Despite what you read on the internet, there are precious few factory rifles that will do that "all day long."
What if you “do your part”?
Despite what you read on the internet, there are precious few factory rifles that will do that "all day long."
65 in pounds on the action screws will be right on, also your rifle should have a factory .272 no turn neck so a loaded round should be around .269 at the neck shoulder junction-.002 is .267 bushingHi guys, new here in the forum. Being shooting and reloading for years but finally got in to precision shooting and things are not going very well here.
I recently bought a Savage 12 Bench Rest model in 6mm BR and I started the load development to find a good match but so far nothing, probably I'm too desperate or the lack of knowledge in this area is the issue.
I shoot only in an indoor range (so no wind) at 100 yards and I'm expecting from that rifle make a 3 shoots in 1 hole, that's my goal and I think the rifle should be capable (if not ill be so disappointed after spent all the money)
The first issue I found is that there is pretty much NO load data out there, the most I found is in the 6mmbr website but for some reason I always don't have all the right ingredients. I started with 68gr bullets and 70gr as well, so far I made 2 shots in the same hole and the third about 3" apart.
During my loading I'm sorting the brass which is Lapua by weight, im also sorting the bullets first by weight, and then by dimensions using the brownels 6mm collect and a caliper. Im using Redding competition dies, CCI BR primers, new brass, 264 bushing (I also tried 266 and 268 but the results are worst)
I even tried the Lapua 105gr ammo and nothing special, I can make a better group with my AR. I have a Sightron S3 10-50.
The rifle is 1-8 twist and I just bought Sierra Match King 107g, Nosler Comp 105g and Barnes 80gr Tipped TSX but the same thing, when I'm looking online for recipes, NOTHING.
I have the next powders in hand:
Reloader 15
Varget
IMR4064
Benchmark
H335
N135
N140
Now, how I should start the load development? because there is ton of adjustments which can make a difference, I stopped playing with the neck tension and im going to continue with different powders, different grains, but also there is different OAL, etc.
In a side note, I took the rifle out of the stock yesterday to adjust the trigger (best I can get is 8oz without any malfunction) and I found that all screws where finger tight (weird), but when im looking for info about that the opinions are all mixed, the Savage website says 30-35" pounds but I found many people in other forums saying just finger tight, so im not sure but im thinking that there's probably my issue.
I appreciate any help and any guidance of how to continue my load development.
Thanks in advance,
Angel
I shoot only in an indoor range (so no wind) at 100 yards and I'm expecting from that rifle make a 3 shoots in 1 hole, that's my goal and I think the rifle should be capable (if not ill be so disappointed after spent all the money)
With a factory made rifle you have no idea what you'll get. A 6 br is a very easy to tune round. After what You have tried, I would replace the barrel.
I have that same rifle ' it shoots well.If you are getting 3” groups at 100 yards indoors, something is bad wrong.
The only thing that I saw in your description was what looked like too much neck tension. That doesn’t qualify as “bad wrong”. Hard to tell without being on the scene. We need to find you a mentor.
2 thou under the diameter of a loaded round should be good starting point.
I have a BVSS with a custom barrel and pillar bedded. Loaned it to a friend that was a 6 BR “flat earther”. He’s now a 6 BR fanatic.