01-15-2025, 03:31 PM
Thanks for the info on your rifle, hopefully as mentioned the issues with chamber and primer popping have been solved.
I won't go into my setup, for now, to keep things brief. Only add a couple things, 1) you mention some BR guys at your range, do you have a friend or 2, whom you respect in shooting, that has a reloading setup -- if so, why not spend some time with your powder, brass and components to do some load workups, that way you get real practical experience and get a few rounds to test without getting all the equipment first.
2) don't leave out the sierra 107 SMK, it is in that range and also known as a forgiving, accurate bullet. I use it in both 6 CM and 6 Arc.
3) Lever will be your friend to start 6 Arc reloading.
4) Be very mindful that you will need to do OAL tests for each bullet, for your chamber, and adjust cartridge OALs and load grain level, specifically.
5) For brass, try to stick with one brand, the Hornady brass is ok, better in 6 Arc than the 6.5 Grendel (my opinion), starline is better, but mixing brass back and forth, or mixing firing levels (new vs 1x, 2x, etc), or swapping/mixing primer types, all these changes will affect your accuracies and/or extreme spreads/ std deviations. Consistency in prep, consistency in components, and logging of results -- these things are paramount. Details matter, and logging results beats memory every time.
I won't go into my setup, for now, to keep things brief. Only add a couple things, 1) you mention some BR guys at your range, do you have a friend or 2, whom you respect in shooting, that has a reloading setup -- if so, why not spend some time with your powder, brass and components to do some load workups, that way you get real practical experience and get a few rounds to test without getting all the equipment first.
2) don't leave out the sierra 107 SMK, it is in that range and also known as a forgiving, accurate bullet. I use it in both 6 CM and 6 Arc.
3) Lever will be your friend to start 6 Arc reloading.
4) Be very mindful that you will need to do OAL tests for each bullet, for your chamber, and adjust cartridge OALs and load grain level, specifically.
5) For brass, try to stick with one brand, the Hornady brass is ok, better in 6 Arc than the 6.5 Grendel (my opinion), starline is better, but mixing brass back and forth, or mixing firing levels (new vs 1x, 2x, etc), or swapping/mixing primer types, all these changes will affect your accuracies and/or extreme spreads/ std deviations. Consistency in prep, consistency in components, and logging of results -- these things are paramount. Details matter, and logging results beats memory every time.