** FINAL UPDATE ON GETTING THE 6PPC UP AND RUNNING

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[Bill Norris]

Oh well, not happening today I suppose. Hold the popcorn fellas. Too much going on otherwise requiring my time. No worries, not sweating it, Today is a good day to be on the this side of the grass and tomorrow is another day. LOL.

 

[Clancy]

 

[Bill Norris]

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Yep, Me too. Had a lot of stuff going on in the shop today so could not shoot. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

 

[Bill Norris]

O K, finally got to shoot a group with it today. Just fired 1 shot to see where it was on the paper, made the adjustment and only shot this five shot group. Temps really hotter than I wanted it be but took my time shooting. Of course blowing out brass with this load below. I believe I'm gonna keep it. LOL. Zack likes to see his builds shoot right out of the gate. KInd of fond of it myself. That Cobalt Blue paint node is right on time.

65 GR. HORNADY V-MAX 1.632 O M 2.100 COL T/L B S .321 B C .280
POWDER AA-2015 26.5 GR. PRIMER CCI 450 .263 BUSHING
SEATED @1.642 O M 2.110 COL .010 JAM 06/27/23

 

[RegionRat]

Something about a rig that shoots just as pretty as it looks....
Well Done to those who made it happen and Best Wishes for many days on the range with it Bill!

 

[Bill Norris]

Something about a rig that shoots just as pretty as it looks....
Well Done to those who made it happen and Best Wishes for many days on the range with it Bill!

Absolutely agree Bro. I am totally pleased with Zack's & Brett's work. Cannot say enough good about the both of them.

 

[andym686]

O K, finally got to shoot a group with it today. Just fired 1 shot to see where it was on the paper, made the adjustment and only shot this five shot group. Temps really hotter than I wanted it be but took my time shooting. Of course blowing out brass with this load below. I believe I'm gonna keep it. LOL. Zack likes to see his builds shoot right out of the gate. KInd of fond of it myself. That Cobalt Blue paint node is right on time.

65 GR. HORNADY V-MAX 1.632 O M 2.100 COL T/L B S .321 B C .280
POWDER AA-2015 26.5 GR. PRIMER CCI 450 .263 BUSHING
SEATED @1.642 O M 2.110 COL .010 JAM 06/27/23

What a great start. Good shooting.

 

[Bill Norris]

Thank you Bro.

What a great start. Good shooting.

 

[TTE]

Wait a minute ! ...... there are only 2 shots there. Where did the other 3 go ?

 

[Bill Norris]

Wait a minute ! ...... there are only 2 shots there. Where did the other 3 go ?

LOL. 4 are in the top hole. My third shot went just a tad low but it could have been me.

 

[nmkid]

Zack has built several rifles for me. The problem is that I like to work up loads and I don't get the chance with Zack's rifles. Everyone he's built for me has always shot great with minimal effort on my part.

 

[andym686]

Zack has built several rifles for me. The problem is that I like to work up loads and I don't get the chance with Zack's rifles. Everyone he's built for me has always shot great with minimal effort on my part.

Ain't that the truth.

 

[Bill Norris]

Zack has built several rifles for me. The problem is that I like to work up loads and I don't get the chance with Zack's rifles. Everyone he's built for me has always shot great with minimal effort on my part.

I agree 100%. I have not seen anything sent to me by him that was difficult to load for. He has always been able to share some data with me that worked great but going off on a tangent with different components nothing has failed to shoot acceptable for me. However, I do my best to use components that I feel are worthy.

 

[Bill Norris]

Ain't that the truth.

Yea, that load above is just a blow out brass load. No effort at all. Can't wait to get my Bart's 68 gr. Ultras on top of VV-N133 with a CCI BR-4 and/or Fed 205M primers to work up a load to it's best and then add the E C V2 tuner.

 

[Bill Norris]

Still working on blowing out brass when I can catch a few mins with the heat not beating in under my roof. Managed to get 60 pcs. blown out so far with 40 more to go. Just taking my time and not getting the barrel over 90 degrees. 5-shot groups are agging @ mid to upper twos with the Hornady 65 gr. V-max. and a mild load of AA-2015. After firing going back to take a very skim turn to get my loaded diameter @ .265 and trimming the cases. Very pleased with the rifle and what I see so far. Another fantastic build by Zack & Brett.

 

[Jefferson]

try barts ultras and then come out and beat the crap out of the rest of the field

just kidding

enjoy the rifle it is a good one

 

[Bill Norris]

try barts ultras and then come out and beat the crap out of the rest of the field

just kidding

enjoy the rifle it is a good one

Yes Sir I have Barts Ultras and Avengers. Cant wait to get started working up my loads with those and VV-N133.

 

[Bill Norris]

I decided to fight the heat at around 07:00 P M yesterday and try to get started with some load development going with Bart's Avengers and VV-N133. Took my time and monitored barrel heat @ 90 degrees for the 21 shots. [3-shots X 7 charges.]

68 GR. BARTS AVENGER HPBT HBN**C 1.621 O M 2.149 COL T/L B S .265 B C .255
POWDER VV-N133 [28.2] 28.4 28.6 28.8 29.0 [29.2] 29.4 GR. PRIMER BR-4 .262 BU.
SEATED @1.631 O M 2.159 COL .010 JAM 07/18/23

I was feeling a little tight bolt lift at 29.4 gr. but primers and brass looked fine

These two groups below were the tightest

28.2 GR. .126 3-SHOT GP. 87 DEG. 75% REL/HUM 07/18/23
29.2 GR. .158 3-SHOT GP. 87 DEG. 75% REL/HUM 07/18/23

The AGG. for all seven groups was .229

Waiting to get a bullet seating check to chrono and add E C V2 Tuner

Planning to re-test these loads with 5-shot groups and check neck tension next

 

[nakneker]

Sounds like Zack made you a boring rifle, shoots through the same hole, that’s no fun

The rifle is beautiful and Brett‘s work is outstanding, as always.

Enjoy!