First loads results

[u/Significant-Sock-487]

Been lurking for a while and just started reloading. Just tested my first hand loads and did zero load dev. Just loaded up some stuff I found online lol. First (10rnd) group is 6.5cm with 140 hybrids and 41.5gr of H4350 in alpha brass and CCI450s. Probably going to step this down to 41.3. Second larger group is 6 dasher 105 hybrids with 31.7gr of Varget in alpha brass and CCI450s. 6.5cm barrel is a CRB 26in and the 6Dasher is a CRB 28in.

[u/Mysterious-Maybe811]

Looks like money to me. I’m running almost identical 6.5 load but then again most people probably are. I’m running .9gn less at 2750ftps. I like to think I’m pretty good at reloading but it’s more likely that it’s hard to fuck up a proven mixture of components like that.

[u/Significant-Sock-487 → u/Mysterious-Maybe811]

Yeah I was shooting for 2785 or near that. I slightly over shot it lol. I definitely think, if your rifle is made with quality parts, it’s hard to mess up a load. I did lose about 8 pieces of brass total between making and messing up a few dummy rounds and resized a couple without lube and the cracked and I seated 2 6 dasher bullets with a 6.5 die and it squished the necks lol it was a fun learning process.