Best powder for 6.5 creedmoor 130gr berger hotm?

[the hunter]

RL26 gets real quirky above 84°F. Pressures really spike. So if you hunt in wide ranging temps, RL26 is not the best choice.

Thanks, I hunt from 0 deg in the winter to 98 deg in the summer for hogs. I gess i'll just look around for some H4350.

 

[IDbound]

H4350 has definitely been the best.
I tried rl16 but terrible carbon fouling.

Can you explain in more detail to an old reloader but someone new to LR shooting. I have had good luck in a Savage Creedmoor and ordered 8 pounds. Just curious how to manage a carbon ring if that is a byproduct of this powder.

 

[IDbound]

Sorry I guess you said carbon fouling, not carbon ring.

 

[bigdaddyWSM]

I use 42.4 grains of H4350 in my Howa 1500 6.5 creedmoor with the 130 otm seated .020 off lands to get a group of 0.31 with MV around 2860ish ( can't remember offhand) I am going to load some more test loads at different seated deeper to fit my magazine & see how they shoot.

 

[gohring3006]

Imr 4451 is what I use.

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

Rl-26 is too slow with the 130s. We've had good luck with rl-17,with velocity. We got right at 3000 fps from a 22in barrel but it was a fairly warm load. I would look into rl-16. I'll be testing some when the weather warms up alittle.

 

[orch]

Rl26 46.5gr in Peterson brass pushing 130gr Berger hybrids @2993fps does the trick in my 6.5creed
Single digit sd's very accurate....
Other guys I shoot with are using h4350 and 143gr eldx's with great success...

Orch

 

[the hunter]

Rl-26 is too slow with the 130s. We've had good luck with rl-17,with velocity. We got right at 3000 fps from a 22in barrel but it was a fairly warm load. I would look into rl-16. I'll be testing some when the weather warms up alittle.

I just got two lbs. of H4350, will see how good it does.

 

[the hunter]

Ok, so I'am going to git some bergers online for me to shoot today.
There is something up with the barnes, I hit bad pressure at 41.9 and 42.0gr.
I went back down to 41.6gr and got no pressure and 2720fps.
C.O.L. was 2.825 with 41.6gr/ 2.800 with 41.9/ 2.840 with 42.0gr.
I gess the barnes are longer than other 130gr bullets, so I have to load them with 140gr bullet powder charges.

 

[Capt RB]

100V with lighter than 140's has been awesome for me. 120's 2900 with a light load. The rifle wouldn't come off target. 2990 had the same zero as my 147 load and single digit sd's would hold the waterline out to 326yds(furthest I shot paper with them. I used this load for movers inside of 400yds with very good success because the rifle didn't bounce around much. I had a bunch of room to go faster but never explored it.

 

[Mike 338]

Sierra recently published their data for the 6.5 Creedmoor. Should give you a good idea about powders.

https://sierrabulletsblog.com/2017/01/09/sierra-bullets-6-5-creedmoor-load-data/

 

[the hunter]

Sierra recently published their data for the 6.5 Creedmoor. Should give you a good idea about powders.

https://sierrabulletsblog.com/2017/01/09/sierra-bullets-6-5-creedmoor-load-data/

I have nosler and hornady reloading books, and both have data on the powder I'am using.