09-25-2021, 10:39 PM
The 90 tgk is a good bullet for this gun imo, I also have the 22" uintah.
Finding them can be on or off... but right now Bergers seem to be available and they have a couple of 95 gr hunters, either one will do the trick for you. I have the more hybrid/classic but have looked at the vld hunter, only I have a lot of these classics and yesterday my hunting load printed 4 shots, 0.477 ctc at 100 yds. With Lever. I load the classic's at ~2.160 or so, you would want to find your own barrel's best seating, point is though, don't let the idea of a short-seater hamper your feelings on this caliber. Tgk's and other longer-ogive bullets can seat out farther but just take each bullet for what it can do.
Bookmark ammoseek and check there often.
Also have almost got a load for the 103 eldx, still working it. Using Lever. My one or two tries of RE-15 led me to think it is just too hot, temp-wise, but you may get different results. I do some varget, mostly lever and AA2520. ymmv.
Your feed issues are probably the front lip of the mag, most 6.5/6.8 mags have that lip a bit too high to work well with the 6Arc. I took my dremel and dropped it down about (if I recall, going from memory here) about 0.150-0.200", taper-angling up the sides, and the does the trick. Use a pencil to mark it off and go slowly. I have some duramags and a few no names and for my Arc's I did this to all of them, AR's too. There's a thread on here I think or on the 6.5 grendel site that has pics and stuff. The brass edge on the very top of the case mouth is catching on that lip, causes the hang-up. The hangup for me always seemed to be from one side rather than both.
Finding them can be on or off... but right now Bergers seem to be available and they have a couple of 95 gr hunters, either one will do the trick for you. I have the more hybrid/classic but have looked at the vld hunter, only I have a lot of these classics and yesterday my hunting load printed 4 shots, 0.477 ctc at 100 yds. With Lever. I load the classic's at ~2.160 or so, you would want to find your own barrel's best seating, point is though, don't let the idea of a short-seater hamper your feelings on this caliber. Tgk's and other longer-ogive bullets can seat out farther but just take each bullet for what it can do.
Bookmark ammoseek and check there often.
Also have almost got a load for the 103 eldx, still working it. Using Lever. My one or two tries of RE-15 led me to think it is just too hot, temp-wise, but you may get different results. I do some varget, mostly lever and AA2520. ymmv.
Your feed issues are probably the front lip of the mag, most 6.5/6.8 mags have that lip a bit too high to work well with the 6Arc. I took my dremel and dropped it down about (if I recall, going from memory here) about 0.150-0.200", taper-angling up the sides, and the does the trick. Use a pencil to mark it off and go slowly. I have some duramags and a few no names and for my Arc's I did this to all of them, AR's too. There's a thread on here I think or on the 6.5 grendel site that has pics and stuff. The brass edge on the very top of the case mouth is catching on that lip, causes the hang-up. The hangup for me always seemed to be from one side rather than both.