Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Good 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Lapua announced not long ago that they were going to start offering SP and LP in 6.5 Creedmoor.

I use Lapua SRP. I’ve also used Starline SRP. Starline is another manufacturer offering both LRP and SRP 6.5 CM brass.

Shot my 20” 6.5 CTR today.

130 Berger hybrid, 38.5 Varget, once fired and trimmed Hornady brass, CCI 200. Velocity is unknown (didn’t measure it but think 2850-2900 FPS). 2.175 BTO.

0.53” five shot group @100 yards

American Gunner 140 BTHP 0.68” five shot group @ 100 yards

And if I hadn’t blown one shot, the group was 0.14” x 0.15”

Hard to justify hand loading when it shoots like that.

6.5 Nosler brass good to go?

Hornady seems to be slim pickings right now.

Alpha or Lapua is well worth the price.

Alpha is out of stock and I'd rather stick with large rifle primers if possible.

You guys shooting the 140 VLD with that long nose,
How far back from the lands are you setting?
I'm .015 back for a BTO of 3.000 (with comparator),
Way over book length with a OAL of 2.958
Still fits and feeds,
Your thoughts?

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Pardon my dereliction! Thing dotes on 140 American Gunner!


So, I finally got the reloading gear dug out from the moving boxes and trying to figure out what way to go! Make it easy for me!

Bullet 129 ABLR

Powders on hand in adequate quantity: RL26, H4350, IMR4451, and Varget.

Using Hornady brass. CCI, Federal or WLR primers.

Kimber Montuna 22" suppressed.

HELP

Boomer, I found a very accurate load with 4451.........43gr, 2.830 OAL, 2783 avg velocity in a T3X

Awesome JG, I now remember that you tried the 129s!

Thank you much!

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Anybody swimming against the high BC tide and loading 100 grain bullets? What's working for you?

X2... for hunting deer I am interested in 100 gr & 120 gr loads myself

I tried Big Game and IMR4064 in a 22" 260Rem, with roughly the same case capacity. Big Game was the winner, with 3,200fps using the 100TTSX. It's a good killer.

Still dreaming about it! I mean researching....


Any more 129 ABLR loads?

These charges have been mentioned:

Varget (a sketchy #)
RL17 43.1, 42.5
H4350 42, 42.9
IMR4451 43

Hunter? Nosler lists 40-44

Have you tried RL16? 43.5gr gave me best accuracy. 44.5 gr was knockin' on 2900 fps out of a 22" barrel... Horny brass & 210M, bullet touching lands.

Time for updates,

Berger 140 Hunter VLD's....42.6 grains of H4350. Hormady brass. CCI primers. Avg speed 2695. .050 back. First time out shot 2 groups with this load that really made me smile, one group was 4 shots in a 3 hole cloverleaf, .408 but can we duplicate? yes, two more trips to the range, All 5 shot groups.. A .736, a .491 if you allow me to ignore the blatant pull on shot 5, another 5 at .641 Funtimes. Havent gone long yet, maybe this weekend.

2nd best load so far in this tikka would be 41.7g of H4350 with the same bullet, almost has accurate has 42.6, and never checked the speed.

Next feature, 127 LRX, I could use Rl17 or H4350...Still haven't decided, help me flip the coin.

I've been pretty happy with RL 17 (43g) / 127LRX

How far back from the lands?