Kent Goldings
.357 mag
It may be true that necessity is the mother of invention. I realized last week that I had worked my way down to my last 500 large rifle primers and 300 Hornady 6.5mm 140 gr ELDM bullets.
I was disappointed to find that there were none of these available anywhere on line. As the 6.5 bullets are the workhorse or both my 6.5 CM and 6.5 PRC rifles, I was looking at a bit of a crisis.
I remembered that I had a had previously shot a few boxes of the Federal Non-Typical whitetail in 6.5 CM and has saved the brass. This particular load uses small rifle primers. As I still have had plenty of small rifle primers, I set to work crafting a replacement load for my 6.5 CM using this case.
I found a supply of Hornady 130 gr, ELDM along with a couple of pounds of Hodgdon Superformance.
I put together a 6.5 CM load using this 130 gr. bullets load over 46 grains of the Hodgdon Powder using CCI no. 400 small rifle primers.
I chronographed the first five rounds. I was able to hit the 1000 yard target without difficulty. But, the smaller bullets seem to be a little more wind prone.
I was disappointed to find that there were none of these available anywhere on line. As the 6.5 bullets are the workhorse or both my 6.5 CM and 6.5 PRC rifles, I was looking at a bit of a crisis.
I remembered that I had a had previously shot a few boxes of the Federal Non-Typical whitetail in 6.5 CM and has saved the brass. This particular load uses small rifle primers. As I still have had plenty of small rifle primers, I set to work crafting a replacement load for my 6.5 CM using this case.
I found a supply of Hornady 130 gr, ELDM along with a couple of pounds of Hodgdon Superformance.
I put together a 6.5 CM load using this 130 gr. bullets load over 46 grains of the Hodgdon Powder using CCI no. 400 small rifle primers.
I chronographed the first five rounds. I was able to hit the 1000 yard target without difficulty. But, the smaller bullets seem to be a little more wind prone.
