130 Hybrids in 6.5x47?
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37.2-37.6 grains of Varget and somewhere between 3-15 off.
Try them seated to magazine length for the 6.5x 47 LAPUA cartridge ( 2.800in COAL). Then just work the powder charge up slowly checking for pressure signs and accuracy ( If you have the Berger Manual . Use the 6.5x47 130 VLD data in the manual). This bullet like our Classic Hunter bullets have a SAMMI length nose dimension for a bullet made to be used at magazine length. And their HYBRID bullet design makes them very tolerant of jump:
http://www.bergerbullets.com/new-65-130gr-ar-hybrid-otm-tactical/. If you have any questions please let us know.
This is something I will look at in the new year in a long throat 260 Rem. The 130 Tactical AR-Hybrid COAL at ~0.015" off the lands is 2.927" and that is what initial load development will be done at. Although the rifle is normally used single-loaded, I'll then see how they perform seated at mag length which in this case is actually below the SAAMI 2.800", expected to be around 2.79-2.795" when I get around to checking it.
With what I hear about this bullet, I expect it to perform as well with a 0.152" jump as with the short 0.015" version, likely lose a little velocity though. I know through trying that this applies to the various 77gn 0.224s from Sierra, Lapua and Berger in 223, these also designed for very large jumps to allow mag-feed in match ARs for XTC and seeing if anything even larger jumps. I eventually gave up bothering about 'optimal' COALs for these bullets in a 223 PT&G 'ISSF' 0.169" FB chamber designed for much longer nose 90s as I could see no grouping benefit at all in reduced jump / single loading and simply ended up seating the bullet just deeply enough to have a reasonable grip on the shank for single-loading. The large jump versions did seem to need to be driven a bit faster though before groups closed up. Their sole advantage was that it gave a bit more room for the powder charge to avoid excessive charge compression.
With what I hear about this bullet, I expect it to perform as well with a 0.152" jump as with the short 0.015" version, likely lose a little velocity though. I know through trying that this applies to the various 77gn 0.224s from Sierra, Lapua and Berger in 223, these also designed for very large jumps to allow mag-feed in match ARs for XTC and seeing if anything even larger jumps. I eventually gave up bothering about 'optimal' COALs for these bullets in a 223 PT&G 'ISSF' 0.169" FB chamber designed for much longer nose 90s as I could see no grouping benefit at all in reduced jump / single loading and simply ended up seating the bullet just deeply enough to have a reasonable grip on the shank for single-loading. The large jump versions did seem to need to be driven a bit faster though before groups closed up. Their sole advantage was that it gave a bit more room for the powder charge to avoid excessive charge compression.
My Smith's load is 38g Varget at coal 2.795 with 130 Berger. I haven't had time to verify, but its within the range what you guys reccomend on this site.
JBT47
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You looked in the target bullets section of Berger's site - they're in the smaller ' OTM Tactical' section, are also packed in cream colour boxes, not target models' yellow.
http://www.bergerbullets.com/products/tactical-bullets/
That 0.928 G7 'form factor' is impressively low drag for a 130 6.5, especially given its shorter nose section to help keep it to 2.800" COAL in the 260 Rem. It has a short bearing section too, so should be capable of being driven fast without excessive chamber pressure.
LOLOLOL.........I had these sitting 2 feet from my computer!! Been there for 5 months!! Time for bed.
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