It's not the skills, its the hard headedness, ROFLOL! That I have in good supply....
Remounting the deck will be a pain, but it is close to fully rebuilt now (not much left that isn't repaired). Looking forward to using it, it has a 1.4 meter wide cut!
My BFF stopped by the homestead to cut down a 75 cm diameter oak tree that died, and it is so hard; that his Echo saw couldn't do the job. I bought a Korean made copy of a Steil saw, so now I get to see how tough it really is!
I only have 6.5 Creedmoor, not 6.5 Grendel so can't help with a load for the latter. Have you got Nick Harvey's reloading manual? If not I can look up the tolerances for you. Let me know.
Let me check the brass first, looks like my Swedish Mauser brass...might be Creedmore. I wonder if my Swedish dies will fit? Need to look at that, LOL! I have been thinking about making a set of dies from 01 tool steel. When it makes a good round, I can harden and polish it....
Naturally loads depend on many things but here's one that I relied upon:
142gr Sierra HPBT
43.4gr AR2209 (ADI)
In load development (single feeding) I found a nice OAL but it didn't fit the magazine (PMAG) so I ended up running with 2.190" which shot well at 100m and fitted the magazine so I ran with it. It was pushing an MV of 2844 with a ballistic coefficient of 0.301 with the G7 drag model
Please keep in mind it is unlikely you will be able to get ADI powder so these load above will probably not mean much.
Thanks! I'll try to cross the powder, and I know this load is tuned to your firearm not his. It is a fun place to begin. I'm not even sure if it's a bolt gun yet.
It's always nice to have a starting point. If you haven't got Harvey's reloading book let me know. I can look up the tolerances for you. Snapshot the page.
It's not the skills, its the hard headedness, ROFLOL! That I have in good supply....
Remounting the deck will be a pain, but it is close to fully rebuilt now (not much left that isn't repaired). Looking forward to using it, it has a 1.4 meter wide cut!
My BFF stopped by the homestead to cut down a 75 cm diameter oak tree that died, and it is so hard; that his Echo saw couldn't do the job. I bought a Korean made copy of a Steil saw, so now I get to see how tough it really is!
At least life isn't boring!
:)>BTW, do you have a favorite 6.5 Grendel load? I need to fill some brass....
♡♡♡♡I only have 6.5 Creedmoor, not 6.5 Grendel so can't help with a load for the latter. Have you got Nick Harvey's reloading manual? If not I can look up the tolerances for you. Let me know.
Let me check the brass first, looks like my Swedish Mauser brass...might be Creedmore. I wonder if my Swedish dies will fit? Need to look at that, LOL! I have been thinking about making a set of dies from 01 tool steel. When it makes a good round, I can harden and polish it....
Apologies, it says creedmore on the brass. Looks a lot like my 6.5 Swedish brass....
Ain't life fun?
♡♡♡♡♡Naturally loads depend on many things but here's one that I relied upon:
In load development (single feeding) I found a nice OAL but it didn't fit the magazine (PMAG) so I ended up running with 2.190" which shot well at 100m and fitted the magazine so I ran with it. It was pushing an MV of 2844 with a ballistic coefficient of 0.301 with the G7 drag model
Please keep in mind it is unlikely you will be able to get ADI powder so these load above will probably not mean much.
Thanks! I'll try to cross the powder, and I know this load is tuned to your firearm not his. It is a fun place to begin. I'm not even sure if it's a bolt gun yet.
Thanks!
:)>It's always nice to have a starting point. If you haven't got Harvey's reloading book let me know. I can look up the tolerances for you. Snapshot the page.
Thanks, I have reloading references; I just trust you more, LOL! I am 'intolerant' anyway....
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