Thread: 6.5 Swede loads

Originally Posted by Hunt4life

Can't offer any technical support to my 2cents worth, because a friend reloads for me. But, he says all his experimentation has led him to loading me up 2209 powder and using Sierra SPBT 140g for hunting Sika/Fallow. Nice grouping at 100 or at my zero of 165m. But I asked him to load me up a heavier bullet for Red stags... Norma 156gn is so stable i shoot moa groups at 100m (when my mood is right!) and chrony says only 2560fps. Deer drop like a stone too.
I add this comment because I found that lighter Hornady SST projectiles were horribly unstable and inconsistent in my rifle, so bad sometimes that I wouldn't even attempt a head shot or long range shit past 100m with them. Hope this helps

Yeah I've got a whole lot of spare SnB brass and was thinking of developing a heavy 'bush' load. Interesting about the hornady loads. My rifle loves the 123sst's with 2209. even off the accuracy node its just over 1moa

Originally Posted by Nick-D

Yeah I've got a whole lot of spare SnB brass and was thinking of developing a heavy 'bush' load. Interesting about the hornady loads. My rifle loves the 123sst's with 2209. even off the accuracy node its just over 1moa

What's it "on" the accuracy node then ??

best so far is about .6-.7 worst is about 1.3/.4.

Ran a pressure ladder and am only playing at the top end so in all honesty good just be either side of the 'on' node. Would probably have been better put as "havnt found a load that shoots worse than 1.3"