6.5 prc lightweight loads powder suggestions

Prestjd

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I'm wanting to try some 99, 110, or 115 hammer hunters in my seekins element 6.5prc.

I haven't found too much load data on lighter bullets. I'm just looking for fast velocities to play around with for coyotes, pigs, whitetail.

I have a few powders that would probably work better on some heavier bullets that I'll probably try if I can't get any of the hammers shooting where I like.

Redding fl and neck dies, Nosler brass, I'll probably use fed 210m primers but have some cci, powderwise I might be on the slow side for light weight mono's

Vv N565
H1000
Retumbo
H4831sc
IMR 4451
H hybrid v100
I have plenty of 223,308 powders like varget, benchmark, blc2, ect. But I'm wondering of maybe even imr or H 4350 might be useful

My local shop has some magnum but was out of ramshot.
Last time I seen RL26 or 23 it was affordable..so it's been a while


Just curious if anyone had any luck with lightweight bullets in the 6.5 prc. I know 124 hammer hunters are popular but I'm not sure I'll get velocities that are significantly faster then the 143,147 hornady eldx or noslers accubonds. I'm not sure I'm ready to go down the berger rabbit hole yet.
 
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TaperPin

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You’ve probably already seen this, but I just happened to have this page on the Nosler site.8E8AE26A-AB91-4218-970E-F5A0EE39E9F8.png
 

sndmn11

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I'm wanting to try some 99, 110, or 115 hammer hunters in my seekins element 6.5prc.
But I'm wondering of maybe even imr or H 4350 might be useful
I played 85gr hammers in a 6.5prc and used Staball6.5, which is close to H4350. Case fill was still low, so I wouldn't hesitate to play with it and the bullets you are talking about. It wouldn't surprise me to see over 3500FPS
 

sndmn11

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Here's my stuff, I forgot I picked a random charge with 120etips too. There was room to grown there for sure. This is with Peterson brass and I seem to hit pressure a grain or two before other folks using different brass.
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