The 6.5-06 was shooting Berger 140 vlds with CCI primers. Started with 52.5 grains of RL26 and ended up at 55.5 grains, going up .5 grain at a time. Final velocity was 3030 fps which is about 90 fps faster than I have had this rifle going with 56 grains of H1000.
All 7 rounds went into a group well under an inch. Good start.
Took a guess on the RL26 with a 180 Hornady ELD-M in the 7mm. My rifle has a long throat and I hit the lands at 3.505. So loaded up at 3.49 oal and started at 68 grains. That proved aggressive as first round was 3003 fps. No pressure though so shot the 69 grain load. It went 3070 fps. At that point, I stopped and loaded up 5 rounds at 67.5 grains.
Those 5 rounds went .66 center to center and clocked at 2970 fps. So with a 25" barreled 7mm remington, that bullet is doing 2970 with a claimed bc of .797. Anxious to load up a number more and see if the bc holds up.
