6.5 creedmoor 123 grain SST
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farmerboy78
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You can, but I think varget would be a better powder for that weight bullet
H4350 will give 50-60 fps more speed than Varget. Can't say if it would be more accurate, but H4350 is pretty much the go-to powder for 6.5's. I've never fooled with anything lighter than 140's so I can't comment on the 123's specifically
JFrank
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Have you heard of the secret Carolina load
140 gr class Bullets
44.3 H4831sc
140 gr class Bullets
44.3 H4831sc
I know the 140’s are very accurate I was just considering the 123’s for possibly a deer hunting round I just got into the 6.5 creedmoor as of right now all I have shot is paper. I been using superformance but I been seeing where a lot of guys say that H4350 was their go to powder
Allen One1
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I shot the 120 SMK with Varget and they shot very well. Should have probably stayed with it but I wanted a heavier bullet and moved to the 140 ELD.
I've run both sup and h4350 behind 123s and 143s. Using sup loaded long I was hitting 2750-2850 with the 143s in 3 different 6.5cms. accuracy has been moa or better
H4350 was about 100fps slower with similar accuracy.
Rl-17 is also a good powder for the 6.5cm and 140 class projectiles.
With the 123s sup turned in bout 3k, and h4350 got 2850ish, accuracy wasn't great in the one rifle I tried it with.
JFrank
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^^^this
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I've been operating under the hope that it means "Tagged To Read(maybe reply) Later" but I too would like to know for sure!
Nosler Says 40.5 to 44.5 with accuracy around 42.5 for 2877 fps out of their barrel, I'm interested too as a 123 sst humming around 2800 out of a 20" tube sounds close to what I want my cm hunter build to perform at by this fall for either my kid or wife to run (whoever loses the fight over the cm will get the old standby .243 I can only afford to build so many at one time lol).
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