I don’t have a chrono and haven’t checked it in enough conditions to tell you for sure on velocity stability, but I can tell you that even in 100+ degree heat that load doesn’t change to too hot for the gun or anything
I’ve been using 25.5 gr with each. I’ve heard of people going from 25-26 depending on the gun.
If I was you, I would start at 24.5 and see where I could get to.
It has been extremely accurate for me if that makes you feel any better about the 8208
For what it’s worth, I’m shooting a 6ARC ar with a BA barrel. I know that’s not the cats meow of barrels, but it shoots really good (1-1.5in 10 shot groups) with 100-108gr bullets. However, I cannot get it to shoot well with anything lighter than 100gr bullets.
I hunt with a couple ARs in 22 and 6mm cal. I would say it’s a trade off between platforms (bolt vs AR) for me on feel.
However, I hunt out east which feels like the minority here. It seems like a lot of the guys talking about liking bolt guns so much better are also hiking a lot, I.e. a big...
Was kind of worried about the same thing, but that’s what I meant when I said get in a rhythm. The cutter should be stopped as soon as it touches the back of the primer pocket (you can feel it after a while). I’m sure if it was overused it was kill the primer pocket. That being said, I have not...
Second this. $20 to get rid of all the crimps you’d ever encounter. I just did about 1500 pieces with this. Zip tie the trigger on the drill, clamp drill aimed up, and find a rhythm. Don’t remember how long it took me, but it’s a good rainy day project that doesn’t use up a lot of brainpower.
I have one. 18 inch BA barrel, toolcraft BCG. Shoots 105 and 108 hornadys really good. Doesn’t seem to like lower weight bullets though. My suppressor is still in jail so I can’t speak to that, but it is a LOT of fun. Definitely one of my most used rifles because of low recoil and the fact that...
Question is: should I anneal before forming brass from 6.5 to 22 caliber?
Not really wanting to start the discussion around accuracy, but more concerned with brass stress going from one caliber to another. Brass is mostly new, with about 1/4 being once fired. Going from 6.5 to 6mm to 22 call...