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My 6.5 Sherman rifle and load development thread
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<blockquote data-quote="Korhil78" data-source="post: 1351092" data-attributes="member: 34818"><p>Well I was able to get out today finally and do some shooting. I had a problem with the first barrel that was on this rifle but that got taken care of rather fast! </p><p></p><p>I went out a couple of weeks ago and did some load testing with H1000 and the 143 ELDX. I just couldn't get the kind of accuracy that I was expecting out of this rifle with those bullets. I did get a 1.3" group at 300 yards with 62.5 Gr but the pressure was just too high and would trash my brass so that was a no go. </p><p></p><p>So today I went out with H1000 and the 140 Gr Bergers. I loaded up 60-62 Gr of H1000 with the 140 Gr Berger seated .010 off the rifling. The results with the Berger bullets was much better than with the ELDX. </p><p></p><p>All of the loads were sub-MOA but 60 and 60.5 Gr were sub-half MOA. 60 Gr produces a 1.2" group and 60.5 Gr produced a .972" group at 300 yards. I am going to play with the seating depth of theses two loads and maybe alter the powder charge by .1 Gr to see if it tightens up any but I am more than pleased with these two groups. </p><p></p><p>60 Gr 1.2" At 300 yards</p><p>[ATTACH=full]82313[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>60.5 Gr .972" At 300 yards</p><p>[ATTACH=full]82314[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Korhil78, post: 1351092, member: 34818"] Well I was able to get out today finally and do some shooting. I had a problem with the first barrel that was on this rifle but that got taken care of rather fast! I went out a couple of weeks ago and did some load testing with H1000 and the 143 ELDX. I just couldn’t get the kind of accuracy that I was expecting out of this rifle with those bullets. I did get a 1.3” group at 300 yards with 62.5 Gr but the pressure was just too high and would trash my brass so that was a no go. So today I went out with H1000 and the 140 Gr Bergers. I loaded up 60-62 Gr of H1000 with the 140 Gr Berger seated .010 off the rifling. The results with the Berger bullets was much better than with the ELDX. All of the loads were sub-MOA but 60 and 60.5 Gr were sub-half MOA. 60 Gr produces a 1.2” group and 60.5 Gr produced a .972” group at 300 yards. I am going to play with the seating depth of theses two loads and maybe alter the powder charge by .1 Gr to see if it tightens up any but I am more than pleased with these two groups. 60 Gr 1.2” At 300 yards [ATTACH=full]82313[/ATTACH] 60.5 Gr .972” At 300 yards [ATTACH=full]82314[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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