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Friwi I have a couple of Creedmoor barrels to drop off for fluting when finish machining them so will drop in some RL16 for you to try.

Results; shot prone off front and rear sand bags without any breaks. Barrel got hot but not so hot you couldn't hold your hand on it. Shot in the order of this list:

Cold bore but not cleaned.
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Sure I will list this for you here too. Thanks for the email too, Ive been meaning to return one but work has been crazy this week.
Forgot to mention, the 123gr lapua and A-max's are loaded with...

Spent this evening loading up some test rounds finally. Nothing to scientific, just a full case of RL16 which is 41.5gr to the bottom of the neck. A small crunch on the longer 143gr eldx but no real...

Correction, after studying the badly photocopied paperwork closer it is a .293" neck and .135" Free bore

The rifle is predominantly a hunting rifle so this school of thought was always foremost on the build specs. Tight neck reamers and long freebores with crazy lead angles for secant or hybrid ogive...

Thats always been my jive.. high efficiently bench rest style cartridges with heavier bullets and short actions

Yip all of about 100fps more.. but I bet there is no one that could tell the difference in recoil between those two cartridge loads in the same rifle.

Im not sure where this convo is going or how it relates but I can shoot .260rem 6.5x47 Lap and 6.5 Creedmoor in this same chassis, if any of you can feel a difference in recoil you are doing better...

The only real question here is why would anyone use 2209 in a .308? ;)

I havent gone into my load development much on this thread and that was for a couple of reasons, the first being that I was rushing to get this barrel finished for this hunting trip and the other...

No its an Atlas bipod

It went very well.. took some longer range goats too. 200 to 600 meter shots all were instant drop on the spots apart from one goat that I hit a little far back at 330 meters and required a follow up...

Righto, hopefully this short vid touches on the fore mentioned questions of rifle hold/control, 6.5x47 Lapua's recoil and ergonomics of the Desert Tech's bolt configuration.

This was a quick check...

Shit guys I go away hunting for 4 days and you cant play nice and keep my thread on track?!

Actually I dont mind the secondary topic as it is quite relevant and an interesting topic. Flyblown and...

Yeah super performance and 760 were in my sights..
Maybe even a blend of something lol

Oh man.. who left that closet door open again?

Tussock The small rifle primed Lapua brass is all I use in Creedmoor and any comparison I make in this thread is with that brass. Same brass, same bullet, same powder, same primer and same barrel...

If the wooly hat fits.. :D

Yes I agree with you on most of that and I can only speak from experience of one rifle..
You would think a case like x55 would leave a much smaller case like x47 well in its dust but this is simply...

I have no doubt we could spend some time with you behind it this week Flyblown and you will easily cut those groups in half. The x47 is much softer to shoot than the .308 is too. The .308 does jump...

Interesting.. Ive never ventured into that powder.

Yes RL16 has proven itself so far and I have 200 rounds loaded for long range trials this week. I have 5 shot strings down to sub 5fps max...

The one I set up was tested with 2209 and 2213sc and maxed out at about 2750 from memory due to sticky bolt lifts.

My 20" creedmoor ran 2900fps with 139gr lapua scenrs with RL16 and I can tell...

Nah it operates just like any other bolt action once you re used to it and you dont need to lift your head or elbow.. I have used bullpups for years and prefer them so a std rifle feels more foreign...

Ive heard that story a lot but yet to see any truth in the theory. While it was only one rifle, I did some load development for a mates x55 with a 24" barrel and it showed pressure signs consistent...