6.5 Anarchy and the 150 grain SMK

[harleyreb1]

When I saw the 150 grain offering from Sierra I knew I had to have a rifle to make max use of it. I thought and pondered on what would be the perfect caliber to use these bullets in and be able to wring out some real performance from them. I came up with what I call 6.5 Anarchy(Basically a 6.5-06 AI) I made up a dummy round and had JGS cut me a reamer and used that to chamber a Proof Research stainless barrel with a 1-7.5 twist. Built on a Remington 700 LA and Grayboe stock triggered by a Timney Calvin Elite set at 1lb. In the beginning I was figuring that if I could get the 150s rolling around 3000+fps good things would happen. With my 24" barrel and 56.4 grains of RL22 I am getting a consistent 3080fps with plenty of room for pressure. I have seen well over 3100 in testing. Accuracy has been outstanding! I plan to take it out to 1760(one mile) and will report back after doing so. Here are a few pics for you to check out.

 

[harleyreb1]

here is the actual round

 

[ShootDots]

Nice looking rifle. Accuracy sure seems to be there along with the looks!

 

[simo hayha]

Nice

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Thats gonna be a perfect caliber

 

[Bc'z]

Sweet lookin rig!! Should be a nice long range critter killin machine.

 

[wboggs]

Try any other powders? What primers?

 

[boltfluter]

Nicely done all the way around. No excuse for a miss with that rifle.

Paul

 

[harleyreb1]

Try any other powders? What primers?

I tried RL19 and Vit N550 both just didn't perform well for me. Vit was slow
Fed 210m

 

[wboggs]

I tried RL19 and Vit N550 both just didn't perform well for me. Vit was slow
Fed 210m

I'm happy to see the smk 150 is holding up well out of a 7.5 at close to 3100.

 

[bbarber25]

Great results! mind sharing where you’re seating them jump/jam wise?

 

[Beeman]

Any similarities to the 6.5 Sherman? Did you make your own changes to the 6.5-06AI? Very nice gun and groups. Speed is not bad either. The reason I ask is my Sherman likes N570 and R26. 140 Berger at 3339 fps out of a 29” Hart. Might be worth a try in your gun.

 

[harleyreb1]

Great results! mind sharing where you’re seating them jump/jam wise?

touching

 

[harleyreb1]

Any similarities to the 6.5 Sherman? Did you make your own changes to the 6.5-06AI? Very nice gun and groups. Speed is not bad either. The reason I ask is my Sherman likes N570 and R26. 140 Berger at 3339 fps out of a 29” Hart. Might be worth a try in your gun.

basically I seated the bullet right where I wanted it in the case and had the reamer cut so that that exact spot would be touching the lans.