brutus51
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New to this caliber, just got a 6.8 upper for my AR15,18" 1 in 11 twist.
Took her out last weekend, shot Hornady and Sellor-Beloit factory loads for starters getting about 2630/2670 fps. from both 110gr. offerings ( Sellor-Beloit were a bit faster).
For my first attempt at reloads I loaded up 5 110gr. Nosler Accubonds with new starline brass, CCI small mag primers and 28.2 gr. of Accurate 2200 powder. Since I had to zero in the scope I was on the fifty yard range but all 5 rounds printed a 1/2" group at 2570 fps, boy was I happy since neither factory rounds made a group that small.
Also purchased some Hornady 110gr. Vmax and Sierra 115gr Match king bullets but I haven't reloaded anything with them yet as I just wanted to get my feet wet with this caliber.
So the question is what do the more experienced 6.8 users load up and use?
Primary interest is deer hunting, maybe some hogs one day and target shooting.
Also most of my research advocates the use of magnum primers but I have a boatload of standard primers, is there that much of a difference between the two?
Took her out last weekend, shot Hornady and Sellor-Beloit factory loads for starters getting about 2630/2670 fps. from both 110gr. offerings ( Sellor-Beloit were a bit faster).
For my first attempt at reloads I loaded up 5 110gr. Nosler Accubonds with new starline brass, CCI small mag primers and 28.2 gr. of Accurate 2200 powder. Since I had to zero in the scope I was on the fifty yard range but all 5 rounds printed a 1/2" group at 2570 fps, boy was I happy since neither factory rounds made a group that small.
Also purchased some Hornady 110gr. Vmax and Sierra 115gr Match king bullets but I haven't reloaded anything with them yet as I just wanted to get my feet wet with this caliber.
So the question is what do the more experienced 6.8 users load up and use?
Primary interest is deer hunting, maybe some hogs one day and target shooting.
Also most of my research advocates the use of magnum primers but I have a boatload of standard primers, is there that much of a difference between the two?
