❤❤Love that your reloading your own ,i believe there is some top quality brass you can get nowdays .Also you may see inconsistencies through different times of the year and not be able to figure why ,,i thought the room me and my brother were loading in was dry ,,he bought an electric de humidifier and first night he put it on he sucked over 2 pints of water out of the room and around a pint every 12 hours ,our reloads got way more consistent after that .!!
I would take those 2 best loads, shoot them over a chrono for velocity, ES and SD. Then may take and load +0.5 gr and -0.5 gr on either side to see if velocity, ES and SD improve/get worse to taylor load.
Cool video! Reloading is fun! Great job! I prefer .5 grain increments with short action calibers like 243 and 6mm. I would retry 40 to 43 grains in .5 increments to find the sweet spot.
Chasing that one hole group is addicting and expensive. Good luck. Been there done that 😂 Thanks for sharing another great video. Keep up the good work.
I have used that bullet seater for four years now. One of the best purchases I've ever made. The micrometer is pretty darn accurate. Love the handloading videos...you're officially down the rabbit hole now😂
I always enjoy reloading videos and searching for the 'sweet spot' load. I started following the recommendations of the '6.5 Guys' and they have worked for me. More of these, please.
Great to see your reloads. Would love to watch you mix your reloads in with the factory stuff, say 7mm PRC Precision Hunter vs. a 168 grain Nosler Accubond Long Range reload
I absolutely love all of my Frankford arsenal equipment. I'm trying to accumulate every piece that Frankford arsenal has. I have the intellidropper, funnel set, hand primer, trickler, bullet trays and the universal seating die set. I love that press you have, Good stuff 🇺🇸👊😎
I'm loading for my 6 Creed PRS rifle. I'm running the 108 Hornady. I've got a few videos up while I was working up the load. I am very happy with my results over the factory boxed stuff. If you ever make it to Oklahoma, come on out and we'll have a handloaded 6 Creed shoot off!! See who can make the best groups. Good contest!! Have a great week, sir!
Started a long time ago 30 plus years! Started exactly as you. I didn’t really care about speed. Reloaded simply because I couldn’t buy bullets for a .264 win mag. But I quickly learned how to build them. Looking back now I was way over pressure and speed. But it sure was a shooter. Now with the knowledge of google I have refined with good equipment and better knowledge. Still use a stair step with great results. I love this please keep it up!
I bought a Ruger American Predator in 6 Creed, put it in a Boyd's adjustable stock, mag conversion, 20 MOA EGW rail and a Athlon 8x32 scope. With almost any handload it shoots in the .3's, really likes 103 ELDX's.
Benchrest shooters, who, naturally, are shooting for record (group size) and typically measure their groups to the thousandth of an inch, NEVER shoot out the aim point. Midway used to sell pasters that you could stick to anything. I used heavy stock paper or even a potato chip cardboard box. It's a small black/white square with a circle below for the bullots to land in, perfect for high zoomie scopes. Oh ya, cronoghraph. Was going to comment in last vid. Move it out from under that roof. You'll catch more readings.
You might do it and we just can’t see it, but lesson learned by me when I started loading, mark each case with what load it is. I do ”1,2,3,ect” so if I drop or knock that cartridge box over, I know what powder charge is in them. Marking the box itself is great, but one whoops and there goes all your hard work if the individual cartridges are not marked.
Those are some really good groups. 30-06 and 308 take the same diameter bullet and imr 4064 powder is what I use for those two for hand loads and there very accurate the boolots I use are 150 grain nosler patricians and 165 nailer ballistic tip
Awesome video. Amazing groups, look forward to more.. You should make a deal with heavy metal and either get a small con-x or maybe build a small shedd that can be locked that has all you range stuff in it then the only time you can forget it is when you first get it.
Another thing you can see with these loads is your accuracy nodes. Your groups started with .9x then got down to .5x then went back to .9x. with your power charge steps of 1.2 grs that indicates that going up another .6 grs may hit the node again. You can keep increasing velocity along these nodes till you reach your max load, then fine tune from there.
You have 2 groups there pointing you in the right direction. Work a few more loads up and get back to the range, preferably with the chrony LOL. You'll have a ridiculously good varmint load in no time 😊
I like these reloading videos. I would go with group 3. I don't reload yet, but I want to. I'm interested In loading 156 grain norma bullets for my 6.5 creedmore. And hard cast bullets for my 35 remington. Thanks for all you do!
You must use a Chronograph when doing reloads. Group sizes do matter. But Velocity, SDs, & ESs are more important than just group sizes. Get yourself the new Garmin Chronograph. Just keep it in the range bag.
