4350, Big Game, Hunter, W760, etc.), different primers, weighing cases, cleaning up the necks, etc. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced having difficulty getting low ES with light for caliber bullets? [/QUOTE]
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