Thread: A few questions on 6.5 creedmoor loading stuff

I also went down the Lee collet die road for minimal working of brass. And it's very cheap!

About to purchase a Redding body die to push back those pesky cases that are firm to chamber currently.

I have a Howa with the crappy Hogue stock that had the foreend stiffened and action bedded with the kits from Ballistics Research. The rifle shot under half MOA when my aging eyes behaves themselves! Load is 41.5 of AR2209 in Lapua brass with CCI 450 primers and 140 grain Hornady ELD-M. Coal of 2.84 which happily feeds from the magazine and is 20 thou from the lands. Substitute a 140 Interlock at 50 thou off the lands and they shoot more than adequately for game and most importantly to the exact same point of impact at 100m.

Am currently using a Hornady seating die as it came with the set - bought the FL die in case I 'acquire' brass from the range etc. And you can retrofit the micrometer adjustment, and they make seating stems for super long projectiles like the 143 ELD-X or 147 ELD-M. And they're cheap ��

The next step is to anneal the brass on the AMP machine for super consistency.

Like others are saying here, you don't have to spend Megabucks to get good results. Definitely get the factory trigger lightened slightly and you're good to go.