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Logical next step for 6.5x55 Swede
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<blockquote data-quote="merbeau" data-source="post: 1161331" data-attributes="member: 38494"><p>I went to your link and those bullets look really good and the results are superb. Much credit to you on that.</p><p></p><p>After so many powders failed I decided that perhaps it was a seating issue but Cutting Edge bullets are not supposed to as sensitive as the Berger VLDs. So I tried to match what Cutting Edge recommended and then to some 120 grain Prvi Partizan match factory ammunition. I did read where the 6.5 is sensitive to case length (long being bad) so I made sure the Nosler brass were shorter than the max. </p><p></p><p>Of all the powders IMR 7828ssc gave the best (bad) group so I will try it along with the CCI BR primer to see what happens. I can almost see where the primer might be an issue for the large cases like 300 or 338 mag but the 6.5 is relatively small. That is why I went to the bullet first. I did see one study years ago in Bench Rest shooting where various primers were tried on a recipe at 1000 yards and the Federal 215 primer produced a shrinkage of groups. So the primer can be an issue. </p><p></p><p>I was entering this information into my shooting log and looked at all the shooting data. The day 7828 gave me the best group it was 80 degrees and every time since then has been 45 to 55 Based on that it just may be a primer issue. </p><p></p><p>Probably can not get the range until February and I will try to post the results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="merbeau, post: 1161331, member: 38494"] I went to your link and those bullets look really good and the results are superb. Much credit to you on that. After so many powders failed I decided that perhaps it was a seating issue but Cutting Edge bullets are not supposed to as sensitive as the Berger VLDs. So I tried to match what Cutting Edge recommended and then to some 120 grain Prvi Partizan match factory ammunition. I did read where the 6.5 is sensitive to case length (long being bad) so I made sure the Nosler brass were shorter than the max. Of all the powders IMR 7828ssc gave the best (bad) group so I will try it along with the CCI BR primer to see what happens. I can almost see where the primer might be an issue for the large cases like 300 or 338 mag but the 6.5 is relatively small. That is why I went to the bullet first. I did see one study years ago in Bench Rest shooting where various primers were tried on a recipe at 1000 yards and the Federal 215 primer produced a shrinkage of groups. So the primer can be an issue. I was entering this information into my shooting log and looked at all the shooting data. The day 7828 gave me the best group it was 80 degrees and every time since then has been 45 to 55 Based on that it just may be a primer issue. Probably can not get the range until February and I will try to post the results. [/QUOTE]
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