07-30-2020, 11:23 PM
I’m speculating at this point but my years of reloading experience make me say the following:
There is no way Hornady is going to be able to maintain the approx ~ 29.9 grs of powder AND seat the 105 deeper in the case by .030”.
They’re going to have to fiddle with the load so what will be interesting is keep 20 or so rounds of the current stock and shoot it the same day as 20 or so of the shorter OAL and see what velocity does .
I’m a betting man and I’d say the odds on favorite is less velocity.
As I unpacked the round yesterday the powder was so compressed throughout the case and a lot of powder stuck to the interior walls which indicates the powder was packed in there pretty good.
6 ARC for me is going to be a handload only proposition because of the amount of bullets I have on hand so really I’m not concerned with what Hornady decides but I can tell you I want a longer jump potential because as you vary the bullets some of the 80-90 grain bullets may hit sooner than the 105/108 class bullets ...
There is no way Hornady is going to be able to maintain the approx ~ 29.9 grs of powder AND seat the 105 deeper in the case by .030”.
They’re going to have to fiddle with the load so what will be interesting is keep 20 or so rounds of the current stock and shoot it the same day as 20 or so of the shorter OAL and see what velocity does .
I’m a betting man and I’d say the odds on favorite is less velocity.
As I unpacked the round yesterday the powder was so compressed throughout the case and a lot of powder stuck to the interior walls which indicates the powder was packed in there pretty good.
6 ARC for me is going to be a handload only proposition because of the amount of bullets I have on hand so really I’m not concerned with what Hornady decides but I can tell you I want a longer jump potential because as you vary the bullets some of the 80-90 grain bullets may hit sooner than the 105/108 class bullets ...