12-23-2021, 04:19 PM
I have been using these bullets for a bit now. I found some in stock, on sale and bought 500 of them. There is another thread here with some good info from the members. StoneHendge provided some good data that gave me a starting point, many thanks!
So it seems that Benchmark is the sweet spot for these in the 6mm ARC and 6mmAR(I have both) and of course I didn't have any nor could I find any. I did have lots of XBR so I started there.
Here is my load data.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK AND FOLLOW ALL SAFE LOADING PRACTICES. START LOW AND WORK UP SLOWLY.
6mmAR(Hornady 6.5 Grendel brass necked down)
70gr Nosler Varmageddon
28.5gr XBR 8208
CCI #450
CBTO: 1.640"
2887 fps unsuppressed out of my 18" X Caliber SS barrel
I could probably push this load a little faster but it is accurate out to 300 and it meets my needs as a plinking/varmint round. YMMV.
So it seems that Benchmark is the sweet spot for these in the 6mm ARC and 6mmAR(I have both) and of course I didn't have any nor could I find any. I did have lots of XBR so I started there.
Here is my load data.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK AND FOLLOW ALL SAFE LOADING PRACTICES. START LOW AND WORK UP SLOWLY.
6mmAR(Hornady 6.5 Grendel brass necked down)
70gr Nosler Varmageddon
28.5gr XBR 8208
CCI #450
CBTO: 1.640"
2887 fps unsuppressed out of my 18" X Caliber SS barrel
I could probably push this load a little faster but it is accurate out to 300 and it meets my needs as a plinking/varmint round. YMMV.