Thread: 6.5 PRC Load Development Begins

Annealing makes a difference - it will help a pretty good load but it won't fix a bad one if you know what I mean. It takes about 5-10min I guess to put 100ish through the annealer so is the fastest part of reloading for me.

59gn loaded up in 143gn eldx and 140gn vld.

260AI on right for comparison.



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This load dev process is really trucking along compared to the 280 AI....

I reckon.

Now to get 3 shots with the same load grouping like this.





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Looking very good

I'm not shooting as well as I felt yesterday. Poor sleep. The Tikka doesn't like full cleans based on first 3 shots this morning. I'm going to just clean with carbon remover this time. The RE26 is a dirtier powder compared to 560 2209 2217 cfe223.

This is 143gn eldx Norma brass CCI LRM primer 59.0gn RE26 @100y.

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140gn Berger VLDs. First shot to left. Speed a little less. Pretty cold today here tho.



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Looks good. You could stop any time now and go hunting (I just wanted to be aead of Nathan to say that).

Be interested to see how 2217 would compare

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

Be interested to see how 2217 would compare

A fair bit slower I imagen would run out of room before you’d get to 3000 I would think and pressure would be up their

I think I might try 2225 first if no RE26. N560 might be a goer?

Originally Posted by Tikka7mm08

I think I might try 2225 first if no RE26. N560 might be a goer?

2225 is no good mate N560 is good and Superformance is another

Yep. Got plenty of RE26 still and have a load sorted.

Originally Posted by Kelton

and Superformance is another

That’s good as I recently got an 8lb tub of it! (Use it in the 270 & 260) will try it in the PRC sometime