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i have a Tikka T3 Hunter in 6.5X55. It's not fussy about bullet brand as long as they weigh 126-140 grains. My preferred powders are Alliant Reloader 19 for the lighter bullets and H4831SC for the heavier ones. The charge is 47-47.5 grains for either of the powder/bullet combinations. A RemCL 140 also shot very accurately over 40gr Ramshot Hunter.
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A lot of good info here. However, I will have to load down for my old rifle... :
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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BSA that is a nice one. Birch or Walnut stock, looks to have some curl to it. I am not about to experiment on a classic old rifle but it appears that with progressive powders like the Nitro Chemie types the pressure occurs further down the barrel than more conventional powders. I wonder if this is reliable enough to use in older actions. The theory being that peak pressure would not occur in the chamber but would be spread out more down the barrel.
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Hmm. I'm not sure. I was playing around the other day with IMR 4350 and some Hornady bullets. Won high overall score at a military rifle shoot, the second day I owned it. It's a m96 Swedish mauser, so whatever kind of wood they used is what the stock is. It does have some nice figure for a military rifle. I look forward to shooting this one more. Found some Lapua brass the other day for $80.00/100. Well worth it to me, for the quality of brass you get. By the way, this old rifle was shooting 1 moa 3 shot groups, with 3 different factory loads. Surprisingly, thats with irons. Should be a pretty easy rifle to load for.
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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I’m pretty sure that like the 6.5 CM you could stuff the case with horse poop and seat something that fits down the bore and they will shoot great. They are both super easy to load for. Not for your M96, but RL26 and a 140’s at 2900 turns the Swede into a whole nother machine. I’d imagine most of the book data is made for those old Swedes isn’t it BSA?
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I’m pretty sure that like the 6.5 CM you could stuff the case with horse poop and seat something that fits down the bore and they will shoot great. They are both super easy to load for. Not for your M96, but RL26 and a 140’s at 2900 turns the Swede into a whole nother machine. I’d imagine most of the book data is made for those old Swedes isn’t it BSA? I can't remember what the book said concerning loads for the m96, but I went with a middle of the road load of 38.5 gr. of IMR 4350 and a 129gr. Hornady pill and it shot great. No signs of overpressure and excellent accuracy. I look forward to working on some more loads and now that I have a taller front sight, maybe I can cut the x-ring out of a few targets...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Lilja barrel on Remington action Lapua brass fed 215 Reloader #26 127g barnes long range accubond or 130g accubond 49.5-51.5g I use a forster long powder funnel VERY accurate. 51.5g is going 3150 fps Work up to this load in your rifle.
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Lilja barrel on Remington action Lapua brass fed 215 Reloader #26 127g barnes long range accubond or 130g accubond 49.5-51.5g I use a forster long powder funnel VERY accurate. 51.5g is going 3150 fps Work up to this load in your rifle. Great info! How long is your barrel?
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1919 Carl Gustav...
30 grains RL 7, 160 RN... kicks less than a 243, or feels like it, with the original factory military stock... 29 inch barrel runs it right at 2350 fps.
30 grains of RL 7 or 4198, and a 120 ballistic tip....that is running right at 2500 fps..
both are pretty darn accurate....recoil is almost non existent with the factory stock..
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1919 Carl Gustav...
30 grains RL 7, 160 RN... kicks less than a 243, or feels like it, with the original factory military stock... 29 inch barrel runs it right at 2350 fps.
30 grains of RL 7 or 4198, and a 120 ballistic tip....that is running right at 2500 fps..
both are pretty darn accurate....recoil is almost non existent with the factory stock.. Awesome. Thanks John.. I may have to check into those for my Carl Gustav..
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I tried 50.0 RL26 with a 130 accubond in Lapua brass in my tikka Swede. 5 shot avg 2770 fps. Tula LRM primers. I could probably add a couple grains. Barrel gets real hot very quickly with RL26.
Barrel only has 25 shots through it, do Tikka barrels speed up after 150-200 shots like a Bartlein does?
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Not sure about Tikka barrels but the 130 load sounds like an easy shooting combo. I played a little 26 and 130 ABs and they were quite speedy.
