Replying to Darin

Here are my thoughts:

What distance do you expect to shoot?

What game are you hunting?

What Caliber? ( I assume 6.5 creed)

Will you be hunting at a higher elevation?

Maximum velocity does not equal consistency.

When I would zero my 7mm in 50 degrees at 5200 in October I found very little change hitting elk-heart-MOA at 8,000 in 30 degrees. But mine was at 200 yards. I used commercial ammo. I will say my rifle liked the federal blue box and was noticeably less accurate with the federal red box. Admittedly, 7mm has a very flat trajectory. I’m not sure about 6.5 yet.

I haven’t #reloaded for my 7mm yet but plan to within the year.

Please share your experience as you learn.

#reloading
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Boatface 1y ago

Yes, 6.5 creed. Excellent points.

Elk inside of 400 yards at 3,750 feet and up as low as 10*F.

I’ll be developing around 200-500 ft and 50-70*F.

As a loose rule of thumb loads are most accurate a bit off the max load so a powder with a higher max MV should be accurate but faster than a powder with a lower max MV also backed off to its sweet spot. I know that is all extremely loose with lots of exceptions but this is what I’m referring to when I was talking about maximizing MV. I couple that with VV saying they developed N555 with 6.5 Creed in mind and I’m hopeful.

I’ll be using Hornady ELD-X bullets. I know the gun likes the factory loads with those bullets.

I’m hoping to get 1-1.5 MOA. The real variable is how well I can shoot from whatever weird shooting position I find available when I find the herd.

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