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I'll never sell this one, I got really lucky with "Ingrid"! At the time I was waffling between 25-06 and 6.5x55SE. The two things that made me choose the Swede were the availability of long, heavy bullets and (at the time) surplus ammo in battle packs that was cheap for plinking. I think the...

I'm in Pinckney, just south of Howell/Brighton area. I usually go to either Peacemakers in Howell or Huron Valley Guns in New Hudson. Peacemakers expanded their reloading section significantly and they have the 4831SC for $53/lb. DrMike: I love this CZ 550 American. I bought it for $450 in...

I wish I were still in Arizona! I used to live around West Deer Valley Rd and Veterans Highway so I was pretty close to Brunos and Robar and Ben Avery. I miss it there so much. Stuck in Michigan now. I called another shop nearby and although they weren't open late enough for me to get there...

Thanks for the fast replies! Very much appreciated. I was in the shop on Friday and they did not have short cut in either option. Actually, their choices were pretty limited overall. I'll definitely get the short cut if possible. BTW, I am loading for a modern CZ 550 American so I'm not...

I'm planning to pick up a pound of powder on my way home for loading hunting rounds for my Swede using 129 grain Hornady Interlock bullets. I normally use Vihtavuori N560 and N160 for the Swede but I'm interested in trying something new. The LGS I'm stopping at has H4831 and IMR 7828 available...

I always have a Ruger SP101 3" on me, my daily carry gun. I load with Hornady 125 grain Critical Defense, but keep a speedloader of Buffalo Bore Heavy 158 grain loads in my pocket for woods carry. If I'm handgun hunting I have a 5.5" Ruger New Model Bisley Blackhawk in .41 Rem Mag in a Diamond D...

I just thought I would post a quick update to this thread. I did eventually get an email back from Nosler regarding this combination. They told me it would be recommended to go with the powder manufacturer's data for the 130 grain bullets. They confirmed starting low and working up cautiously of...

Thanks DrMike! Even with the discrepancies in barrel length and COAL your data was ON POINT! I fired 6 shot groups of 44.5, 45.0, 45.5, 46.0 and a 7 shot group of 46.5. The velocities I was recording on my Chronograph 10 feet from the muzzle were extremely close to the data you provided. I...

DrMike, I got Quickload 3.9 now and I attempted to match the data you provided, but I'm getting different results. I left everything set to default for 6.5x55SE and N160. I only changed my barrel length to 23", PSI to 60K (Piezo CIP was default there), COAL: 3.135", charge increment to 1% and...

Thank you so much SJB358 and DrMike! I certainly appreciate that. The 60K PSI profile matches the data VihtaVuori lists for the Norma 130 grain pretty close, within about a grain of what they say is a safe max load. I will definitely use this data here as the limiting factor though and not go...

Thanks Gerry, I like your signature. I was just reading a book last night called "Alone In The Wilderness" and the section I was reading about hunting rifles was written by Col Townsend Whelen. I would like to read more of his work. I might be coming into an old sporterized M1903A3 and I had...

I emailed Nosler to ask if they could give me a max load limit for using N160 with 130 grain Accubonds out of my 6.5x55 CZ550 American. I normally load 48 grains of N560 with 130 grain Accubonds for good results, but I'm out of that and I have a couple of pounds of the N160 I want to use...