Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles 100 gr. TTSX 6.5x47 Lapua

I'm sure the topic of the 6.5x47 Lapua has been beat like a dead horse... I'm attempting to find a powder and startng point to work up some Kalifornia hunting loads and data is VERY SPARSE... Any help would be greatly appreciated....

I use 40.0 grs. Varget behind the 100 TTSX & a CCI450 primer. Bullet is .055" off the lands. It gives 3080 fps from my 22" 8.5 twist Bartlein. I haven't tweaked it much, just threw it together & went hunting, but it seems pretty mild. I think more velocity could be had if I wanted it. It shoots well.

Thanks!!! Where did you start? 36 grs. and go up in .2-.3 gr. increments?

I think I started at 37.0 grs & went up by .3 at a time. I went up to 40.3 grs. with no pressure signs and a little over 3100 fps but settled on 40.0 because it shot well. I was kind of in a time crunch and also only had one box of 50 bullets so I couldn't mess around too much.

There isn't much data out there but reloader's nest has some on their site:

6.5x47L Load Data

Most of the Varget data is for 123-130 gr. bullets and most loads were 37.5-38.0 with those bullet weights. I reasoned that 37 would be plenty safe with the lighter bullet. Most important is to work up with a chronograph so you know what's going on. That'll keep you out of trouble. After the season's over I'll probably try some H4350 and RL15 out of it with the 100 TTSX, I suspect both of those will do well also. I'll start about the same way with them by picking a max load for a 120-130 gr. bullet and use that as a starting point for the 100 TTSX.

I have H4350 and Varget so I'll try those... Maybe some R15 later... I always use my chrony during load development. Thanks for sharing!!!