2019 Hunting Load Recipes

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Any body shooting 6.5 cm with 143 eldx Hornady reload? Need to work some up. But my tikka is getting 0.5 moa at 100 to hard to change.


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6.5 Creedmoor
Norma Brass
WLR Primers
44.5 gr H4350
122 gr Lehigh Controlled Chaos

Has been excellent out of my Tikka CTR.
 
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Any body shooting 6.5 cm with 143 eldx Hornady reload? Need to work some up. But my tikka is getting 0.5 moa at 100 to hard to change.


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I have an unopened box of 143 ELD-X and I'd like to dial in a load for them as well. Just haven't gotten to it yet.
 

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Any body shooting 6.5 cm with 143 eldx Hornady reload? Need to work some up. But my tikka is getting 0.5 moa at 100 to hard to change.


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t3x ctr 24”
42.0gr of h4350
.02” off lands
2650 fps

3 shot groups of .27”
 

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6.5 Swede for TN whitetail & Wyoming goats: 123gn Hornady SSTs over 51.5gn of IMR7828ssc
.30-06 for Wyoming elk: 165 partition over 58.5gn of H4350
Backup .358 win: Speer 220gn Hot Cor over 49gn of Ramshot TAC
 
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Kimber Montana 308 win cut to 18” suppressed: 152 hammer hunter over 47.1 gr of Varget at 2800 fps

Custom rem 700 300 wm 24” proof suppressed: 166 hammer hunter over 78.3 gr of H4831sc at 3240 fps

Might work up a load for the 181 hammers for the 300 wm too.
 

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Any body shooting 6.5 cm with 143 eldx Hornady reload? Need to work some up. But my tikka is getting 0.5 moa at 100 to hard to change.


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My tikka really likes those 143 ELDX in Lapua Brass, CCI small magnum primers, and 41.3 gr of H4350. Shoots tiny ragged holes when I do my part.


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Looks like it is going to be the 30 Nosler coming with me this year. Headed to the range this morning to do the last bit of testing.

Berger 210 VLDH, CCI 250, 78.4 gr of H1000 in Nosler Brass.

Not excited about the Berger bullet, but it is the only bullet this rifle likes. Shoots well, but given a close encounter with a grizzly, I would prefer a better penetrating option


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Did you try Accubonds? I have used them in a few guns and they always perform well.
 

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Starline large primer with CCI standard large rifle. 42.0 is slightly above published max, but I had zero pressure signs up to 43.3grns
 
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Working up a load for both my Remington 660 rifles in 6.5 rem mag. Switching to copper and the Barnes 100 gr. TTSX looks promising over RL19, RL17, or H4350. Should be around 3300 FPS out of that 20” barrel and function well in the short magazine. Should be good for desert mule deer.


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270wsm, 140 Classic Hunter, 70.2 gr RL26 3400fps (three thousand four hundred)

300RUM 230gr OTM, 93.0 gr N570, 3130 fps.

270wby 150gr ABLR, 74gr IMR7828 ( long cut) 3330 fps
 
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Working up a load for both my Remington 660 rifles in 6.5 rem mag. Switching to copper and the Barnes 100 gr. TTSX looks promising over RL19, RL17, or H4350. Should be around 3300 FPS out of that 20” barrel and function well in the short magazine. Should be good for desert mule deer.


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Cool! I've got a 660 chambered in .308. It was my first rifle.
 
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Cool! I've got a 660 chambered in .308. It was my first rifle.

Yeah, I bought mine in 1968 when I was in high school, my dad had a ffl and was a machinist and gunsmith. He liked mine so much he bought one too and I inherited it when he passed away 5 years ago. I think I paid $150 for the gun and a weaver K4 scope, dealer cost!


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Yeah, I bought mine in 1968 when I was in high school, my dad had a ffl and was a machinist and gunsmith. He liked mine so much he bought one too and I inherited it when he passed away 5 years ago. I think I paid $150 for the gun and a weaver K4 scope, dealer cost!


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Nice! That really is cool. Mine was given to me by my father and grandfather on my 12th birthday a month before my first deer season. They have both since passed as well, but I have two boys who will be using it soon in another 2 years. Pretty special 👍🏻
 

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Going to be using a 308 out west this year for elk and mule deer.
Been trying 178 ELD-X and Varget with not a lot of success. Got some loads ready to test with H4895 and Starline brass to try.
I have a good load with 168 grain ELD-M using H4895, br-2, and ADG brass. Going out tomorrow to shoot this load to 300 yards to see what it will do. This will be my load if I can't get the 178 ELD-X working.
I am also close with a good load with Lapua 155 grains with varget and ADG brass. Just need to tweak the charge and test.

For whitetails here in KY, I have:
6.8 SPC, 110 grain Accubonds, H322
223 with 65 grain Sierra GKs, CFE223
 

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225 Game King’s and RL15 shot really well for me. Probably gonna go with the 225 TSX.

Nailed down a load today with 59.0 of RL15 and 225 TSX in The Colonel. It's shooting 5 shot groups of .5 MOA @ 100 yds. (y)

[edit] Forgot to mention: 2680 fps at the muzzle from the LabRadar.
 
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