Working up a load.

Yeah, that sounds sort of sus.

I have 3-4 lbs of Accurate 4350 powder. Different from Hodgdon 4350. My experience in the past is that the Accurate is definitely slower than the Hodgdon.

I also have a bunch of 6.5 Creedmoor 120 grain bullets from the time I spent figuring out my Ruger shot 140s best.

(Umm, the 0 means right on the bullet weight; the + or – means .2 grains off spec. Yes, I’m a nerd.) What to do? Load test of course.

You always start with the book. No need to reinvent the wheel.

We’ll go right by the book – 40.4 g to 43.3 – and see what we get.

Well, then. There are some possibilities. But MV is much lower than the book. Top end should be 2900; I’m only getting 2695. Between shorter barrel than the book, and lots of rounds through the rifle, it looks like I can load hotter than the book.

Tomorrow, we’ll do a .2 grain ladder test and see what we get.