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Savage 111 LRH 6.5-284 Loading Questions
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<blockquote data-quote="ShootnMathews" data-source="post: 988439" data-attributes="member: 59915"><p>First, Thanks for the kind comments, all of you. The gun sure does like this load. Which is:</p><p>Lapua brass</p><p>210M primer</p><p>50.2 grains of H4831SC</p><p>Nosler 140 grain Ballistic tip (.509 BC according to noslers site)</p><p>.043" jump</p><p></p><p>At 500 yards 2820 fps fits my drop. First chance I get I will run it through a friends chrono to verify. I'd love to stretch this load out but I have to wait until my buddy goes to the 1000 yards spot here because he is the one with permission to shoot there. </p><p></p><p>I will stick with this load for a while because of the incredible accuracy it's getting, but I will not give up on finding a better long range load. The Bal. Tip requires 1800 fps to expand which puts my max range around 550-600 yards. I bought this gun with a mule deer trip out west in mind sometime in the next 3 years and I'd really like to get to 800 yards. I don't want to drive 20 hours and spend thousands to be 200 yards short on range on a trophy. Hopefully next year Berger will release a hybrid 6.5 hunting. This gun apparently does not like VLD design so I won't mess with other brands of that design. Whenever I can get a hold of some 130 Nosler AB LR I will give those a shot. Higher BC and faster velocity + they will expand down to 1300 fps. Those a qualities combined should give me sufficient energy and expansion at 800 yards and maybe 1000. But for here, where in 95% of where I hunt the ridges are about 400 yards apart and the mountains steep. So shooting across most shots are 300 to 400 with occasional shots 500- 600 if you're shooting at an angle, this load should perform flawlessly. </p><p></p><p>Again, thanks for the kind words everyone. Good hunting to all. When I get my hands on some new bullets to try I will be back with more info. I think the regular ACcubond may expand at 1300 fps. If so I may give those a go. Their profile is identical to the Bal. Tip and so is the BC. So I may luck out and just pop those in with no load work and get identical groups to this Bal. Tip load. </p><p></p><p>Jared</p><p></p><p>*edit. Just checked. The regular accubond requires 1800 fps also. Only the accubond long range will expand at 1300. I believe bergers only require 1000 fps, which is another reason for the desire to shoot them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ShootnMathews, post: 988439, member: 59915"] First, Thanks for the kind comments, all of you. The gun sure does like this load. Which is: Lapua brass 210M primer 50.2 grains of H4831SC Nosler 140 grain Ballistic tip (.509 BC according to noslers site) .043" jump At 500 yards 2820 fps fits my drop. First chance I get I will run it through a friends chrono to verify. I'd love to stretch this load out but I have to wait until my buddy goes to the 1000 yards spot here because he is the one with permission to shoot there. I will stick with this load for a while because of the incredible accuracy it's getting, but I will not give up on finding a better long range load. The Bal. Tip requires 1800 fps to expand which puts my max range around 550-600 yards. I bought this gun with a mule deer trip out west in mind sometime in the next 3 years and I'd really like to get to 800 yards. I don't want to drive 20 hours and spend thousands to be 200 yards short on range on a trophy. Hopefully next year Berger will release a hybrid 6.5 hunting. This gun apparently does not like VLD design so I won't mess with other brands of that design. Whenever I can get a hold of some 130 Nosler AB LR I will give those a shot. Higher BC and faster velocity + they will expand down to 1300 fps. Those a qualities combined should give me sufficient energy and expansion at 800 yards and maybe 1000. But for here, where in 95% of where I hunt the ridges are about 400 yards apart and the mountains steep. So shooting across most shots are 300 to 400 with occasional shots 500- 600 if you're shooting at an angle, this load should perform flawlessly. Again, thanks for the kind words everyone. Good hunting to all. When I get my hands on some new bullets to try I will be back with more info. I think the regular ACcubond may expand at 1300 fps. If so I may give those a go. Their profile is identical to the Bal. Tip and so is the BC. So I may luck out and just pop those in with no load work and get identical groups to this Bal. Tip load. Jared *edit. Just checked. The regular accubond requires 1800 fps also. Only the accubond long range will expand at 1300. I believe bergers only require 1000 fps, which is another reason for the desire to shoot them. [/QUOTE]
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