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200 grain 6.5 revisited (Attention Elkaholic, and Hammer)
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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 1554174" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>We designed a Hammer Hunter that is pretty close to 2" long and came in at 165g. It is much more proportional than I thought it was going to be. We will see when we light a fire under it, but it looks to me like it will have no trouble with the launch speed. I was worried about it wringing or slipping in the rifling. After making the bullet, I don't think it will be a problem.</p><p></p><p>Ramshot LRT is the top of the list for powder. The little bit of testing that we did with it last week showed it to be a fare bit slower than the rl33. Being a ball powder is essential to consistent ignition on this major overbore. When we worked with this cartridge a few years ago the only powder that came close to working was US869. It was way too volatile with temp changes though and had to be loaded down quite a bit to not lock up with small temp changes.</p><p></p><p>Looking forward to shooting this one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 1554174, member: 7999"] We designed a Hammer Hunter that is pretty close to 2" long and came in at 165g. It is much more proportional than I thought it was going to be. We will see when we light a fire under it, but it looks to me like it will have no trouble with the launch speed. I was worried about it wringing or slipping in the rifling. After making the bullet, I don't think it will be a problem. Ramshot LRT is the top of the list for powder. The little bit of testing that we did with it last week showed it to be a fare bit slower than the rl33. Being a ball powder is essential to consistent ignition on this major overbore. When we worked with this cartridge a few years ago the only powder that came close to working was US869. It was way too volatile with temp changes though and had to be loaded down quite a bit to not lock up with small temp changes. Looking forward to shooting this one. [/QUOTE]
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