Quickload Help

[Old Navy]

Early spring here and the road into my private range is getting real muddy. I was able to get in to try a new load in my 6mm CM with Reloder 16 yesterday. The first results were better than I hoped for. Last group was .062" with a 107 SMK over 40.4 grains. I am not going to be able to get back into the range until it dries out to run this load over the Magneto Speed. If this is on the mild side I would like to try some a little warmer. I would be grateful if someone can tell me where this load falls on the safe side and approximate velocity. The recipe is pointed 107 SMK over 40.4 grains of Reloder 16 in new Lapua brass with a CCI-450 primer. The barrel is a Shilen Silect Match 1 in 7" twist 28" long with 400 rounds down it. I would grateful if someone can tell me where I am on this load. Thanks. Frank

 

[Straightshooter1]

Early spring here and the road into my private range is getting real muddy. I was able to get in to try a new load in my 6mm CM with Reloder 16 yesterday. The first results were better than I hoped for. Last group was .062" with a 107 SMK over 40.4 grains. I am not going to be able to get back into the range until it dries out to run this load over the Magneto Speed. If this is on the mild side I would like to try some a little warmer. I would be grateful if someone can tell me where this load falls on the safe side and approximate velocity. The recipe is pointed 107 SMK over 40.4 grains of Reloder 16 in new Lapua brass with a CCI-450 primer. The barrel is a Shilen Silect Match 1 in 7" twist 28" long with 400 rounds down it. I would grateful if someone can tell me where I am on this load. Thanks. Frank

Because velocity can be affected by various chamber configurations (especially COAL), no one can really provide a meaningful response. For QuickLoad to give one a decent in the ballpark idea, it needs to have velocity and COAL data to get there.

Perhaps if someone has the same barrel in that configuration of yours and fired that same SMK and powder, they might be able to better give you some point of reference you're looking for (keeping in mind there can be wide variation from lot to lot of powder's burn rate)???

 

[FeMan]

^^^^+1 What Straighshooter said. I would guess your max velocity will be close to 3100 fps with that setup. Exactly where the top end is and particularly how much powder it takes to get there depends on too many variables to say.