Another shorty

[brockel]

Bought a tikka 6.5 creedbro and traded the bolt to another guy for his magnum bolt and had my friend ream it to 6.5 prc and cut and thread the barrel at 17”. New mag and a grinder to the bolt stop and she’s ready to go. I’m hoping it will break 2800fps with 140 Berger vld. Also have some 109 grain absolute hammers to play with in it. Suppressor screwed on and it’s the perfect length

 

[std7mag]

Yeah.....
I'm not even going to pretend i understand!!

If it suits you, go for it!

 

[brockel]

Yeah.....
I'm not even going to pretend i understand!!

If it suits you, go for it!

7” suppressor on the end makes it short enough it’s not a pain to pack around

 

[Dsnow9]

7” suppressor on the end makes it short enough it’s not a pain to pack around

That’s why I bought the 18” this year! Can’t wait to hunt with it.

 

[Redman]

Bought a tikka 6.5 creedbro and traded the bolt to another guy for his magnum bolt and had my friend ream it to 6.5 prc and cut and thread the barrel at 17”. New mag and a grinder to the bolt stop and she’s ready to go. I’m hoping it will break 2800fps with 140 Berger vld. Also have some 109 grain absolute hammers to play with in it. Suppressor screwed on and it’s the perfect length
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Those Hammers will more than take care of any loss of speed caused by shorting the barrel. Should be plenty accurate.

 

[Dougfirtree]

What powder will you start with? I have a .30-06 with a 19" barrel and have had good luck using H 4895. I'm not worried about velocity in mine, but the fast burning powder does a good job reducing muzzle flash. I guess your can will help with that too...

 

[brockel]

What powder will you start with? I have a .30-06 with a 19" barrel and have had good luck using H 4895. I'm not worried about velocity in mine, but the fast burning powder does a good job reducing muzzle flash. I guess your can will help with that too...

H1000 on the 140s

H4350 on the 109.

Tested out the 140s tonight. Magentospeed battery died on me but was at 2760fps on the last one that read and wasn’t close to max yet. Will get a fresh battery in it and do some more testing probably Sunday

 

[Don Fischer]

17" barrel huh? Let us know what that does to velocity! My 6.5x06 push's 140gr bullet's right at 2900fps from a 25" barrel and your 6.5 PRC is gonna get 2800fps from a 17" barrel?

 

[brockel]

17" barrel huh? Let us know what that does to velocity! My 6.5x06 push's 140gr bullet's right at 2900fps from a 25" barrel and your 6.5 PRC is gonna get 2800fps from a 17" barrel?

You should be able to get 3000+ with your 6.5-06. I know the 4 or 5 I’ve owned did pretty easily with h1000. RL26 did wonders to them as well but wasn’t a fan of the temp swings with it


Been a while since I’ve had a box of 143 eldx to look at but I’m pretty sure they have more bearing surface than a 140 Berger vld. Figure 30fps/inch puts me right at 2830fps with h1000 according to hornady data.

 

[BackofBeyond]

I’m excited for this one to go on sale.

 

[woods89]

I’m excited for this one to go on sale.

Yeah, what do we give it? 3 months? 6 months?

 

[BackofBeyond]

Yeah, what do we give it? 3 months? 6 months?

Calling it March. Should be plenty of time to develop a load, and his trapping season will start slowing down. He’ll be ready for a new project in March.

 

[mtmuley]

9 inches shorter than the barrel I just ordered. I'm not there yet. But, like was said, the Hammer will pick up some of the lost velocity. mtmuley

 

[brockel]

Calling it March. Should be plenty of time to develop a load, and his trapping season will start slowing down. He’ll be ready for a new project in March.

MARCH?

 

[woods89]

Calling it March. Should be plenty of time to develop a load, and his trapping season will start slowing down. He’ll be ready for a new project in March.

Maybe I should gently suggest some specs to him for the next one, and start planning to pick it sometime fall '23......

 

[brockel]

Calling it March. Should be plenty of time to develop a load, and his trapping season will start slowing down. He’ll be ready for a new project in March.

Sherman saum based dies are on sale right now

 

[brockel]

2820fps 140 Berger. 3304 with 109gr absolute hammer

 

[EastTNHunter]

Any experience with those lightweight hammers at 3200+ FPS on game?

 

[brockel]

Any experience with those lightweight hammers at 3200+ FPS on game?

Not myself but I know people doing it. They work great at high velocity.

 

[mtmuley]

Any experience with those lightweight hammers at 3200+ FPS on game?

Hammer & Company is in Africa right now. Third Safari. Testing new designs this trip also. mtmuley