6.5 Creed with 120 grain pills and H4350

I had a few boxes of 120smk's left from my 260 - loaded them in the creed, and they liked Varget, high 37gr. But I also tried some H414, the last kernels of a 1lb I had, and it was extremely accurate - did a ladder then loaded 9 - think I shot 3 3 shot 200yd groups and all 3 were 1/2" and under, was a lighter load under 40gr. Havent tried it since as shooting other bullets
 
thatmikeguy said:
Has anyone tried the Nosler RDF 140 grain with H4350?
I bought some to try. Noslers listed max is 41 grains. I was reading online and some people are going up to 42.5 for some reason.
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None of my barrels liked the RDFs. I brought my Berger 140 Hybrids up to 43.6 grains without any heavy bolt lift, but I had a really good speed node at 42.5, and 41.3 was the most precise.
 
thatmikeguy said:
Has anyone tried the Nosler RDF 140 grain with H4350?
I bought some to try. Noslers listed max is 41 grains. I was reading online and some people are going up to 42.5 for some reason.
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I've put about 4500 RDFs down range with H4350, on all three barrels Ive burnt threw they printed <0.66" ten shot groups including the factory Tikka CTR barrel. The factory barrel i was running 42g and 0.100 jump, even though i could have touched the lands if i needed, the CTR mags are long, the velocity was low around 2680ish. Custom barrels i was running 41.5g and jumping around 0.030ish, with 2750ish FPS.

Only issue Ive had with RDFs is they can be a bit inconsistent from lot to lot, they just need a small tweak on the load to get back shooting small groups, although they are very consistent for BC from lot to lot, I haven't had to deviate from the Litz BC of .324 shooting out to 1100+ yards.
 
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thatmikeguy said:
Thanks for the info. Why did you try up to 42.5? 1.5 over max?
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That’s what the gun wanted. 42.5gr with an .080” jump nets me very consistent 2820fps, and sub half MOA.


Camoman1 said:
I've put about 4500 RDFs down range with H4350, on all three barrels Ive burnt threw they printed <0.66" ten shot groups including the factory Tikka CTR barrel. The factory barrel i was running 42g and 0.100 jump, even though i could have touched the lands if i needed, the CTR mags are long, the velocity was low around 2680ish. Custom barrels i was running 41.5g and jumping around 0.030ish, with 2750ish FPS.

Only issue Ive had with RDFs is they can be a bit inconsistent from lot to lot, they just need a small tweak on the load to get back shooting small groups, although they are very consistent for BC from lot to lot, I haven't had to deviate from the Litz BC of .324 shooting out to 1100+ yards.
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My goals are sub half MOA 10 shot groups or less, and the Bergers did that consistently with a random charge and random seating depth during barrel break-in, and only got better with development.
 
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