129 Hornady Interlock and the 6,5x47

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I had a few minutes this afternoon and chose to reload for the 6,5x47 - a new load for me the Hornady 129 grain Interlock with some TR140 behind it. I was in no rush to max the load so opted for a fairly conservative 37,8 grains with a .025" jump using freshly bumped back brass cleaned with the LEM. I used a very basic reloading setup, a Lee Cast Classic bolted to a concrete ring beam for rigidity and Forster bush/Bump and Micrometer seater. As usual I did not get involved in the powder throwing as I was busy with the machines so once primed I left them on the side and picked them up an hour later. The bullets were seated and I took the opportunity to check build length with something I have been working on measured off the Ogive - All good. The impressive part though was the run-out which hovered between zero and .00125" for all 50 rounds which impressed me no end. I have used far more expensive reloading set-ups in the past and struggled to get below .002" which proves just how effective a reasonably budget system can be.

I have somewhere to zero and test just a few minutes down the road so I headed off towards the end of the day and put a few rounds down from my 100m point, MV's averaged at 2833 fps with an ES of 24 fps and 5 shot groups around .75MOA which given the variable wind was acceptable albeit with room for improvement.

I am looking forward to heading one evening this coming week and using the Interlock for what it was intended and I still cannot get over just how low the run-out was, budget reloading kit really does have its moments :)

Has anyone tried the Interlock with TR140 or anything else behind it, I would be interested to hear how people get on with it.