Need advice - 6.5x47 Lapua with 130gr. bullets

[Comeback]

130 gr. VLD Berger with 38.0 Varget/BR4 primers....15 rounds from 1000:

6.51000 by Sharps45 2 7/8, on Flickr

That is some nice shooting mister.... How long have you been practising?

 

[Erik Cortina]

You are trying too many things at once. Pick a powder and do a complete load work up, don't just poke in the dark with random loads of a certain powder.

Good luck.

http://forum.accurateshooter.com/index.php?topic=3814361.0

 

[x_wolf]

Thanks for the advice Erik, I appreciate it.

Well, few more hours of reloading, lying on the shooting range and some more rounds down the pipe - I think i found it. Maybe by coincidence but i was counting on one powder which I bought last week. I used the Reload Swiss 60 powder (similar to H414 and Reloader 17). With final load of 42.5gr and 0.03" jump I was able to shoot 5-shot one-hole groups between 0.25" to 0.31" on approx. 109yds (100meters). No more flyers. I know it is not world record but good enough for me now. I am really happy because I can use whole rest of my stash of these Norma GT´s, well over 800 bullets...
Now I will move to 546yds and 1093yds range (500 and 1000 meters). Will report later. Inbetween I will develop some hunting load.

Thank you all for the willingness and help.

 

[x_wolf]

....The advice of using a Jewell trigger is good too. Once you get a great trigger in that rifle, you'll understand. I just knew years ago, that polishing and changing springs would make a factory trigger "good enough". Life's too short to play with 2.5 pound triggers.

I know. In my 300WM I use for few years this trigger - http://www.benchrite.com/cscart/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=29873 . It was one of first pieces available for Rem 700 actions. I bought complete trigger with new safety and bolt-stop. Worth every penny. I hope Jewell will be at least on same level.

 

[x_wolf]

I followed Erik´s advice to load development ( http://forum.accurateshooter.com/index.php?topic=3814361.0 ). This is the first part of it. Bullet seated at jam and -0.20" and loads with 0.5gr increments. Please tell me - do you see any node there? I think something between load Nr. 17 and 18 would be interesting. Yes there is always a flyer, but i think i know the reasons for it - mirage and my bad trigger pull. So, by loads Nr. 17 and 18 there are always first 2 shots in one hole and third shots were my errors.

Click the link below for bigger preview.

http://img.janforman.com/100mNormaGoldenTarget130gr2015419dax0.jpg