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Tikka T3X Roughtech 6.5 Creedmoor - learning to shoot
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<blockquote data-quote="redneckbmxer24" data-source="post: 3097267" data-attributes="member: 11459"><p>The easy button is H4350, Lapua or Alpha small rifle primer brass, CCI 450's and Berger 140 hybrids. .020" off the lands and start around 40.5gr and work up to 43gr. You'll usually find a node at 41.5-41.6 and then again 42.2-42.7. Varget also works well with 130gr class bullets and is cleaner than H4340, more consistent lot to lot, and more temperature stable. It also doesn't create the nightmarish carbon rings that H4350 does. It's too fast for 140's though.</p><p></p><p>That Winchester ammo has shot surprisingly well in everything I've run it through. My Q Fix with Proof barrel was sub 1/2MOA with it and my Seekins PH2 is also sub half MOA and it's pretty consistent out to 800 yards or so for shooting steel.</p><p></p><p>The Hornady American Gunner 140gr BTHP is another good cheap target load that has shot great in no less than a dozen 6.5CM's for me. You can find it for about $1.20/rd delivered. </p><p></p><p>Even if you're going to load it's nice to have a couple cases of decent match ammo on hand in case you don't have time to load, don't want to load, or run out of components and they're unavailable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redneckbmxer24, post: 3097267, member: 11459"] The easy button is H4350, Lapua or Alpha small rifle primer brass, CCI 450’s and Berger 140 hybrids. .020” off the lands and start around 40.5gr and work up to 43gr. You’ll usually find a node at 41.5-41.6 and then again 42.2-42.7. Varget also works well with 130gr class bullets and is cleaner than H4340, more consistent lot to lot, and more temperature stable. It also doesn’t create the nightmarish carbon rings that H4350 does. It’s too fast for 140’s though. That Winchester ammo has shot surprisingly well in everything I’ve run it through. My Q Fix with Proof barrel was sub 1/2MOA with it and my Seekins PH2 is also sub half MOA and it’s pretty consistent out to 800 yards or so for shooting steel. The Hornady American Gunner 140gr BTHP is another good cheap target load that has shot great in no less than a dozen 6.5CM’s for me. You can find it for about $1.20/rd delivered. Even if you’re going to load it’s nice to have a couple cases of decent match ammo on hand in case you don’t have time to load, don’t want to load, or run out of components and they’re unavailable. [/QUOTE]
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