My new 6.5-06 has been to the range 10 times in the last 4 weeks.
9-23-2015 range report:
120 gr Nos Bal tip moly with 50.7 gr IMR-4166 powder 3.34" , Win 30-06 brass, that QL estimates at 3236 fps 65 kpsi using IMR-4895 in the QL library.
Chronographs at 3197 fps
Averages 0.92" 5 shots at 100 yards
8-22-2015 range report 6.5-06
Quickload predicted 2977 fps 67kpsi 142 gr Nos Accubond long range, 54 gr H4350, 3.34" 24" barrel
Chronographs at:
2982 fps
2956 fps
2873 fps
*That jug of H4350 is usually 4% slower than the H4350 in the QL library, but the bullet jammed into the lands has higher start pressure and offsets the slow jug.
*That jug of IMR-4166 is right on the money with a couple of cartridges using the IMR4895 constants in the QL library.
