Building a lazer beam for coyotes
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+1. 3500 fps w/ a 90 grain TNT.
I know it's not what you want, but when I think coyote lazer, I think .17 Predator. for a calling rifle anyways.
that has to be messy! what with all the bits falling off and the bullet breaking down on the way to the target
x2, mine flattens them like they were hit with a Dodge
that has to be messy! what with all the bits falling off and the bullet breaking down on the way to the target
I went with a 6mm-284 it is only a 21" barrel but with 70gr ballistic tips and IMR4350 powder I get 3650fps and have loaded 90gr Barnes X bullets to 3500fps.
I'm thinking of giving RL17 a try in this cartridge should bump velocities up very nicely.
I have absolutely no feeding problems with this round and it is very accurate.
Only issue I used to have was finding 284 brass it is not all that common anymore but now 6.5-284 is available, all I do is resized/neck the brass and load regularly no fireforming required.
I'm thinking of giving RL17 a try in this cartridge should bump velocities up very nicely.
I have absolutely no feeding problems with this round and it is very accurate.
Only issue I used to have was finding 284 brass it is not all that common anymore but now 6.5-284 is available, all I do is resized/neck the brass and load regularly no fireforming required.
Thank you. So is yours in a SA or LA? Do you ever use a little heavier bullet?? I was thinking about most 70gr and less, but it would nice to have the option of 105 gr VLD's.... I'm stumped as to what twist i should go.
I think any case mines going to be 26" barrel though.... so i would guess based off of your results with 70gr i should be close to 3850 to 3900 fp.
I have thought of that, but anyone and everyone has a .270. I have enough plain jane'ers sitting on the rack, and I'd just like something a little different.
I know. Thats what got me to this point. Now its time to get some real wold results.
Mine is a made in Germany Voerre long action.
I had shot heavier bullets but they wouldn't group for me so I finally got around to checking the twist rate and found that it was a 1 - 12" which is to slow for the heavier bullets.
Now I only shoot up to 85gr bullets and I have great accuracy.
If I was to rebarrel the rifle I would still go with the 6mm-284 go with a 1 - 10" twist rate to handle a wider range of bullets and would load Swifts new .419 BC Scirroco 2 90gr bullet, actually if I was able to get the velocity up I would probably use this one bullet for all of my predator/deer hunting in this rifle.
Just did a search on the Hornady site and found this I'm going to have to give these a try but the bearing surface may still be to long for my 1 - 12 twist which means they will not be very accurate in my rifle...
6mm .243 80 gr GMX®
Features:
Streamlined design for ultra-flat trajectories
Devastating terminal performance across a wide range of velocities
Gilding metal construction and double cannelures reduce fouling
Compatible with conventional reloading data
BC = .300
Damn the more I think about this the more I want to switch the barrel to a 24" sporter conture s/s 1 - 10" twist rate...
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You could also try making one of these.
Good luck making your yote lazer. Keep us informed of your progress.
George
THAT is the scaryist FooCKING thing I have EVER seen!
Wouldn't that just be called a BOMB!?
Have you bothered to read the original post?
An odd six and .270 share the same case, no? So i would think it would be easier to use 25-06 brass, then either 30-06 or .270 brass, even though both would likely work, which is a bonus i guess.
I guess my biggest dilemma is finding real world info comparing the 6-06 and 6-284. FWIW, reloaders nest shows them to be nearly identical.
Interesting how I must have "misunderstood" your posts.
If you had read the article I posted you would have seen real world data of the .22x64, which is the .22-.270, which is different than a 6mm-06 because the .270 Win brass is longer. You would have seen how to chamber and reload without special reamers or brass (= less $$). But whatever, you are getting lots of good info from others so I'll just leave it at that. The 6mm-06 is the same as an unbelted .240 Wby, so data should be easy to find.
Camp Cook - Barnes is showing 3814 fps with their 80gr TTSX BT out of a 24" barrel 25-06 using Hybrid 100V powder! That bullet has a BC of .316 so you would have a PBR of 355 yards when zerod at 305 yards (+-3") and still have over 1000ft-lbs of energy at 450 yards. Not too shabby, imho.
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Noooo.... I promised myself not to get any more rifle/cartridge combo's this year need to finish working on what I have now and I'm already way behind and the BC for that bullet is only .316 not as high as I would want to get me to start thinking 25-06 oh man don't need it...
Need to do more work on my new 280 Rem/30-06/300RUM/375RUM Rem 700 LSS rifles then I need to restart my silent 45-70 loading thinking of working down with 550gr bullets now and now because of this thread I'm starting to think about rebarreling my 6mm-284 to a longer barrel with a faster/better twist rate again...
The 70gr Ballistic Tips I'm using now in the 6mm-284 only have a BC of .310 if I had a longer barrel I would be almost the same velocity as the 25-06 naa not going to look at the 25-06...
Need to do more work on my new 280 Rem/30-06/300RUM/375RUM Rem 700 LSS rifles then I need to restart my silent 45-70 loading thinking of working down with 550gr bullets now and now because of this thread I'm starting to think about rebarreling my 6mm-284 to a longer barrel with a faster/better twist rate again...
The 70gr Ballistic Tips I'm using now in the 6mm-284 only have a BC of .310 if I had a longer barrel I would be almost the same velocity as the 25-06 naa not going to look at the 25-06...
I wonder what one could expect for accuracy??
I used to shoot a .257 Wby with 75gr X bullets sent on their way by a hefty charge of RL22. The muzzle velocity was just under 4000fps and accuracy was good. It was an effective load on game too; a couple of friends and I shot many boar with that load in addition to this:
That was in the days before the improved TSX and TTSX.
