Tony2000
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What is your favorite 6.5 prc 143 Hornady eldx load.
I'm running R-26, 56.2 grains off the top of my head and getting 3085 from a 25" barrel.
It shot 147's really well too but I had issues with them.....
58.3 N560 with the 140 elite worked well in mine, 2,950 in a 20" barrel. Lapua brass, F210M primer. 2.95" COALI will be working a load up using N565 and N560 however I will be using 140 elite hunters.
from what I read both powders work good in PRC
Did you end up doing any testing with these combos? I'll be doing the same when mine gets back from the smith.Just got some ADG brass for H1000 & N565 dev, will post when finished
Loaded up H1000 from 55-59gr and N565 from 55-60gr at 1gr intervals yesterday but ran out of time. Headed out tomorrow to do pressure tests and get some basic chrono data. I was using Hornady brass with 57.8gr of H1000 and getting right at 2850-2860 with good accuracy, so that is kind of the baseline.Did you end up doing any testing with these combos? I'll be doing the same when mine gets back from the smith.
That's looking pretty good! How many rounds down the barrel, and how did the groups look on the tests? I've found that even a pressure ladder of different charges at 100yds gives a pretty good indication of how well the barrel likes the combo.Got out today and was able to get the tests done, I did make a minor change in the charge weights for the above post, both H1000 & N565 were loaded in increments of 55/56/57/58/58.5 and had mirrored loads with both Fed 210M and Fed 215M primers.
The heat index here in central NC is touching 90 degrees by 8am and chasing 100 by 10am, so the highest charges were reduced for my own environmental reasons. Ironically, I didn’t hit pressure in either load, the 58gr N565/F215M was the only one with an extremely faint hint of ejector mark.
Rifle: Tikka Roughtech Ember, 100% factory
Brass: 6.5PRC ADG virgin, this is first firing
Primer: Both F210M and F215M were tested
Powder: H1000 & N565
Bullet: Hornady 143gr ELD-X
Charge Weights: 55, 56, 57, 58, 58.5
COAL: 2.95”
CBTO: 2.295”
Note:
Fired from low charge (55) to high (58.5)
Shots 1-5 were F210M
Shots 6-10 were F215M
H1000
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N565
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Fired Loads
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Close Ups
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No issues with heavy lift, flat/cratered primers, etc on any of them, just the faintest of faint circle on the N565/215@58gr load. I couldn’t pick it up with my camera despite trying to get the light/angle right.
Hornady book max is 59.0 so going to load up additional rounds for 59/59.5 and see if that hits a pressure threshold, otherwise 10x N565/[email protected] and 10x H1000/[email protected] will get loaded and will see how they shoot. 2925-2950fps was about what I was looking to get for an ideal velocity if accuracy is there.
Barrel count is 193 after today and sped up a bit around 140-155 or so. All shots were on target, the higher velocities (2840+) seemed to be tighten up nicely. Generally speaking there was a big blob of holes about 1.25” high from previous zero, spread was probably 2-2.5 MOA across all 20.That's looking pretty good! How many rounds down the barrel, and how did the groups look on the tests? I've found that even a pressure ladder of different charges at 100yds gives a pretty good indication of how well the barrel likes the combo.