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2024-06-17 08:14:19

boatymcboatface on Nostr: I got out shooting today! I tested my hastily worked up (but carefully made) 6.5 ...

I got out shooting today! I tested my hastily worked up (but carefully made) 6.5 Creed handloads and I am delighted with the results. I didn’t get to send that many down range but the two careful groups (circled in red) are encouraging. The middle group started strong (the three rounds by the orange circle) but the rain started pouring and visibility went down for the last two, but even with those “flyers” the group is not much more than a minute (minute or minute of angle/MOA ≈ 1”@100 yards) the second group was even better, well under a minute. The second group’s bullet holes look goofy and looks taller than it is because the rain soaked the cardboard and it started to sag backwards but the group is 1.2 inches as pictured which is 0.86 MOA! If you’re just reading for fun, a gun that shoots 1 MOA is shooting very well.

Two 5 round groups aren’t statistically significant but show this load and gun may shoot very well. I’m hopeful my hunting loads will perform roughly as well as this batch.

These groups were shot prone, off a bipod, with a sand sock, and without a time limit. My group size will open up significantly as I shoot from other positions but that means the gun is more accurate than I am AND if I need to take a dead-nuts shot, proned out then I’m shooting a system that can do it.

What is happening for you at the range?

I ranged the target at 137 yards and was shooting ammo I referenced here:
Fire forming new brass for the 6.5 creed. I’m using some Barnes march burners I got on sale and some old IMR 4064 I’d like to work through. It’s limited time with them but I’m pretty happy with the bullets. I expect to hold 1-1.5 minutes with these and almost no load development. I’ve got some shooting ahead of me! #42 #handloading #reloading #rangetime

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