John,
Apologies, I made the last post without looking into this properly. I have the min and max amount of powder that you referred to written down in my reloading record book, but didn't check to see that the data was from the "6.5 x 55 Swedish Mauser" table and not from the "6.5 x 55 SE/6.5 x 55 SKAN" table.
I agree that this looks odd and I'm not sufficiently knowledgable to explain the reason.
I assume that the 120 grain HPBT Sierra bullet referred to in the Vit data is the MatchKing, ref. no 1725. The bullet I use is the 120 grain ProHunter SPT, ref. no. 1720.
I worked up a load for the 120 grain ProHunter bullet using the max and min data in the "6.5 x 55 Swedish Mauser" table for the 120 grain MatchKing bullet with no problems.
Regards,
Bob
Rifle reloading - Vihtavuori
Mauser data you're even further over!
If your best accuracy was about 3/4 of the way through your powder range why not back off to that? Accuracy kills, not speed, you'll also be closer to published max which is no bad thing and will be kinder on your brass and barrel.
What pressure signs are you looking out for?
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