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Post by elkman1310 on Jun 6, 2018 17:39:32 GMT -5
Well I got to test the Hornady 147gr ELD-M at 1,000 yards today. The temp was 65 deg today not 84 deg like last time so I brought along the same loads that I couldn't shoot in my gun in the hot temp's but today no problem at all. The bolt lifted easy and the primers looked great with no cratering on the primer. So I am really surprised that RL 16 would react that way. they claim it is extremely consistent under all conditions well I didn't find that to be the case at. The good thing is if the temps stay in the high 60's to low 70's that will really shoot small 10 shot groups at 1,000 yards.
Today I tested RL 16 and RL 23 and they both shot in the 6" group range for 10 shots surprisingly more windage in the group than vertical so the bullet is definitely accurate. I also shot the Berger 140gr hunting VLD with RL16 and I had 9 under 5" but I had one shot drop straight down out the group by another 5". For some reason I have always gotten one or two un explained flyers from Berger 6.5 bullets and so have other guys that try to shoot 1,000 yard comp. The Sierra 142gr has been the most consistent at 1,000 yards and that what counts.
I was planning on taking this barrel off and put my new Krieger 1-7 twist barrel on put for now this gun is shooting to good to fool with it. |
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Post by Richard on Jun 7, 2018 9:39:45 GMT -5
Good thing you have lots of free time and money to play with all these loads, the shooting, the new barrels, scope and all the related equipment...........but, this is the what you have to do to stay competitive. I just don't seem to have the fire I used to with my long range CF match rifle??? I get more of a "kick" out of shooting the muzzle loader and playing with different combinations.
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Post by elkman1310 on Jun 7, 2018 16:37:47 GMT -5
Yeah and if you didn't use that lead sled you would really get a kick out of shooting your muzzleloader. Hey I am on a fixed income I am not in the saving mode anymore I am in the spend it while your here on earth mode. Live each day as if it is your last.
Just spent 3 hours loading 10 match rounds for my 6mm dasher. It is very time consuming.
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Post by joelmoney on Jun 7, 2018 17:01:14 GMT -5
Very interesting hearing about temp stability of RL-16. You made it might as well be you who enjoys it.
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Post by gd357 on Jun 8, 2018 2:28:29 GMT -5
elkman1310, not to be a complete fool, but which 6.5/.264 cartridge are you using?
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Post by elkman1310 on Jun 8, 2018 10:20:56 GMT -5
Mine is the standard 6.5/284 Norma which has a .296 neck and .188 free bore for the 142gr bullet. there are a few slight variations of the 6.5/284 Winchester design. A standard 6.5/284 will usually be a Sami spec chamber with a larger neck and shorter free bore to shoot lighter weight bullets. Then when you go custom guy's run smaller neck diameters because they neck turn their brass. A .296nk is still a no turn neck for a Lapua case.
6.5/284 is a excellent cartridge for precision long range shooting it is harder on a barrel than a smaller case but you can still get 800 to 1000 rounds down a good barrel before it's accuracy really drops off for serious benchrest shooting. If your just shooting steel plates you can go well past that number. I do think RL 16 is the right powder for the 6.5/284 its fills the case better than H4350 it gives better velocity and it has the de-coppering agent in the powder. Also when you bore scope your barrel after shooting RL 16 it has a nice gray pattern down the barrel compared to RL 17 which looks awful about 6" from the throat. I plan on still using RL 16 and also RL 23 when it gets really hot or just work up another hot temp load for RL 16. I want to stay in the 2980fps node for this barrel.
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