Thread: Reloading for 6.5 Creed & 300WM - Confirming Research

As above, pretty green to reloading, havent done it for a number of years and have no prior experience with loading either of these calibres, however very keen to learn and this forum has proven to have a wealth of knowledge which has been great!

Currently been using Hornady Precision Hunter factory ammo in both rifles with great results & im happy with how these projectiles work for now (143gr ELDX and 200gr ELDX), have a fair amount of brass collected for both calibres so im looking to start doing some handloads. likely will try the 178gr ELDX in the 300wm, also been looking into the berger vld-h

Spent a huge amount of hours reading through posts on this forum + other info from various companies, trying to narrow down the component list/work with whats available with the current component shortage, so figured before i pull the trigger on buying things i would run it past the forum and see if anyone has some ideas/recommendations to add.

Powder wise, with projectiles around the 140gr mark for the 6.5, superformance seems to be a winner if your chasing speed, however i see alot of you guys are also using 2209, RL16 aswell however that seems to be impossible to find. The 6.5 is a t3 with a 18 inch barrel, so would be nice to try pick up some of the lost velocity from docking it if i can, without getting too carried away.

My 300WM is a t3 aswell, standard 24 inch barrel length. 2217 seems to be the go to, have seen others suggest 2225 and 2209 aswell.

As above, not looking for record breaking speeds, hopefully just some recommendations on what has worked well for other members so i can have a good baseline to get going with & then look at exploring other powder/projectile options further down the track as components become available.

Thanks!