THE HANDLOADING BENCH 6mm NORMA BENCH REST (Conclusion) by Laurie Holland
Table 1 - VARMINT BULLET RESULTS - HANDLOADS (77gn HP Factory Load as a benchmark: Average 0.5” group, 3221 fps/ES: 26 fps - 4 groups) Powder / Charge
Groups
55gn Nosler Ballistic Tip 26.5-28.5gn Viht N120 26.0-28.0gn Alliant Re7
0.5-0.8” 0.45-1.1”
0.26-0.85” 0.6-1.15” 0.66-1.1”
0.3-1.1” 0.35-0.95”
28.5-30.0gn Alliant Re10x 26.8-28.5gn Alliant Re7 28.3-30.0gn Viht N130
70gn Sierra BlitzKing 30.0-32.5gn Viht N135 28.0-30.5gn H322
70gn Nosler Ballistic Tip 29.0-31.0 H. Benchmark 28.5-30.5gn Viht N530 30.4-32.5gn Viht N135 31.0-34.0gn H. VarGet
0.3-0.75” 0.6-0.9” 0.45-1.1” 0.5-1.0”
0.75-1.7” 0.55-1.3”
0.35-0.45” 0.35-0.75” 0.46-0.66” 0.35”-0.75”
70gn Berger HP Flat-Base Varmint 30.0-32.0gn H4895
75gn Hornady V-Max 28.0-30.5gn IMR-3031 27.0-29.5gn AA-2015 30.4-32.4gn H. VarGet 28.5-30.0gn Viht N133
0.55-0.85”
0.5-0.9” 0.3-0.8” 0.6-1.0” 0.65-0.9”
MV/ES
3,618 / 46 3,442/10
55gn CT BST (Nosler / Winchester low-friction coated version of the Ballistic Tip) 28.5-30.5gn AA-2015 30.5-32.5gn AA-2230 30.0-32.0gn H4895
n/r
3,622 n/r
55gn Sierra BlitzKing 28.5-30.5gn AA-2015
29.5-31.5gn H Benchmark
58gn Hornady V-Max 28.5-30.1gn AA-2015
3,352 / 32 3,500
3,277 /53 3,384/21 3,420/58 3,470/29
n/r n/r
3,374/49 3,252/31 3,358/25 3,368/34
n/r
3,246/71 3,277/53 3,241/24 3,246/16
One velocity reading only obtained. Comments
One velocity reading only obtained.
CCI-BR4 primer CCI-BR4 primer
MV for 29.3gn
3 ex 5 groups ≤0.5” Slightly compressed charge
3 ex 5 groups ≤0.5” Top loads ‘warm’
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