Originally Posted by 340boy
Originally Posted by 222Rem
Originally Posted by rcamuglia
A bunch of my shooting buddies are running 6.5-'06s for long range matches. They have to throttle them back to stay under the 3250fps speed limit with 140's

H-1000 and Lapua 30-06 brass


Are your buddies using standard or Ackley Improved chambers? The 26 Nosler is bragging about numbers like those, and holds 31grs more water than the 6.5-06.


+1.
3250 for a 140 in the 6.5-06 sounds awful fast!


+2, Doing a load work up for pressure signs, started blowing primer pockets at 3140-3150.

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