Jon, on my BR, I use mostly Bergers, all types. My charge is always around 31.0 . One bullet loves 29.3 grains of Varget.
I love shooting Nosler Ballistic Tips out of mine as well. Awesome is all I can say, hunting only with the NBT's.
Dennis
Does anyone here use the hornady 105bthp in their 6mm br? I am using varget and hodgdon says 29.0 is the top load however I have seen loads for 30.0 grains. What do you fellas think? The rifle is a 6 br savage pta action with a savage bull barrel , basically an f-class I use as a switch barrel. The barrel is 30 inches long. I started off the lands at -.005.
Willing to give back for what the sport has done for me!
Jon, on my BR, I use mostly Bergers, all types. My charge is always around 31.0 . One bullet loves 29.3 grains of Varget.
I love shooting Nosler Ballistic Tips out of mine as well. Awesome is all I can say, hunting only with the NBT's.
Dennis
A lot of guys seem to load hot for the 6BR with no problems but in my rifle (Savage with a McGowen barrel) the most accurate load I’ve found for the 105gr Hornady matches and Varget is 28.5gr. Try some lighter bullets with Varget as well. I have a fast twist barrel but it will shoot 68gr Barts like a laser. It’s an amazingly accurate combo.
Those little BR cases can really take the heat, I have loaded 30gr up to 32gr + and the primer pockets don't even loosen up.
Dean
RUMs are like woman in Stiletto heals, you know they are going to put you in the poor house, but that has never stopped anyone from pursuing them.
My load is 30.3gr of Varget and 105 Bergers at the lands.
I guess I am in the ball park as I started at 28.0 grains and worked up to 30.0 max. I will let you know once I fired the rounds and see what kind of accuracy I get.
Willing to give back for what the sport has done for me!
FWIW I ran into the same question using the 105 Amax and H4895. 6mmbr.com lists 29gr as max for 2840. I ran into pressure and backed off to 28gr. Seated just into the lands I'm seeing 2770 with an ES of 11 and a SD of 4. Probably the lower node but it shoots great at 600.
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