Feeding the 6BR

[johnk]

I'm a tad gun shy since my neck surgery & I'm setting up a 6BR instead of the good old .308. I have some 108 Bergers to start off with & will be giving them a Boron Nitrite overcoat.

What powder type is being used for the 105-108 grainers? A very general indication of load wouldn't go astray.

Any hints would also be appreciated.

John

[Matt P]

Hi John
30 grains of 08 should do nicely, just a side question what action are you using, the reason I ask is the BR works best in the "upper window" and are prone to blanking primers if the firing pin to bolt clearance is "generous".

Matt P

[johnk]

Matt, Still got the Millennium with the little pin & fish's fundament firing pin hole, but I know what you mean.

John

[DaveMc]

Plus 1 for Matts load - 108's seated 5 thou jump and 30.4 grains 2208, BR4 for me. They also liked a jam in my chamber.

[Brad Y]

the 65gr vmax go well.... on furry targets at least.

Most BR's that I have seen run 30gr of 2208 and 107SMK's pretty darn impressively.

[RDavies]

Anything I have used 108s in has prefered .010" jam, but I have had to up the load .4-.6gns if using HBN to get the same speed as bare bullets.