6.5x55 swede, because i can load anything from an 85gr varmint bullet to a 160gr bullet suitable for very large game, and cast lead subsonic loads are pretty useful too.
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Type: Posts; User: cuvy
6.5x55 swede, because i can load anything from an 85gr varmint bullet to a 160gr bullet suitable for very large game, and cast lead subsonic loads are pretty useful too.
If I lived somewhere I...
Forum: CB Loads / Military Rifles
If this helps, one data point for you:
7 grains of Trail boss with a 140 grain powder coated cast lead projectile (commercially produced - hawkesbury river blackhawk) gives around 995 fps out of a...
| BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
| BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
| BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
| C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
| HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
| PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
| LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
| GC | Gas Check |