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    Posted: September/03/2008 at 20:48
so i picked up the #6 reloading manual from nosler, and i will tell you what i like it, so if anybody out there is thinking about buying a new guide look at the nosler book its got a pretty good selection and they use a fair amount of powders too.
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Sounds good to me. Thanks.
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i have noticed that some of the loads in this book have a bit more powder but get the same speed with the same length of barrel.
 
also somebody want to explain to me how in one of my manuals the 6.5rem mag can out run a .264 win?? im thinking its a typo.
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Pyro, I like the caliber history and description for each cartridge.
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Any loads for the 280 Ackley using VV powders?
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Originally posted by Roy Finn Roy Finn wrote:

Any loads for the 280 Ackley using VV powders?
yes,
140gr n160 55.5 to 59.5*
140gr n560 59.5 to 63.5*
150gr n165 59.0 to 63.0*
160gr n165 56.0 to 60.0*
160gr n560 55.5 to 59.5*
175gr n165 53.0 to 57.0*
 
 
 
*= denotes maximum load use with caution
 
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Did they say what kind of velocities they were getting with the 140 gr and what barrel length. I have a bunch of N560 and N165.

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they used a 26" tube 1-9 twist
140gr n160 55.5gr  3037fps   57.5gr 3100fps    59.5gr 3157fps
140gr n560  59.5gr  3047fps  61.5gr 3146fps    63.5gr  3253fps
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Don't think to many whitetails would walk away from a hit with a 140 Accubond launched at 3250.
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Originally posted by Roy Finn Roy Finn wrote:

Don't think to many whitetails would walk away from a hit with a 140 Accubond launched at 3250.
i dont think many elk would either!
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Nope, but you would be surprised to see some of the artillery that shows up in some of the Sask hunting camps I been in. One guy used to hunt with a nice 7mm Rem mag and one year he swears he hit a big one that he never recovered. Well, don't you know he shows up the following year armed to the teeth with a 300 Weatherby. He used to bust my balls with my "little 280 Ackley".
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300wby for deer is a waste unless you like to shoot them out there at 500yds imo
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Well I can't really rib the guy too much as I bought a 700 APR in 300 WM. But, in all honesty, I just really liked the rifle and they only offered it in long action magnum calibers. Didn't have a 300 WM at the time so I figured WTF. I'm not sorry I did, because it is one of the most accurate rifles I've ever shot. I'll just never look you straight in the eye and try to convince you it was necessary to dispatch a fricken whitetail.
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ive shot them with 300's also, and they work just as well as the 22-250 does.
 
back to the manual, one thing i wish was there was there coal measurements for each bullet, they just use a max oal and call it good the hornady manual has a coal listed for each bullet.


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I'm always seating em into the lands so those figures mean very little to me.
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For whatever reason, I have always had the best accuracy with the bullets just touching the lands. Just don't start off with book max.
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Originally posted by pyro6999 pyro6999 wrote:

ive shot them with 300's also, and they work just as well as the 22-250 does.
 
back to the manual, one thing i wish was there was there coal measurements for each bullet, they just use a max oal and call it good the hornady manual has a coal listed for each bullet.
 
That's because optimal COAL differs with each individual rifle, so it would be a meaningless number.  You will want to tweak the COAL for your rifle to get best accuracy anyway, once you establish the bullet and charge that gives you the best result.  They show max OAL only because that is the SAAMI established max for that cartridge.  Hornady shows the COAL for each bullet only as a reference to the data they tested in the test barrel they used.  It really has no meaning to the individual handloader unless you happen to be using the exact same barrel as they used to arrive at their load data.   
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Originally posted by RifleDude RifleDude wrote:

Originally posted by pyro6999 pyro6999 wrote:

ive shot them with 300's also, and they work just as well as the 22-250 does.
 
back to the manual, one thing i wish was there was there coal measurements for each bullet, they just use a max oal and call it good the hornady manual has a coal listed for each bullet.
 
That's because optimal COAL differs with each individual rifle, so it would be a meaningless number.  You will want to tweak the COAL for your rifle to get best accuracy anyway, once you establish the bullet and charge that gives you the best result.  They show max OAL only because that is the SAAMI established max for that cartridge.  Hornady shows the COAL for each bullet only as a reference to the data they tested in the test barrel they used.  It really has no meaning to the individual handloader unless you happen to be using the exact same barrel as they used to arrive at their load data.   
that makes sense, i just kinda like to have the saami figure so i know for sure
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