6,5X47 LAPUA accuracy node(s)

[stgw77]

Hi all,
when you tested powders in 6,5X47 Lapua, how many accuracy nodes did you found? I mean from very low velocities to max velocities. At which speeds?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Klemen

 

[robbin]

I've got two, both 28 in tubes, one a heavy bench gun, the other is a custom Encore for hunting. I only found two loads in either rifle that really made a difference. The slower in both cases was much slower and too much of a loss of energy at long range. Both guns like the 140 VLDs, even thou both were throated for 130s. In both rifles the good load was showing excessive pressure signs, I backed off .3 and that's what I shoot. Both guns prefer RL17 The MV are low for such high pressure signs. The encore is 2770 and the Bench gun is 2840 and there is only .2 grains difference in the powder charges, and both are HOT.
The 7 pound Encore shoots almost exactly the same as the 17 pound bench gun except that the light barrel overheats quickly and the POI moves about the 5th shot. But it's a hunting gun, light, easy to carry, DEADLY....
Both guns shoot .5 MOA or better at 800 yards when the wind is not blowing. As far as I can shoot in my field. Interesting that neither gun will shoot .5 MOA inside of 300 yards, but shoot .5 MOA or better from 300 to 800.
I am convinced that RL17 is the powder for the 6.5X47 Lapua.
I hope that helps, My two favorite rifles are both 6.5X47 Lapua. Nothing else has the range, with so little recoil. A real sweetheart too shoot. My daughter shoots coke cans at 400 yards with the encore.