hey fellas , i'm looking to share handloading with 6.5x55 tikka T3 . finally got to chrono my loads on the weekend and it was mildly supprising and confusing
looking at noslers data , man are they optomistc
speeds are waaay higher than what i got with some loads . been reading on yank forums 2800-2900fps with 140's
my 43.5gn of 2209 with a 140sst @3.106" col gave me 2580fps 44.1gn 2209 gave 2620fps , but at this point the case starts to show slight signs of flow into the ejector hole in the bolt face . primers look good , but brass flow is not good in my book. my other chrono-ed load was 120 noslers @2820fps for 45.5gn of 2209 . another good load is the 125 partition with 44.5gn of 2209 for a guess-ta-mated speed of 2740fps , cause at this point my magnetospeed barrel mounted chrono had worked loose and i shot one corner off the mounting housing
accuracy is more important to me than speed , but the 6.5x55 must have the wildest extremes of data and "internet loads" and speeds of any cartride i've looked at . i'm just curious of what loads and speed you guys are getting , and if there's any easy way of changing my reloading to pick up extra speed without preasure .
i'm using lapua brass and fed210 primers .cheers