Reloading help

[ianevans]

Hi all , I have a very nice mannlicher 1903 in 6.5 x54 I have lost my reloading notes and because I don’t use this rifle often anyone got data for this cartridge using 120 gr bullets and vitahouri n160 or n150. Thanks

 

[Demetrius]

Post the bullet make/type and the cartridge length, and I'll see if Quickload will help.

D.

 

[Brighty3006]

Can you not just go on Vihtavuori site and look it up??

 

[Muir]

Do your own work.-Muir

 

[ianevans]

Can you not just go on Vihtavuori site and look it up??

Don’t list 6.5 x54

 

[ianevans]

Post the bullet make/type and the cartridge length, and I'll see if Quickload will help.

D.

Hi sierra match king 120gr. Oal 3.01
Weighing unfired rounds I have left looks like 36gr n160 was what I used before thanks for your help

 

[ianevans]

Can you not just go on Vihtavuori site and look it up??

Don’t list 6.5 x54

 

[Muir]

Took me 10 seconds to Google an answer ... including a thread from S.D. -Muir

 

[angusb1]

And that thread has some posts from Southern too. Shame he never comes here any more.

 

[Demetrius]

According to Quickload:

36 grains of N150.........MV 791m/sec......Pmax 2568 bar (design Pmax 3650 bar)
36 grains N160......... 691m/sec................. 1805 bar

This is using a case capacity of 3.25cc's, which is Q/Loads value for this calibre.

Hope this helps, usual caveats apply...

D.

 

[deeangeo]

Personally, I never tried bullets lower in weight than 140gn - I have 2 MSch 1903's, a stutzen & a Takedown.
The 1903 was initially designed to shoot 160gn bullets, but 140's shoot well - I have no idea if the barrel twist will stabilise a 120gn bullet

 

[ianevans]

Personally, I never tried bullets lower in weight than 140gn - I have 2 MSch 1903's, a stutzen & a Takedown.
The 1903 was initially designed to shoot 160gn bullets, but 140's shoot well - I have no idea if the barrel twist will stabilise a 120gn bullet

Many thanks much appreciated

 

[ianevans]

According to Quickload:

36 grains of N150.........MV 791m/sec......Pmax 2568 bar (design Pmax 3650 bar)
36 grains N160......... 691m/sec................. 1805 bar

This is using a case capacity of 3.25cc's, which is Q/Loads value for this calibre.

Hope this helps, usual caveats apply...

D.

Great many thanks much appreciated

Took me 10 seconds to Google an answer ... including a thread from S.D. -Muir

thanks for being so helpful FN

According to Quickload:

36 grains of N150.........MV 791m/sec......Pmax 2568 bar (design Pmax 3650 bar)
36 grains N160......... 691m/sec................. 1805 bar

This is using a case capacity of 3.25cc's, which is Q/Loads value for this calibre.

Hope this helps, usual caveats apply...

D.

thanks that’s what I’d planned on using

 

[purdeydog]

Do your own work.-Muir

Weary

 

[Sinistral]

Personally, I never tried bullets lower in weight than 140gn - I have 2 MSch 1903's, a stutzen & a Takedown.
The 1903 was initially designed to shoot 160gn bullets, but 140's shoot well - I have no idea if the barrel twist will stabilise a 120gn bullet

thanks that’s what I’d planned on using

It's 1:8" (u) like all the military 6.5mms, so there's no reason why this shouldn't work.

https://bobp.cip-bobp.org/uploads/tdcc/tab-i/tabical-en-page22.pdf

 

[Muir]

After nearly half a century of reloading -much for obsolete cartridges, before Internet - i know the value of doing the work when finding a load. You learn about the weapon, the chambering, and other aspects. You learn about the cartridge beyond the data.-Muir

 

[3595wilk]

XXL reloading has a load for that bullet and N130 at a maximum of 20.2. Less than what Vhit suggests ...but I find XXL to be generally cautious.

Nothing listed for N110......so I likely to get any result using it.....