Yew Tree 6.5mm 112gr SUCCESS!

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The deer man

The deer man

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Making the change from lead to copper has not been a very easy road. Having tried all the Barnes offering in 6.5mm and found them totally inaccurate and inconsistent I had no option but to search elsewhere and came upon Yew Tree Fieldsports. Rich at Yew Tree was very helpful and pointed me in the right direction.

Subsequently I have developed two super accurate loads for my 6.5x55 using RS60 (2,945fps) and N550 (2,892fps) powders. Yesterday the rifle got a deep clean and bore polish using BoreTech and headed to the range for final zeroing which resulted in a neat 4mm group at 100m. Probably the best group I've ever shot! Walking up to the target I actually thought I'd missed and something was up again with these bloody copper bullets! Other groups have all been around 14mm and that was before an overdue clean.

The final and important test late yesterday afternoon was a going back fallow buck shot at 147 metres (161 yards) slightly quartering away. Shot entry was behind point of shoulder and exit through front of shoulder offside. It kind of ran about 20/30 feet and dropped dead. Neat entry and slightly larger but neat exit with everything in the middle a mess. Around the exit were two small puncture holes which I guess were the broken petals exiting having done their job.

All said and done very pleased with the Yew Tree 6.5mm bullet and will definitely be getting some more. Anybody interested, Rich at Yew Tree can be contacted through their Facebook page Log in to Facebook
 
BLUEROLL said:
Not had chance to load/try them in my 6.5x47 yet, hopefully soon. Do they like a big jump please ?
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I generally suggest running a charge weight test at 50 thou off. Then if necessary run a jump test at the best charge weight between 50-90 thou in 10 thou increments. That will ordinarily find something that shoots well. The odd rifle has liked an even bigger jump with 120 thou off being the largest reported back.
All the best
Rich
 
Yew Tree Fieldsports said:
I generally suggest running a charge weight test at 50 thou off. Then if necessary run a jump test at the best charge weight between 50-90 thou in 10 thou increments. That will ordinarily find something that shoots well. The odd rifle has liked an even bigger jump with 120 thou off being the largest reported back.
All the best
Rich
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Thanks Rich.
 
These are OGIVE measurements from known accurate/developed rounds in 6.5x55 calibre and what they seem to indicate is that jump is not that different to lead bullets. Some like a jump more than others but there is definitely a sweet spot to be found and that might depend on the rifle.

100gr Sierra Varminter - 2.462"
112gr Yew Tree - 2.547"
120gr Sierra Pro-Hunter - 2.575"
123gr Fox Classic - 2.450"
140gr Sierra SPBT - 2.514"

Interestingly the Yew Tree shoots as flat as the 100gr Varminter and beats all the others.
 
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The deer man said:
Making the change from lead to copper has not been a very easy road. Having tried all the Barnes offering in 6.5mm and found them totally inaccurate and inconsistent I had no option but to search elsewhere and came upon Yew Tree Fieldsports. Rich at Yew Tree was very helpful and pointed me in the right direction.

Subsequently I have developed two super accurate loads for my 6.5x55 using RS60 (2,945fps) and N550 (2,892fps) powders. Yesterday the rifle got a deep clean and bore polish using BoreTech and headed to the range for final zeroing which resulted in a neat 4mm group at 100m. Probably the best group I've ever shot! Walking up to the target I actually thought I'd missed and something was up again with these bloody copper bullets! Other groups have all been around 14mm and that was before an overdue clean.

The final and important test late yesterday afternoon was a going back fallow buck shot at 147 metres (161 yards) slightly quartering away. Shot entry was behind point of shoulder and exit through front of shoulder offside. It kind of ran about 20/30 feet and dropped dead. Neat entry and slightly larger but neat exit with everything in the middle a mess. Around the exit were two small puncture holes which I guess were the broken petals exiting having done their job.

All said and done very pleased with the Yew Tree 6.5mm bullet and will definitely be getting some more. Anybody interested, Rich at Yew Tree can be contacted through their Facebook page Log in to Facebook
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Your results on paper and terminal performance mirror mine, except I'm using RL17 (3158fps). I've found the best seating depth in my rifle to be a 55thou jump. CBTO of my 130gr AB and 140SST's. are 5thou either side of the YT 112gr load.
They do like a really clean barrel though.
Good luck.
 
The deer man said:
Making the change from lead to copper has not been a very easy road. Having tried all the Barnes offering in 6.5mm and found them totally inaccurate and inconsistent I had no option but to search elsewhere and came upon Yew Tree Fieldsports. Rich at Yew Tree was very helpful and pointed me in the right direction.

Subsequently I have developed two super accurate loads for my 6.5x55 using RS60 (2,945fps) and N550 (2,892fps) powders. Yesterday the rifle got a deep clean and bore polish using BoreTech and headed to the range for final zeroing which resulted in a neat 4mm group at 100m. Probably the best group I've ever shot! Walking up to the target I actually thought I'd missed and something was up again with these bloody copper bullets! Other groups have all been around 14mm and that was before an overdue clean.

The final and important test late yesterday afternoon was a going back fallow buck shot at 147 metres (161 yards) slightly quartering away. Shot entry was behind point of shoulder and exit through front of shoulder offside. It kind of ran about 20/30 feet and dropped dead. Neat entry and slightly larger but neat exit with everything in the middle a mess. Around the exit were two small puncture holes which I guess were the broken petals exiting having done their job.

All said and done very pleased with the Yew Tree 6.5mm bullet and will definitely be getting some more. Anybody interested, Rich at Yew Tree can be contacted through their Facebook page Log in to Facebook
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I would also be happy with 14mm groups, how many shots?
 
We have our 6.5x55 YT Frangible ammo out with our alpha testers at the moment. All of Richards bullets have preformed very well both on target and on deer, including when shots have bee a little 'marginal'. It's great to see a UK bullet that really performs well and where allot of lead free alternatives struggle.
 
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