Testing the 147's in 6.5 x 284 ( Continued )
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xphunter
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Excellent write up.
I have a rear-grip 18" 6.5-284. I went with a mild load of H-4831 (50.5) and the 147's = 2520 fps
With a different 6.5-284 (center-grip clone XP-100 action) that has a 17" barrel, 49.5 grains of H-4350, and I use the 140 grain AB, and my MV is 2784 fps.
We initially ran the center-grip faster, and it shot great: 10-shot group at 100 yards
Shoots great at distance to: 575 yards
I have a rear-grip 18" 6.5-284. I went with a mild load of H-4831 (50.5) and the 147's = 2520 fps
With a different 6.5-284 (center-grip clone XP-100 action) that has a 17" barrel, 49.5 grains of H-4350, and I use the 140 grain AB, and my MV is 2784 fps.
We initially ran the center-grip faster, and it shot great: 10-shot group at 100 yards
Shoots great at distance to: 575 yards
xphunter
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Thought this might be interesting
I have a friend who has done a lot of tissue testing (Whitetail and hogs) the last couple of years with both the 130 ELD-M, 140 ELD-M, and the 147 grain ELD-M in the 6.5 Creed (several different rifles).
The 130 grain kills good, but they hardly ever had a exit.
140 ELD-M exits and does a good job of killing. He is not a fan of the 130 grain ELD-M
The 147 grain ELD-M performed the best in terms of killing, but the internal trauma , length the animal would go on the shot, etc was just a tad longer/trauma a bit less than the 308 Winchester would with Hornady TAP ammo /168 grain A-Max or the newer 168 grain ELD-M.
On another note, the ELD-M's (at least with the 168 grain 30 cal) is a bit softer than the old 168 grain A-Max.
He basically does autopsies to see what was hit and the trauma to the tissue, and attempts to compare apples to apples as much as possible.
I have a friend who has done a lot of tissue testing (Whitetail and hogs) the last couple of years with both the 130 ELD-M, 140 ELD-M, and the 147 grain ELD-M in the 6.5 Creed (several different rifles).
The 130 grain kills good, but they hardly ever had a exit.
140 ELD-M exits and does a good job of killing. He is not a fan of the 130 grain ELD-M
The 147 grain ELD-M performed the best in terms of killing, but the internal trauma , length the animal would go on the shot, etc was just a tad longer/trauma a bit less than the 308 Winchester would with Hornady TAP ammo /168 grain A-Max or the newer 168 grain ELD-M.
On another note, the ELD-M's (at least with the 168 grain 30 cal) is a bit softer than the old 168 grain A-Max.
He basically does autopsies to see what was hit and the trauma to the tissue, and attempts to compare apples to apples as much as possible.
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TackDriver284
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Tweaked the last 6.5 x 284 load into .1 grain increments of H4831SC from 51.7 to 51.9, all 3 POI on a plane. Final results at 51.9 grains at 2825 fps. with 147 ELD-M. Looks like I'm done here. Thinking of a 1 day hunt soon on an exotic deer with this load and see results. Axis deer may be on the menu, will do some searching.
DrMike
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Yup. I would believe that it would be difficult to improve on that.
RL338
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It sure looks like you are
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TackDriver284
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Thank you fellows. Ran out of the old lot of H4350 and H4831SC, and just opened a new lot of 147's. I may need to tweak again for the Creed and 6.5 x 284 since the powder burn rate changes a little from lot to lot. Getting tired of tweaking, I just want to shoot, lol.
Getting tired of tweaking, I just want to shoot, lol.
