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Otto
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Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc
22/01/09 01:15 AM

My 6.5X54 is an early 1903 and initial shooting was a significant disappointment with several 160gr Hornadys going thru the target sideways. This with 34 gr of 3031 and Norma cases. My efforts to research my problems discovered in the old NRA reloading manual that bore diameter for 6.5X54 MS is listed therein as .268", not .264". This in a 1950s vintage publication. Further , I found the currently available .264 160gr Hornadys are only .264" below the cannelure. This combination in my barrel is totally unusable. Perhaps Woodleighs would be OK. However, I ordered the .268" 160gr Hornady made for the Carcano and first found them to have a much longer section of bullet at full diameter. Shooting these bullets solved all previous issues with iron sight 100 yard groups consistently under 2". One caveat, be sure to reduce any load developed with .264" bullets at least 15% and work up your load from there. Full diameter bullets with long bearing surface operate at higher pressures than bullets barely touching the rifling!

Otto

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6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Webleyboy	08/04/07 05:08 AM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Swampfox	09/04/07 04:27 AM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Webleyboy	09/04/07 07:41 AM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	tinker	09/04/07 08:47 AM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Swampfox	10/04/07 02:13 AM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	tinker	10/04/07 08:29 AM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Swampfox	09/04/07 08:45 AM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Collath_500BPE	10/04/07 06:44 PM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Clark	15/01/09 11:38 PM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Collath_500BPE	21/01/09 01:05 AM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Clark	21/01/09 05:44 AM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Otto	22/01/09 01:15 AM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Swampfox	11/04/07 04:57 AM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Carpetsahib	10/10/11 12:10 PM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Mike_Bailey	10/10/11 05:18 PM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Kiwi_bloke	12/10/11 09:08 PM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Brithunter	03/11/11 10:44 PM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	DarylS	04/11/11 05:18 AM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Brithunter	04/11/11 09:01 AM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	DarylS	05/11/11 03:03 AM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	BlueZulu	15/01/09 06:31 AM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Mike_Bailey	15/01/09 07:16 PM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	BlueZulu	15/01/09 10:00 PM
Re: 6.5 X 54 Mannlicher Shoenaur Loads etc	Mike_Bailey	15/01/09 10:31 PM

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