Thread: 6x45 Rem barrel

Back into it, I put together some Speer 80gr soft point projectiles with 26.5gr of H4895 (.5gr off the listed max charge). These are also a harder jacketed hunting bullet so should do well on deer. My apprehension with them was their length and weight, my barrel is only a 1-14" twist so as a rule 70gr projectiles are the heaviest it will stabilize. The 75gr Hollow points stabilize fine and these 80gr soft points are only a little longer and also have the flat base so worth a try.

I put one over the chrono and it clocked 2880fps which is pretty good. This load actually shows less pressure than my 75gr loads with the same load of 26.5gr of H4895 due to its shorter bearing surface so it could probably be pushed a bit faster or at least the same as the Sierra 75gr.
I will put them on paper this morning and test for stability before upping the charge a bit more.