6.8 spc loads

[horsemen61]

Howdy everyone


I am looking for 2 loads for the 6.8 spc one is a target load just for shooting paper


The most important one is the deer load I am looking for something I can use to hunt whitetail Deer I’m in SW Mo so the deer aren’t massive but they ain’t tiny either shoots won’t be past 200 yards


Thanks guys for all your help

 

[LocoGringo]

I use the 120 SST from Hornady over 27.5 grains of AA2200 powder for hunting. Out of a 16" barrel, I'm able to reproduce factory velocities but maintain 1.25" accuracy from 100 yards. I'm not sure why you'd have a "target" load and a "hunting" load unless you think that some target bullets are cheaper than the hunting bullets. I use a 90 grain Speer TNT over 28.7 grains of RL-7 out of my 12.5" SBR 6.8 for home defense and get 2640 FPS without pushing pressures and excellent accuracy.

Unless I'm going for absolute accuracy, I bought a lot of "blem" bullets from Midway that were 120 grain (I suspect blemished 120 SST) for cheap that would make a great target load since they were so cheap. Some are missing the plastic tip, but I can't tell the other defects on most of them. Stay consistent, stay accurate.

 

[CarJunkieLS1]

A 100gr Nosler Accubond and 30 grains of H322 does very very well for me. I don't paper shoot with mine so I can't help you with that one.

 

[dh1633pm]

I shoot target with Remington factory ammo. Got a 1k case from the Ilion factory a friend got me. I reload using 120 sst’s. Had good luck with AA2230. Use the leftover Remington brass with its large primer for reloading. We have harvested more deer with the 6.8 than anything else last few years. Ruger Min 6.8. My brother uses an AR.

 

[WestKentucky]

What is the gun? I like 6.8 a whole lot but the design leaves very little room to play inside of an AR15 magazine. The 110 and 115 gr bullets are as big as you can go and get them to feed. Realistically 85 to 90gr ballistic tip is probably the best all around load for the AR. I like heavier though and hand load, then single feed 120 SGK or Hornady 120gr ballistic tips in through the ejection port.

 

[jleyring]

My best load is 28.3gr H322 with Hornady V-Max 110gr. They have an average velocity of 2500fps out of my 16in Daniel Defense barrel. 5 shot group was under 1 MOA at 100yds. Ive had really good success with that round in my rifle. I want to get a 90gr bullet and bump up the velocity so I can extend the range. Looking at the Speer TNT 90gr. Right now with the 110gr V-Max I can get it out to 500yds on steel. Would love to get out to 800yds with the 90gr.

 

[12Bravo20]

OP,

What length barrel are you using? I know that 18"20" barrels with rifle length gas systems do not like the light bullets under 100 grains.

I have a 6.8SPC Palmetto State Armory A4 upper with a FN 20" CHF barrel that shoots well with Hornady 110Gr V-Max and Sellier and Bellot 110Gr FMJ ammo. I haven't reloaded for 6.8 yet. I will probably stick with the 110Gr bullets if I do.

 

[horsemen61]

The rifle in question is an Ambush firearms ar 15

 

[LocoGringo]

What is the gun? I like 6.8 a whole lot but the design leaves very little room to play inside of an AR15 magazine. The 110 and 115 gr bullets are as big as you can go and get them to feed. Realistically 85 to 90gr ballistic tip is probably the best all around load for the AR. I like heavier though and hand load, then single feed 120 SGK or Hornady 120gr ballistic tips in through the ejection port.

I gotta take issue with this post. What you're implying, if not saying, is that my 120 SST loads are unreliable feeding out of a magazine and must be hand loaded through the ejection port if I understand you correctly. Or maybe you think my loads are dangerous and pushing pressures because I'm loading too short to make it fit in the magazine, or maybe you think the factory loading from Hornady with the 120 SST must be loaded by hand through the ejection port to function reliably.

I load specifically for the Barrett magazines which are known to be excellent quality but have the least amount of room for OAL feeding from the magazine. I have not had a single malfunction yet while using those magazines and my handloads.

In fact, I have a barrel by Bison Armory that has a 1:7 twist to stabilize the 200 grain Woodleigh for subsonic performance while suppressed. I shoot them from a magazine...no issues.

 

[LocoGringo]

Internet acting funny. Double tap.

 

[WestKentucky]

I gotta take issue with this post. What you're implying, if not saying, is that my 120 SST loads are unreliable feeding out of a magazine and must be hand loaded through the ejection port if I understand you correctly. Or maybe you think my loads are dangerous and pushing pressures because I'm loading too short to make it fit in the magazine, or maybe you think the factory loading from Hornady with the 120 SST must be loaded by hand through the ejection port to function reliably.

I load specifically for the Barrett magazines which are known to be excellent quality but have the least amount of room for OAL feeding from the magazine. I have not had a single malfunction yet while using those magazines and my handloads.

In fact, I have a barrel by Bison Armory that has a 1:7 twist to stabilize the 200 grain Woodleigh for subsonic performance while suppressed. I shoot them from a magazine...no issues.

Your experience is different from mine. My loads are all too long for the magazine if I load anything over 115. 115 to 120 is very minimal change in OAL most likely and you have found a combination that works. At no point did I say that anybody’s loads would be unreliable or unsafe, what I did say is that longer bullets can be problematic. Your taking a bit of rope and running wild with it and changing what was said and what was meant into something it wasn’t intended to be.

Ballistic tips are long for weight, solids are typically short for weight. Copper solids are longer than cup/core bullets because copper is less dense. Be careful buying in bulk until you see what will or will not work in a rifle. When you find something that you like and can show that it works for you then go wild, but beware before bulk buying that long bullets are known to either not fit magazines, or not feed well if they are pushing the limits of the magazine.

 

[LocoGringo]

@WestKentucky, you posted with authority as if it's absolute. Nowhere in your post did you say something like "in my rifle", or "in my experience". You spoke in generalities. Go back and read your post again. No, you didn't say they would be unreliable or unsafe except where you said that "the 110 and 115 grain bullets are as big as you can go and GET THEM TO FEED" (emphasis mine), which implies unreliable feeding.

Yeah, we have different experiences, but you're the first person I've ever heard of having issues with the 120 grain SST in hand loading and having feed issues that weren't caused by problems with the rifle such as poor quality feed ramps for the chamber. I've never heard of issues with factory Hornady 120 SST ammo having too long of an OAL to load in a magazine.

I do agree that someone just starting out buy a variety of bullets that fit the shooter's intended purpose and research the "best" powders/bullet combos to try in their rifle. Isn't that what the OP is doing with this thread? He didn't say anything about buying in bulk.

 

[mokin]

My best load is 28.3gr H322 with Hornady V-Max 110gr. They have an average velocity of 2500fps out of my 16in Daniel Defense barrel. 5 shot group was under 1 MOA at 100yds. Ive had really good success with that round in my rifle. I want to get a 90gr bullet and bump up the velocity so I can extend the range. Looking at the Speer TNT 90gr. Right now with the 110gr V-Max I can get it out to 500yds on steel. Would love to get out to 800yds with the 90gr.

Right off the top of my head this sounds like my favorite load. I've had similar results with 110 grain Hornady and Sierra bullets as well as 115 grain Sierra's.

I shot them out of a 16 inch Stag barrel.

 

[BreechFace]

95gr Barnes TacTX, 29.1 Reloader 10x, CCI 450, COAL = 2.300”, slight crimp