Powder tests 6.5x47L with light bullets

[KMart]

I have been looking for info for light bullets, 100 grain and 108 grain, but haven't seen anything helpful. So, here are some of my findings.
6.5x47L, 26" Krieger barrel, 8.5 twist.

108 Scenar, Reloader 15.5, Ginex primer, .005 ITL
37.5.................3002fps .096 group
37.8..................3041
38.1...................3093
38.7...................3110
39.0...................3126
39.2...................3141
39.4...................3170 MAX

108 Scenar, R 7.5, H4895
36.5................3080
36.6...............3089
36.7................3120
36.8.................3117
36.9.................3117

Also shot the 100 gr Norma's using 8208 and R 7.5 primers.
Shot from 38.2, up to 39.5 grains with no problems. Did not Chrono these.

 

[RDavies]

I have been looking for info for light bullets, 100 grain and 108 grain, but haven't seen anything helpful. So, here are some of my findings.
6.5x47L, 26" Krieger barrel, 8.5 twist.

108 Scenar, Reloader 15.5, Ginex primer, .005 ITL
37.5.................3002fps .096 group
37.8..................3041
38.1...................3093
38.7...................3110
39.0...................3126
39.2...................3141
39.4...................3170 MAX

108 Scenar, R 7.5, H4895
36.5................3080
36.6...............3089
36.7................3120
36.8.................3117
36.9.................3117

Also shot the 100 gr Norma's using 8208 and R 7.5 primers.
Shot from 38.2, up to 39.5 grains with no problems. Did not Chrono these.

Will you be trying Varget in it with 108s?

 

[KMart]

Will you be trying Varget in it with 108s?

Probably not. Varget has been one of those powders that has never been a good fit for me.

 

[Eric Leonard]

Mine shots the 95 VMax with Benchmark at almost 3200 fps and 1 inch groups at 300 yards

 

[ngoforth]

For whatever reason my 6.5x47 favorite bullet is sierra 107 match kings. it will shoot 36.5 grains of varget or RL15 the same. I have gone up to I think 39 grains but the accuracy dropped off. For the life of me I cannot find the chrono data I have for it but i think it was a tad bit faster than I thought it would be.

 

[KMart]

For whatever reason my 6.5x47 favorite bullet is sierra 107 match kings. it will shoot 36.5 grains of varget or RL15 the same. I have gone up to I think 39 grains but the accuracy dropped off. For the life of me I cannot find the chrono data I have for it but i think it was a tad bit faster than I thought it would be.

The 107 SMK seems nonexistent at the present. I did manage to get a couple of hundred from a friend.

 

[ngoforth]

I was lucky that the 107 smk was one of the only bullets available at the time when I put my rifle together and that it liked it. Since then I have had a hard time finding it myself. When I found them I bought a decent amount and should be ok for the future.

 

[DiRTY DOG]

Varget has been great for me with 85gr HH and 127gr Scenars.

 

[pitbull]

95 and varget or r15 does it for me