Another good Range day with the Howa 6.5 CM

[Cleveland48]

Shooting the Barnes 120 TTSX, 120 Sierra HPBT matchking, and factory hornady 140 HPBT Black. Only had time for four groups after work and to chronograph the Hornady Black factory loads. Overall still very satisfied with this rifle.

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[jimbires]

nothing wrong with those groups . I'd be tickled pink

 

[SJB358]

nothing wrong with those groups . I'd be tickled pink

For sure. That is excellent precision.

 

[DrMike]

You have a winner in that rifle. Good work.

 

[Cleveland48]

Thanks guys!


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[Cleveland48]

Tried out the Hornady black factory loads this morning at 350 yards. Did not hold for the wind, but the elevation tracking on my scope seems to be pretty solid. 6 shots went into a 3.365" group. So I'm plenty happy with that, and $20 a box is pretty hard to beat for accurate range ammo.

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[SJB358]

Man, that isn't hard to like at all. Very nice.

Which bullet do they use in that ammo?

 

[Cleveland48]

It's the old 140 gr HPBT.


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[SJB358]

It's the old 140 gr HPBT.


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I've heard great things about that Bullet. Did you get a chance to check it for speed?

 

[Cleveland48]

It's listed as 2690 fps I ran five over the chrono and was getting 2676 fps for the average.


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[jimbires]

another nice target . that gun shoots good .

 

[SJB358]

Man, that's about spot on for advertising... good stuff to have in a pinch.

 

[rjm158]

C48, did you get a measurement on the first group of the Black ammo?

Ron

 

[DrMike]

Oh, yeah, that'll do! At that price, when the factory ammo shows that degree of accuracy, it is difficult to want to roll your own. You're going to make me ditch all my work on my 6.5 Creedmoor and rush up to buy some factory ammo.

 

[Cleveland48]

C48, did you get a measurement on the first group of the Black ammo?

Ron

Yes sorry didn't realize I didn't have it on there where you could see it. here is full pick, group size is written at bottom of page.

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[Cleveland48]

Oh, yeah, that'll do! At that price, when the factory ammo shows that degree of accuracy, it is difficult to want to roll your own. You're going to make me ditch all my work on my 6.5 Creedmoor and rush up to buy some factory ammo.

I like to load my hunting rounds still, but as far as practice ammo factory ammo would save me a lot of time.


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[TackDriver284]

Good shooting right there Cleve.

 

[DrMike]

Oh, yeah, that'll do! At that price, when the factory ammo shows that degree of accuracy, it is difficult to want to roll your own. You're going to make me ditch all my work on my 6.5 Creedmoor and rush up to buy some factory ammo.

I like to load my hunting rounds still, but as far as practice ammo factory ammo would save me a lot of time.


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I understand. I hadn't bought a box of ammunition in over a decade when I picked up a couple of boxes of ammunition for my 338 Federal this past spring. I must be slipping off the wagon.

 

[Cleveland48]

I really like the handloading especially when it's small batches of 40-50 rounds of hunting ammo. Loading 100 or so rounds for target practice really gets time consuming lol.


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[Guy Miner]

Results are looking good. And hat's off to Hornady for their factory ammo!

Guy