Told you. Now you are hooked. When I reload I'm normally looking for groups. Your reload manual will give a round about on the speed. You can shoot 4000fps but if it don't group and you can't hit then what does it matter. Doesn't matter to me that you forgot the chronograph again. I've been doing this for years. I just enjoy the videos. Especially the new reloading ones.
I have been reloading for years. You need to make smaller powder increments. To work out a load for accuracy, try starting to raise powder increments .3 grains every 3 loaded bullets. 44.0 44.3 44.6 and so on. You will find an accurate round may take longer but works well.
My Weatherby 340 experienced a stock split behind the pistol grip during the first range session. I bought the rifle used so it might have been cracked when I received it. My gunsmith found me a nearly new replacement Weatherby stock for a very good price. Your split might be repairable by a competent gunsmith but possibly not. Pillar block bedding and magnum style cross bolts have been good for accuracy and long term reliability in my 300 Weatherby. For after market I would look at McMillan or H S Precision if available. You could use a stock like that for hunting and still have the looks of your original stock with a cosmetic repair for aesthetics. I'm considering shooting the 340 on an elk hunt but for now am staying with the 300s and the 180 Accubonds. If you decide on a replacement stock try posting its model, description and price online and maybe some of us will help you get it
Nice shooting rig!👍. You're doing great on your reloading. Just starting to get back into reloading after about 20 some years😁. It's awesome shooting your own ammunition and it's accurate.
Gave up on the V-Max bullets have had couple either melt the tips or just start to Designate in flight and tumble/keyhole though the targets all at 100 meters during sight in left 2-3 inch long slices and splatter all over the targets,.243 win 87 grain bullets,pushing them pretty hot,they are plenty accurate when they didn't have a problem,there is alot of info about this problem with a bunch of different Hornady bullets all with the light red tips,the dark red tips are heat resistant on the ELD's,In my 6.5 and 6 creedmoors I only use Vapor Trail bullets about the best bullet going
Sometimes the fast ain’t the most accurate load. Pick your middle 2 loads and start working a load in between them along with bullet seating depth and you’ll find something that gun really likes. Those are fine hand loads though.
Now you start tweaking. Now that the brass is fire formed to rifle. Neck size it. Tweak the bullet seating depth. Powder charge up/down by 1/10 grain. Try different primer brands. It can be a pain. Chronograph is essential to establish a base line in velocity.
Now overlap the best groups and run 3/10ths of a grain steps. 40.4 40.7 (again) 41.0 41.3 41.6 41.9 42.2 (kind of again) and see if there's a sweet spot in between your best groups. Don't vary the seating depth yet, change only one variable at a time. Not bad for starters though!
The chronograph will really help with checking your SD and es on a given load your right on track with the 5 shot group way more accurate than 3 shot groups good luck reloading ad's a lot of enjoyment to shooting 😂
Pretty dang good, especailly since you are a newb at relaoding. The light bullets kind of defeats the purpose of the 6creedmoor though. You are right about relaoding being rewarding, I had much rather do that iny my spare time than watch some prima dona sports figure or tv in general. Great video, keep at it you will only get better at it. Been reloading for over 40 years.
I would load a group in between the two good powder charges. Maybe a 41 grn and a 41.5. Nice job. I load 0.1 grn different to get my loads. This is after I get a close to what I want to see.
Pretty fancy shooting as always If you are not careful you will get hooked on reloading it is like an addiction I have heard. Not that I have any crazy addictions like reloading No never
Accuracy nodes run about every 3 percent in charge weight. And also every 6 thousandths in seating depth. So Eric and some other guy says. I actually found this to be pretty damn close. Thats a coyote killer right there.
I would test further at around 42.1 and would test 41.9 41.7 and then 42.3 and 42.5 Then i would take the highest Charge that shoots well with 6mm Creed with 58gn VMax its a Varmint smoker so you looking at max speed that shoots well
For short range targets under 300 yards velocity isnt as important as at longer ranges. As the range gets longer velocity becomes more important. Velocity equates to to of flight. The longer a bullet takes to get to the target the more timethe wind has to push it around. Velocity variations are not as noticable at short ranges. Again as range increases variations get more noticable. Velocity variations cause verticle stringing. Say you have an SD of 25 at 100 yards this verticle stringing may be under .1 inch. At 1000 yards it may be 2 inches. Lower velocity shots will hit lower as well as blown farther by the wind. Just saying that veloity is important for more than down range energy and a flatter trajectory.
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