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I often see a blood vapour cloud from lung shot deer with a 100gn bullet at 3220 fps MV - the deer don't run far - maybe 10-20yds before they collapse - dead as a dodo by the time I walk to the beast. Performance of the bullet has always been as perfect as you could wish for - smile & be happy...

Depends very much on the ambient air temperature & as said barrel thickness. I wait until the barrel is properly cold & zero per first shot on the cold barrel. I rarely shoot more than 3 rounds from clean, cold barrel. Almost never change scope settings. It's then 100% accurate for hunting

Cool stutzen very similar to mine, but a year or two earlier. Your Mod. M looks like it's the 'Luxus' model. The difference between your & my rifle is in the magazine type, bolt & safety. Superb rifles. Really great slick bolts on the Mannlicher rifles. Hold the trigger & tip the rifle downward...

I use IMR4350 (46gns) in my 6.5x55SE by the way but I'm using the Hornady 123gn SST bullet... reckon it would work with a 140gn bullet but possibly IMR 4831 would work better with the heavier bullet.

Nice stutzen rifle you have there. I love them & have two... one an old 1936 Mannlicher Schoenauer 6.5x54MSch the other a 1997 Steyr Mannlicher 'Classic' 6.5x55SE

Thanks for doing my research Geo. I plan to give the 170 gr FN bullet a try. Given the .311 groove Dia. At the muzzle and the age of this old girl, I think I need something longer to grab more of the lands. The other option is something larger in Dia to do the same.

Seat your bullets as you normally would & use a bullet comparator (Maybe Hornady or other manufacturer) to measure the OAL from bullet ogive. It's much more consistent. As previously said - bullet tips vary, even the plastic tips though they usually vary less than soft lead tips. A bullet...

Thanks lads, I'll make sure Dan, my friend in Colorado sets to with his cleaning kit. I reckon Dan'll be happy if he can get his groups to 2" at 100yds I'd never shot with an underlever rifle before so an interesting experience for me when I was there a week or so ago. It's a nice rifle & with a...

I just recently returned from visiting a friend in Colorado who had bought the rifle above - it's an old rifle of 104 years with 26" barrel. It seems in pretty good condition & nothing nasty in the barrel. However, we tried various different loads with two propellants H322 & H4895 (They seemed...

Never heard of this over here in UK & it certainly doesn't seem like a realistic proposition. Media hype I guess.. besides, I think our new Labour Government has more important things to worry about... Like taxing us more. Labour = Socialists = a nice word for Communist! = Happy as long as...

Once brass prep is done correctly (Not SAAMI/CIP sizing, but to the 'Headspace' on your rifle) the only issue is bullet seating & I found for this, by far, the best way to go is using an arbour press & Wilson seating die. Not so expensive to buy & I found, well worth the cost. I have RCBS...

Ooops! Big job breaking out Scotty....

It does look that way Jim, but it was a 30+yr old cheapie & had been shot a few times & repaired. Anyway, it's junked now & I'll pick up the new Caldwell when I'm in the USA next week. Your QL data tells me all I need to know... so the best I think I'm gonna get will be around 3000fps, more than...

Many thanks Jim, this information is much appreciated. My Chrony was giving me fps readings around the 2850fps & I didn't trust the data, (My Chrony had been shot several times & repaired) but it seems it was fairly accurate. Anyway I junked the Chrony as it was 30yrs old. I'll be in Colorado in...

Hi folks, if anyone is kind enough to help, I'd like QL details on the following please: .25-06Rem. Vihtavouri N560 & 110gn Nosler Accubond bullet. 22" Barrel Currently I load 51.2-52gns Viht N560 & MV a bit down on where I think it could be - it's accurate, but I think maybe a bit more MV is...

Yup, primers do get pushed back from the pocket into the bolt face & I regard this small amount of additional measurement as worth taking into consideration to achieve a max headspace dimension. In allowing this & setting my die accordingly I can say, I've never had an issue with chambering ANY...

In my opinion - Definitely I use it & measure my 'Fired Case' headspace with fired primer still in place. Set F/L sizing die to just bump case shoulder back Max .002"

Full length re-sizing to 'Fired Case' headspace dimension is in my opinion best, but yes, you can neck size. I gave up neck sizing many years ago. Neck sizing, while many folk do it, doing this has its own issues - eventually after a few 'Neck sized' firings, the case will 'Grow' at the shoulder...

This is a possibility, though personally, I've never come across it before.

Resizing cases to SAAMI/CIP spec (Especially in older rifles) is usually way too much work on the brass. Get a headspace measurement guage as TackDriver284 says & measure your 'Fired case' headspace dimension (With fired primer in) . Measure several fired cartridges & use the average dimension...