140 Berger's, 142 SMK's over 44.5 gr.of Rl 17 shoots great in my 8.5 twist Mcgowen. Under 1/2 moa at 2875 fps. BUT... THAT IS OVER MAX. Alliant's website gives 38.5 gr. at 2508 fps.
Hey all! I've done the search thing and am not finding much info. on loads for the 6.5 Swede. I've got one built, (been built for 5-6 months) and am just now getting around to getting serious about getting it dialed in. Anyway, I know WBM and a few others have tons of experience with the Swede. I believe Bill "WBM" is messing with the the 6.5 Creedmoor right now, but anyway..........
I ordered a 1-8" Twist from McGowan and it says so on my invoice that came with the barrel,..BUT....I just noticed that ON THE BARREL it says "1-8.5" SO...........I guess it's an 8.5. Not a huge deal I guess but I am a bit disappointed that McGowan didn't get it right BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY......that I didn't NOTICE????? :-[ I am a bit embarrassed really.
The good news is that it seems to shoot like a house on fire. I mounted a scope that I use for checking a barrel out and I kind of used a little "battle field expedience" by cutting some plastic shims out of a Hornady .45 ACP ammo box and put them under the cheap a$$ Weaver #413 one piece mount so that the scope would fit with the Wal-Mart steel Weaver rings that I had. (been around a bit, but all I could make work) and my left handed buddy and my Right handed self both shot one round after we got it dialed in a bit and both hit the same hole!!! We thought this was crazy so we did it again......both of us hit the same hole again....SOOO we did it again.........same hole!!! YIPPEEE!!!! I think that this is a good indication of an accurate barrel and setup, even if one of them was a fluke!!! This made me much more interested in the Swede..... Now I want some advice on RL-17. I like IMR4831 but I am open to advice....... Any ideas? This barrel seems to like Hornady 129 SST's and 4831 so far. I'd like to find some more loads. I have 120gn, 140gn, 129gn, pills in Nosler, Hornady, Sierra Flavor. ANY loads you guys have with RL-17, Vhita Vouri, and ONE more powder of your choice that you like for the Swede would be great. BTW, WBM, (Bill), has given me some great Load Data and I am Grateful, but need more.........
Thank You All for the HELP and ADVICE...........
L.H. Clark
140 Berger's, 142 SMK's over 44.5 gr.of Rl 17 shoots great in my 8.5 twist Mcgowen. Under 1/2 moa at 2875 fps. BUT... THAT IS OVER MAX. Alliant's website gives 38.5 gr. at 2508 fps.
Stu
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Ought to try the 160 RN-FMJ bullets.
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I have had some ok luck with RL22.
I have built over 100 of the swedes, have some great load data worked up over 2 years, trying over 30 bullett and powder combo's, i will be glad to share these with you ifvyou pm me. I have loAds with the 85,120,140-142,&160 gr bullets. Iworked these loads up over 20 years ago, recenly ran them thru quickloqd and theycame out super efficent. IMR-3031 is the powder I use. Holler back.
Thank you for the feedback. I've found quite a bit on the web now. I have the habit of running to the SavageShooters forum when I have a question as if there isn't a whole World Wide Web out there!!!
But this is still the best forum!
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