New to 6PPC bullet questions

[Phil]

New to the 6PPC........

What bullets are working for PPC shooters?????

I know of the Berger column and Barts bullets,so what else should I be looking into????

Phil.

P.S.

13.5 twist and I have some LT-32 powder to try.

 

[roninflag]

Phil- i shoot a 6ppc sako sporter for hunting. if you have a benchrest rifle . go to benchrest.com

 

[WayneShaw]

Bullets vary barrel to barrel. Some like flat based, some boat tail. Some have good luck with columnÅ›, some not so much. Bart makes several types. get some flats and get some bt,s. Bruno's sells bullets too I think. Go with what your barrel likes.

 

[82boy]

Bruno's sells bullets too I think.

Bruno use to make bullets, The OO was an awesome bullet. but they stop bullet making production, due to high demands of sales in other areas.

As far as bullets go it depends on your barrel, and what your looking for. If your looking for Benchrest shooting, there is a lot of popular bullets as you have mentioned the Berger Columns, and Bart's (Most shoot ultras.) are good bullets. Most shooters in our area shoot Hottenstiens, Cheeks, and Conaway's Generic bullet. The bad part is right now, everything is hard to find, so it is hit and miss if you can get any of the mentioned.

 

[BoydAllen]

Pick one bullet, and learn how to do a proper, loading at the range workup. Working with too many bullets usually means that you will not do a good investigation of any of them, and you will use up a significant percentage of your barrels limited top accuracy life in the process. Recently a friend has been getting top results with the columns .005 off of carefully measured touch. I would start a one shot per load pressure test at 27 grains, with .3 steps, over flags, on the same target, holding center, and stop when the bolt got a little tight on FL sized loads. From there you will probably have evidence of a minimum of two nodes that you can explore. I think that LT 32 may favor the lighter bullets, with a little jump. With 133 you might try around 28.8 with the bullet and seating depth that I mentioned. If you have a chronograph I would suggest doing all your testing with it. Let us know of your results.

 

[CJ6]

That's where I'm @ 28.8 V 133, 65gr Barts BTs, Shilen 13 tw, Tula SR primer, Back .002 from lands .2565 bushing.

 

[A j shooter]

Plan ol Berger 68s shoot great for me

 

[BoydAllen]

Every single person that I have helped get started loading for their first 6PPC, I have started with 68 grain Bergers, and they have all shot as well with them as I would expect with any bullet. With a excellent rifles, properly tuned loads, and ideal conditions, five shots under.2, certainly not all the time, certainly not"all day long" , but enough to let you know that if it is a .2, that it was probably you, and not the bullet. People have an affinity for the exotic and hard to get. That is the only problem that Bergers have; they are (usually) easy to get, so the harder to get stuff must be better.

 

[A j shooter]

Every single person that I have helped get started loading for their first 6PPC, I have started with 68 grain Bergers, and they have all shot as well with them as I would expect with any bullet. With a excellent rifles, properly tuned loads, and ideal conditions, five shots under.2, certainly not all the time, certainly not"all day long" , but enough to let you know that if it is a .2, that it was probably you, and not the bullet. People have an affinity for the exotic and hard to get. That is the only problem that Bergers have; they are (usually) easy to get, so the harder to get stuff must be better.

I agree

 

[HFV]

If you have 13 to 14 twist barrel, about any custom bullet will shoot (62gr-69gr) If you're shooting competition,, you'll have to experiment w/bullets. I like Barts 66 and Brady Knight 66 for about every barrel I've owned in recent years. Earlier I used Watsons and Fowlers 65 66 & 68s.
Bart makes Watsons now,,, great bullets and great dies. I have also done very well w/Eubers 68s ( don't confuse me)

 

[HFV]

Pick one bullet, and learn how to do a proper, loading at the range workup. Working with too many bullets usually means that you will not do a good investigation of any of them, and you will use up a significant percentage of your barrels limited top accuracy life in the process. Recently a friend has been getting top results with the columns .005 off of carefully measured touch. I would start a one shot per load pressure test at 27 grains, with .3 steps, over flags, on the same target, holding center, and stop when the bolt got a little tight on FL sized loads. From there you will probably have evidence of a minimum of two nodes that you can explore. I think that LT 32 may favor the lighter bullets, with a little jump. With 133 you might try around 28.8 with the bullet and seating depth that I mentioned. If you have a chronograph I would suggest doing all your testing with it. Let us know of your results.

Great advise

 

[Joe Maisto]

I would say this;

It can be frustrating to find a custom bullet that shoots well in a particular barrel, ( as noted earlier, all barrels are not created equal). I regret I didn't buy 10,000 of the original Jef Fowler bullets back then. That said, I prefer bullets made by a "one man shop". Some were mentioned above. Problem is, you go through barrels trying to find the right combination, and even then, when you change barrels, it all may change once again trying to get that particular barrel to shoot as well as the "hummer" you once had. I am inclined to believe you won't go wrong with bullets made by people like Conaway , Brady Knight, and a few others. As a BR shooter, we pay attention to what others are using.
One particular bullet maker we shoot with has a backlog of about a year. Thats because his bullets shoot well and are being used by people in the HOF. ( in a barrel that they know will shoot after about 50-75 rounds).
Some others will shoot just as well, but they use what has earned a reputation for accuracy. It's a circle.....

 

[GSPV]

One more word that I didn't see anyone cover:

You might have trouble with boat tails if you have a chamber with a longer free bore.

 

[Jet]

The advice Boyd gives is sound. I have been using Berger 68FB as I learn/refine my bench shooting skills and match reloading mechanics.

 

[jonbearman]

If your freebore is correct for the shorter 68 grainers then order some barnes match burners tiil the bulets become available or order some from whomever and give the match burners a try.I tried them and they shoot real good for being a production bullet to hold you over till you can get what you really want for the future. Backorder some from barts or whomever and put up with the wait.

 

[wmdron]

+1 on the Barnes Match burners. They have done well for me in my Cooper.

 

[yat3b35]

http://benchrest.com/hammonds/bullets.html
Give Clarence Hammond a call to see if he will ship. He makes some very accurate bullets.