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Needing help locating published data for 6 mm Remington, 70 grain bullet with RL-15.

Found one recipe in my Hornady manual but not in any of my other manuals.

Anybody have a manual with this combo and willing to share?



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My sierra manual has a starting load of 38.8 grains at 3000 fps. Max load is 40.0 at 3100 fps

My hornady manual lists a start load of 33.7 gr. for 2900 fps and a max of 42.2 gr. for 3300 fps.

For the 75 grain vmax, hornady lists a max of 42.4 gr at 3300 fps

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http://www.alliantpowder.com/reload...;type=1&powderid=12&cartridge=51

here's their data for the 243....

you can use that or work up a little from there...

That is what I do for my 6mm Rem.


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Originally Posted by Seafire
http://www.alliantpowder.com/reload...;type=1&powderid=12&cartridge=51

here's their data for the 243....

you can use that or work up a little from there...

That is what I do for my 6mm Rem.

Makes sense, never even thought of that. Sometimes the easiest things are overlooked.


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Originally Posted by Dude270
My sierra manual has a starting load of 38.8 grains at 3000 fps. Max load is 40.0 at 3100 fps

My hornady manual lists a start load of 33.7 gr. for 2900 fps and a max of 42.2 gr. for 3300 fps.

For the 75 grain vmax, hornady lists a max of 42.4 gr at 3300 fps

Hope this helps

It does, thanks.


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6mm Rem love IMR 4831


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Could take a look at .257 Roberts 75grn data as well.

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So many good powders to choose from. Not sure I would hold my hold my ground on RL15.

4831 looks good and I really wonder how IMR4166 would perform If no one else were tottery and share results w IMR4166 w the 70 grain projectiles I may never know. I am stuck on the 100 grain weight for my intended use.


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Originally Posted by Hunterapp
So many good powders to choose from. Not sure I would hold my hold my ground on RL15.

4831 looks good and I really wonder how IMR4166 would perform If no one else were tottery and share results w IMR4166 w the 70 grain projectiles I may never know. I am stuck on the 100 grain weight for my intended use.


agree. RL15 is a bit too fast for the 6mm Rem and 70gr bullets IMO. I got better results with powders in the RL17 - RL22 range of burn rate. Viht N160 gave very high velocity and great accuracy in mine with the 70gr TNT bullet.

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Had good accuracy with IMR-4350/70s but had same accuracy with 100+ fps gain in velocity with IMR-4064 thus my reason for wanting to try RL-15.

Reloader-15 gves me extra speed in my 22-250 over 4064 so thought about giving it a shot with light bullets in my 6.


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from Steve's Pages (just google it and find his load data info, other grain 6mm bullets are shown for RL15)

RL15 70gr bullet, 35.7----44 grains

and yes, Steve's max load will probably always be higher than any load found in a manual.


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