Rifle.
17 pound 1000 yard Bench Rest Rifle.
Defiance Rebel Action RBLP.
Jewell 2oz. Trigger.
D&B Supply MBR Tooley Tracker,Rutland Laminate.
Bartlien Fluted MTU 28 inche. 1-8 twisted.
Vias Brake.
10-60x52 March Tactical. 20 MOA rail.

Cartridge.
6.5mm Super Long Range, SLR.
140g Berger Long Range Boatail. LRBT.
Lapua Palma Case. Small Primer Pocket
CCI-450 Magnum Small Rifle Primer.

Chronograph.
Oehler Model 33.
10 Foot spacing on screens.

Conditions.
85 Degrees sunny and overcast.
500 yard target single shot ladder test.
Winds at 45 to 90 degrees say 5 to 15 mph. gusts.
In other words.. they sucked.

Reloader 17.
41.5- 2882
41.8- 2885
42.1- 2909
42.4- 2929
42.7- 2962
43.0- 2970

Reloader 16.
41.5- 2773
41.8- 2799
42.1- 2828
42.4- 2861
42.7- 2884
43.0- 2881

I have a 12 pound 6.5 SLR and have been running 42.5g of Reloader 17 all summer and doing very well with it.No case issues of any kind.And I had a nice flat line right at 42.4 and 42.7 just like my light rifle.Run the light rifle at 42.5 for 2940 or so.It works.

I picked up the Rel 16 at last weekends match and wanted to just see how it stacked up.
Its sold as being faster than Rel 17 but im thinking that they got that all wrong.
The Reloader 16 has a bit more bulk to it than 17 and has a dull finish.It actually meters better than 17.Not sure why that is.But it seems that way.
I saw no signs of pressure with any of these loads.But you should keep in mind that I have a small firing pin and these Defiance actions are real good at hiding pressure... Just to check things out I decapped the 42.7 and 43g loads of Rel 16 and reprimed them.Checking for over sized primer pockets.
I saw no issues and will go up, as I still have room in the case.
Interesting was that the Rel 16 ladder of six rounds, only had 3.5 inches of verticle at 500 yards.. This is very good..
The Rel 17 had 5.5
Only load data on Rel 16 I could find, on the 260 Rem, was some recipe garbage, saying that 41.7 and a 142g MK was dandy.

dave





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