My 6.5 Sherman rifle and load development thread

[Korhil78]

I just got my rifle delivered to my house today! I have to say that Rhian did an awesome job on the build. I closed my old thread on the rifle parts and making of the rifle and opened this thread to get good pictures of the rifle and to do load development and post the results so that others who are thinking of building a 6.5 Sherman or a 6.5 Sherman Short (6.5 SS) can see the potential of both of these cartridges. I won't have the dies for about a week and a half but that is ok because my elk hunt is next week. The load development probably won't start until 3 weeks from now but when it does start, it will be coming along at a good pace.

 

[HARPERC]

.....I just got my rifle delivered to my house today! I have to say that Rhian did an awesome job on the build. cartridges.....The load development probably won't start until 3 weeks from now but when it does start, it will be coming along at a good pace..............

Tagging in so I don't miss your return.

 

[Korhil78]

Just got the pictures set up the way I wanted them as my cellphone was doing something crazy with them.

Pictures of the rifle itself which ways 9.3 lbs bare.






A picture for comparison of the round. 25-06 with 115 gr berger on the left and 6.5 Sherman with 143 gr ELD-X on the right. The 143 gr ELD-X is seated to touch the rifling in the picture but for load development for hunting purposes, I will start the seating depth at .010 and go to .050 from the rifling.



I will post a picture of it with the scope on tomorrow.

 

[300 ultra]

Gun looks nice. Muzzle break is huge

 

[Korhil78]

Gun looks nice. Muzzle break is huge

I was kind of worried about that myself. It was a muscle brake that I already had for a while and decided to use it so I wouldn't have to buy another one. Now that I have the rifle in hand...I actually like it!

 

[Greyfox]

Tagging on.

 

[elkaholic]

Boy, that is a sweet lookin' rifle Earnest! It will shoot like a 223 with that brake. I am still in Ut. so it is difficult to take care of everything until I get back to North Id. in a couple days. I will be moving in the new home next week. You are in luck though. I put some Sherman dies in the back of the car (for emergencies). I will ship them to you today.........Rich

 

[Korhil78]

Boy, that is a sweet lookin' rifle Earnest! It will shoot like a 223 with that brake. I am still in Ut. so it is difficult to take care of everything until I get back to North Id. in a couple days. I will be moving in the new home next week. You are in luck though. I put some Sherman dies in the back of the car (for emergencies). I will ship them to you today.........Rich

You just made my day!

 

[elkaholic]

You just made my day!

Well, a new build needs to be shot

 

[elkaholic]

Dies are in the mail.........Rich

 

[gillettehunter]

Tagging in. Be fun to see what that bad boy will do. Bruce

 

[Korhil78]

It's ready to rock and roll!



The shiny mark at the end of the barrel is just the light shining off of it and not a scratch haha.

 

[elkaholic]

It's ready to rock and roll!

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The shiny mark at the end of the barrel is just the light shining off of it and not a scratch haha.

That thing looks NASTY!

 

[Barrelnut]

Tag... Nice rifle and round. Interested in how she shoots.