Has anyone tried Leihi CNC machines target slugs? I ordered 2 boxes to ser How well they will do in my 6.5x55. These are made of solid rod materials such as brass or copper. The ballistics on them seem good.
Mike
Mike
6.5 slugs
- Thread starter Michael White
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Not those. If you check the web site they make very nice target slugs. Their web site though lo eaves something to be desired. They were hard to find on it.
Here is a picture of these, 121 grains .
I think they were 36 a box for 100. some of the items are 50 per box. these wee 100. I grabbed 2 boxes. as soon as my new powder dispenser arrives I'll start reloading them into some new Lapua brass.
Sixth row down are the .264 Match solids. https://www.lehighdefense.com/collections/bullets
Use in any 6.5, but advertised for cm only. I'm going to use them in my 6.5x55 even if I have to stuff them one at a time instead of using my magazine. But they may feed from my mag to as it feeds 270 and 30-06.
Eddie Harren
Banned
Where I live 20 Ga. are the smallest "slugs" we are allowed to use for deer.
The other "slugs" were for pay phones and Coke machines, back in the day.
The other "slugs" were for pay phones and Coke machines, back in the day.
alinwa
Banned
Dude seriously???
You put those creed slugs into an inferior chambering, 'specially the wife's gun, and that poor gun will freakin' WILT under the pressure....... might never find the courage to fire again! I say "let creedmoor slugs be creedmoor slugs!"
Save The Children
Can you give us a ogive to tip measurement? I don't see why they want they to be creed only bullets...
Tip to ogive I measure at 0.7645.
Both Berger and Cutting Edge run about the same in their 140 grain bench test. And the Lehigh is only 1.4205 long, Berger 1.5085, and Cutting Edge is 1.5090 .
Thank you. Sounds like a winner for a mag fed 260 too. I wonder their reasoning in stating for the Creed only. Seems to be limiting their potential sales
Geno, tommorow I'm going to give them a call. Talk to them about that and some other things. The web site is terrible if your trying to look for benchrest projectiles. That and I think they need to off some more different weights to like 130, 140 and so. I wonder what they would weigh in at cnc out of brass or bronze.
Mike
The 121ish is the same weight as the flatline solids too. That leads me to assume it has to do with the standard 1-8 twist rate. Let us know what they have to say. I wouldn't mind giving these a go. 3100-3150 out of my 260ai might be pretty sweet for steel shoots
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My GUESS is that if they are loaded in a Grendel, they might not open correctly.
They are a closed tip solid. They're not supposed to open up. Speed rating on their website is 1500-4200fps
I just got off the phone with Josh at Lehigh. The creedmore only was only supposed to be put on the info for the 122gr controlled chaos bullets. He said they will work in others but as single feed. He did say the 122 would work in the 6.5-47 also.
The 121 is able to work in the 260 and my 260ai at mag length. They are all copper and no need to clean differently than a normal jacketed bullet.
The 121 is able to work in the 260 and my 260ai at mag length. They are all copper and no need to clean differently than a normal jacketed bullet.
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