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    After the stock. Whitebait season maybe

    Sorry for ruining this thread. As you were
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    Quote Originally Posted by zimmer View Post
    I won't use 2209 in my 6.5AI. 2209 is a quite aggressive powder for some reason. I use WW760 (and 142gr SMKs) in my AI which has fractional better performance than a 6.5/284. My barrel life is looking to be a lot greater than a 6.5/284 with similar performance. In Ackley speak that is to be expected.
    Mate has 2x 6.5/284s. Uses 139gr Scenars. First barrel toast quite early using 2209. Now he is using 2217 which gives as good accuracy and to date his throat advancement at the same round count is less than when he used 2209.
    2217 may be too slow though for shorter barrels.
    What sort of round count are we talking here, my experience being with relatively mild loads in 6.5x55 with 2209.

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    In my mates 6.5/284 (running 139gr Scenars at around 2960fps) less than 1000 rounds with his first barrel on a diet of 2209. Usually 6.5/284s they last around 1100 ish is not pushed. With my 6.5x55AI (running 142gr SMKs @ 3030fps) I am expecting around 1500 and that appears to be on target to occur. My mate using 2217 is well on the way to exceeding the life of his first barrel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sdogg73 View Post
    What sort of round count are we talking here, my experience being with relatively mild loads in 6.5x55 with 2209.
    I wouldn't get 2 worried about the effects of 2209 in your Swede. The dynamics between the 6.5x55 and warmly loaded 6.5/284 (a known barrel burner) are quite different. 2209 is one if not the recognised powder for the Swede.
    Last edited by zimmer; 07-03-2014 at 08:21 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zimmer View Post
    In my mates 6.5/284 (running 139gr Scenars at around 2960fps) less than 1000 rounds with his first barrel on a diet of 2209. Usually 6.5/284s they last around 1100 ish is not pushed. With my 6.5x55AI (running 142gr SMKs @ 3030fps) I am expecting around 1500 and that appears to be on target to occur. My mate using 2217 is well on the way to exceeding the life of his first barrel.
    Roger. Good to know thanks. Will have a look at some other powders down the track. It wont be getting high use at this point but I'd prefer to look after it.
    Thanks for the input guys, gives me some ground to work on.

 

 

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