Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting 6.5-284 Norma loads for long range.

Here's a target from the new barrel on the gun in the pic.

These are the FIRST rounds down the barrel, no breaking in, shot at 500 yards. Moly plated 142 Sierras, seated in the lands for a square mark, H-4831 SC, in Lapua brass, and 210M's.

After running the 53-56 grain test, I loaded up 5 more at 56 and shot them to double check. Good 'nuff, I quit. I ended up shooting the 56 grain load at 3100 even with an extreme spread of 4! However, the primer pockets started to loosen up a bit after two firings, so I backed off a grain. The brass is still going, btw.
I'd suggest you don't try this load w/o starting much lower. This lot of powder, which seems to be on the slow side, combined with the moly, is fine in all of mine, but not necessarily yours.