Thread: Powder Question

Originally Posted by Toby

Show's how much I know, That's what you guys are for until that bloody book gets its ass here. So How do you know your loading too hot?

Oh you will know if the load is too hot when, your bolt jams shut after firing, you get the primer extruding into firing pin hole, primer falls out when you open bolt if it has not jammed shut precursor to this one is a bright orange flash and oily smelling smoke right in front of your face and smoke coming out everywhere it should not, Ejector marks on rim of case. No need to load hot anyway you want to load for accuracy over velocity as it will still kill what you put the crosshairs on.

Once you have read your manuals a few times let me know and I will give you some 6.5x55 data to work with that I developed and chronied for a carl gustaf I had and they were deadly accurate loads but only after you have read some manuals first and you must promise to work up to the loads if I give you that data. The barrel twist rate of your carl gustaf is 1:8.5.