6.5X47 loading info needed Re 15 and Re 17
- Thread starter tacgnut
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In my experience, RL-17 is sensitive to seating depth, and I could not get decent results in 6.5x47 or .260 Rem. until I jumped the bullets a lot.
My load for RL-17 was 41.5gr driving a Berger 130 VLD, jumped 0.050" from the lands, and with a Wolf SRM primer. Start at 40.0-40.5 and work up. It was ~100fps faster than the same charge of H4350 and with the bullet seated into the lands 0.015". Accuracy was not as good as with H4350, so I stopped playing with it.
My load for RL-17 was 41.5gr driving a Berger 130 VLD, jumped 0.050" from the lands, and with a Wolf SRM primer. Start at 40.0-40.5 and work up. It was ~100fps faster than the same charge of H4350 and with the bullet seated into the lands 0.015". Accuracy was not as good as with H4350, so I stopped playing with it.
Here are a couple of loads using RL-15:
39.3 Gr, CCI 450, 120gr SMK
38.0 gr (max load start with 35.0 gr), CCI 450, 120gr Berger VLD Target
39.3 Gr, CCI 450, 120gr SMK
38.0 gr (max load start with 35.0 gr), CCI 450, 120gr Berger VLD Target
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