Valentines day on Century

[Pete]

Yet again, we had the place to ourselves.............apart from some guys on the electronics at 200yds.
A bit cold, but zero wind, (and four hours shooting for four shooters, £18 apiece!!! clapclap clapclap clapclap ).
AND, I got a load sorted for my 6.5x47 with 136 gr Scenar "L"'s.

My kinda day..............

Pete

[ovenpaa]

That caught my eye as I have had a couple of hundred 136's ready for my 6,5x47 and never actually got around to trying them, did you chrono your load?

[Pete]

Yes, 2.6grams of Elcho 17 gave 884m/sec (Magnetospeed). Lapua brass, KVB-223M primers, COL 69.0mm, 760mm 1:8 Lothar barrel, 0.5mm off lands.
Early days as it was the first run with these bullets. I ran 3 sets of five rounds, 2.5, 2.55, and 2.6 grams.
The last five at 2.6 were well inside 1 moa at 600yds, so definitely promising. Nice to get flat calm conditions for a change.
I've been using 123gr Scenars up til now, with reasonable results, but the 136's seem better all round.

Pete

[ovenpaa]

That sounds encouraging and 844m/s is quite reasonable for the 136, I must give them a try.

[dromia]

I would be interested in these results in proper units rather than foreign measures.

[Pete]

Well, I was a scientist of sorts when at work, and we don't use units like the length of a thumb when measuring.............
However, for the benefit of the "imperial" trogs, the avg. MV for 5 shots was 2900 fps, ES 17, and this was achieved with 40.1 grains (rice? corn?) of Elcho 17.
This MV should give a speed of around 1400fps at 1000yds with the 136gr "L"'s.

The Lapua Scenar "L" line really are extremely well made bullets. I'm also using the 6mm 105gr in my 6BR's.

Pete