At the Holts Auction

[Mr. Gain]

If you built it in 6mm-223 it would be nicely bespoke, as well as deer legal, although you might [need] some modern high energy powder to get enough oomph behind a 100gn billet to get sufficient velocity.

Can you suggest a load that would actually be deer-legal in a 6x45 (6mm-223)?

 

[The tramp]

24 gr of H4895 shows 2600fps with a 100gr bullet.

 

[Greener Jim]

Well since we're talking bout a rebarrel I'd say .257 Weatherby...Although I doubt it'll fit in the action

 

[Mr. Gain]

24 gr of H4895 shows 2600fps with a 100gr bullet.

I make that just over 1,500 FPE... i.e. about 200 FPE, or 170 FPS, under.

 

[The tramp]

Legal for the smaller deer. It is a max load, so unlikely to get up high enough for the others. Besides, the post I was replying to asked for velocity, not energy

Pete

 

[Sharpie]

Oh I do like the Szescie. Didn't realise such a thing existed. And still don't understand why.

But I'd also want one of these:

 

[Mr. Gain]

Legal for the smaller deer. It is a max load, so unlikely to get up high enough for the others. Besides, the post I was replying to asked for velocity, not energy.

Ah, sorry, I thought you were following the conversation in posts #20 and #21.To recap, Greener Jim had suggested moving up to a 6mm to make the chambering "deer legal", and as the .223 is already small-deer legal, I took this to mean we were talking about a 1,700 FPE lower limit, something that is beyond what can be achieved with a 6mm-223 (6x45), and that you were offering a load for this cartridge for this purpose.

 

[The tramp]

Ahh. No, sorry. I hadn't read all the thread. My bad.