What's your 6.5 PRC go to powder

[Old Infantry Guy]

What's your pet load?

Out of desperation because of the acute shortage of all the popular powers, I tried IMR 7828ssc. It has proven to be every bit as accurate a R26 and Retumbo. It is now my 'go to' powder, and will remain so. AND.... the 'super short cut' is very pleasant to work with.

 

[0002s]

Out of desperation because of the acute shortage of all the popular powers, I tried IMR 7828ssc. It has proven to be every bit as accurate a R26 and Retumbo. It is now my 'go to' powder, and will remain so. AND.... the 'super short cut' is very pleasant to work with.

I will give this a try as I have a lot of it. What bullet weights did you have success with?

 

[ridgeline300]

N565 or RL26 with 156's. 2900 with 22" barrel... 3,000 with 26" barrel.

 

[Old Infantry Guy]

I will give this a try as I have a lot of it. What bullet weights did you have success with?

I use 140 grain Berger VLD's.

 

[HVGBDT]

2 6.5 PRCs. Both Christensen arms. 1 24", 1 26". RL-26 58.0gr, 143 eld-x coated with hbn. Velocities verified by 2 Labradar. 24" at 3180, 26"at 3200. 200yd zero, 400 yd moa 3.5.

 

[whirlwindjml]

H1000 57.7 147 eldm very low ES 2927 ave fed large rifle primers. Adg/gunwerk brass

Savage tactical. The target was while I was working things up.

 

[vancewalker007]

26in Proof Carbon 1:8 Sendero
- 58.2gr H1000, 156 EOL, 15 off, CCI BR2, Hornady Brass, 1/2 MOA, 3040fps
- 60.9gr IMR8133, 127 Barnes LRX, 60 off, CCI BR2, Hornady Brass, sub 1/2 MOA, 3170fps

 

[FlyGuy11]

Bergara B-14 Wilderness Ridge 24"barrel
Berger load data from tech. Line use at own risk.
140gr Berger Hunting VLD
Gunwerks 6.5 PRC cases
Reloader 26 (57.2 grains)
Federal Gold Metal match Magnum Large Rifle primers
Velocity 3,058 fps
Working on seating depth test right now; so no groups yet.

 

[foul bore]

I am using H1000, 55.2 gr 144 gr berger, or 53.4 gr H4831sc. both shoot very well . went to H4831sc when couldnt get H1000. Had trouble with 147 gr Hornaday coming apart with 1-7 1/2 twist 26"barrel

 

[Dragoon300]

I am very impressed with Vihtavouri N570 in my 6.5 PRC. I have a 31" Bartlien lefthand 5R 1:8.5 to 1:7.5 gain twist in my Desert Tech SRS-A1. 64 grains of N570, ADG / Gunwerks brass, 156 gr Berger EOL's and GM 215 primers. 2.400 CBTO / 3.082 COAL (ref). I am getting 3,265 fps average muzzle velocity, 3,290 fps average suppressed. 10 SD 25 ES, 1/2 to 1/4 moa groups.

 

[Bill28]

What's your pet load?

H1000 with 156 Berger's, if you can find ether one

 

[Mrvmax]

My Savage 110 High Country shoots well with Norma MRP and Hornady 143 grain ELD-M

 

[vancewalker007]

H1000 with 156 Berger's, if you can find ether one

Well, I've been using H1000 for years in my 7 LRMs so I had an 8lb'r of it when I started developing loads in 2019. And I live near the largest Berger retailer, Bruno's Shooter supply, in the country and bought a few hundred when I found a load in Aug 2019.

Plus I just bought another 8lbs from Bruno's shooters supply last month.

 

[shooters]

156 Berger
57.0 H1000
3001 FPS