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...