N570 in a 6.5 PRC

[chetraguse]

That's what I thought too. I had bought 5#'s of it. I haven't tried 570 yet but got a good node with 560 at 3080.

 

[nealm66]

Alright so I had a chance to go back out and do some follow up testing on these loads and here are the results:
Edit: 6.5 PRC. Hornady Brass. These are all compressed loads with N570. All seated 0.010" off lands. Fired case capacity is about 69grains H2O.


145 match burner

73F 46% 29.74inHg

Charge	Velocity	SD	ES
62.5	3177	6.4	12
62.7	3209	16.2	31
62.9	3200	8.6	15
63.1	3205	2.4	5

153 A Tip

73F 46% 29.74inHg

Charge	Velocity	SD	ES
60.5	3078	5.7	11
60.7	3097	6.4	12
60.9	3094	7.3	14
61.1	3105	18.0	33

156 EOL

70F 52% 29.77inHg

Charge	Velocity	SD	ES
61.5	3056	14.1	27
61.7	3053	7.8	19
61.9	3094	3.0	5
62.1	3116	9.0	22
62.3	3141	10.5	20
62.5	3142	10.1	20

Man, I really appreciate this. Saved me a bunch of time. Thank you

 

[Iron Worker]

I have some N170 ,any experience with this powder in 6.5 PRC ?

 

[coyotezapper]

With the 156 and N568 the sweet spot is 2900-2950 fps with 26" bbl. Very good