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Tried the 120 E-tip at 3.00 OAL and got a 4” “group” out of the same rifle. Gonna seat them deeper and try again. RL26 might not be the best powder for the 120, I may try to find some RL16.
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Didn’t run any 120’s that I can remember with 26, but it might be okay with those monos and a long drop tube. I’d bet you’d get some smoking speeds though.
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Yeah, I can’t get the 120 ETip any shorter than 2.87 with 51.0 of 26 so they’re definitely compressed.
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My Steyr likes heavier bullets.....140 gr. 150gr.......She gets tighter group's.
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CowboyTim, Looks like 100% case fill is right at guesstimated max. But note that this is C.I.P. maximum of ~55k PSI and not S.A.A.M.I. max of ~51k PSI (46k CUP). USE THIS DATA AT YOUR OWN RISK.Cartridge : 6.5 x 55 Swedish
Bullet : .264, 140, Nosler PART SP 16321
Useable Case Capaci: 50.537 grain H2O = 3.281 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 3.125 inch = 79.38 mm
Barrel Length : 23.6 inch = 600.0 mm
Powder : IMR 7828 SSC
Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 0.209% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !
Step Fill. Charge Vel. Energy Pmax Pmuz Prop.Burnt B_Time
% % Grains fps ft.lbs psi psi % ms
-02.1 98 46.80 2726 2310 49998 11425 95.9 1.273 ! Near Maximum !
-01.9 98 46.90 2732 2320 50353 11449 96.0 1.269 ! Near Maximum !
-01.7 98 47.00 2739 2331 50711 11473 96.1 1.265 ! Near Maximum !
-01.5 98 47.10 2745 2342 51070 11497 96.2 1.261 ! Near Maximum !
-01.3 99 47.20 2751 2353 51434 11521 96.3 1.257 ! Near Maximum !
-01.0 99 47.30 2758 2364 51799 11544 96.4 1.252 ! Near Maximum !
-00.8 99 47.40 2764 2375 52167 11567 96.5 1.248 ! Near Maximum !
-00.6 99 47.50 2771 2386 52539 11590 96.6 1.244 ! Near Maximum !
-00.4 99 47.60 2777 2397 52914 11613 96.6 1.240 ! Near Maximum !
-00.2 100 47.70 2783 2408 53292 11635 96.7 1.236 ! Near Maximum !
+00.0 100 47.80 2790 2420 53671 11658 96.8 1.232 ! Near Maximum !
+00.2 100 47.90 2796 2431 54057 11680 96.9 1.228 ! Near Maximum !
+00.4 100 48.00 2803 2442 54442 11702 97.0 1.224 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+00.6 101 48.10 2809 2453 54833 11724 97.1 1.220 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+00.8 101 48.20 2815 2464 55225 11745 97.2 1.216 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+01.0 101 48.30 2822 2475 55622 11767 97.2 1.212 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Results caused by ± 5% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge
Data for burning rate increased by 5% relative to nominal value:
+Ba 100 47.80 2874 2568 59257 11689 99.0 1.180 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Data for burning rate decreased by 5% relative to nominal value:
-Ba 100 47.80 2693 2255 48469 11443 93.4 1.290 ! Near Maximum !
Thanks, that's about what I thought it would look like. Looks like 7828 would be a pretty decent place to start. Have quite a bit left over from loading .270 Win, always worked good there too. will be curious to read your results. Any follow up would be greatly appreciated.
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Tikka T3 - Been easy to load for. It shoots about everything decent, but I really like these 3 for about everything.
143 ELD-x CCI Large Rifle Lapua Brass 50.0 grain RL 26 @ 2815 fps. .7" 5 shot groups
123 Scenar WLR Lapua Brass 48.0 grains IMR 4955 @ 2980 fps. .6" 5 shot groups
120 TTSX WLR Lapua Brass 48.0 grains IMR 4955 @2990 fps. 1" 5 shot groups
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Can anybody share some successful loads with non-lead bullets. I read through all nine pages of this thread and only found two lead free recipes. Would love a few more. Thanks.
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