Recommended loads for these bullets in the M96?

[andym79]

Hi guys, what loads would you recommend for these bullets in a M96 6.5x55. For once I open comments to all levels of velocity, not just HV. Your most accurate load with these bullets or similar slow medium or fast!

Though speeds between 1500-1900fps would be prefered!

Ignore imperfections in the cast bullets, they are not specimens I will be firing, they are purely for illustration. How fast do you think each of them could realistically be pushed.

From left to right

139 Lapua, 140 Sierra GameKing, 266249 Lyman, 150GC CBE, 138GC CBE, 143PB CBE

[Tatume]

My commercial Mauser likes IMR 4895 with 120 and 140 grain jacketed bullets, at 2500 fps. Accuracy is so good that I've never done any load development; it shoots the first loads I tried in each weight into sub-MOA five shot groups at 100 yards. My gun probably has a shorter chamber than your M96, and you may realize an accuracy benefit from longer bullets.