Lostintexas Wrote:No idea who @Mel is, so not a lot of help there and the search seems a bit suspect around here.
It seems I picked the wrong powder. Well the only powder in 75+ miles of me. One little shop with a limited supply. They may sell the IMR, but it is the slowest thing on the chart, and with limited barrel length, I was trying to speed things up a bit.
Oh well, we'll see how things go. It is this or road trip every time I want powder. Hopefully it will work out. Every other load has so far without a lot of fooling with components.

VASCAR2 Wrote:The thread Kswhitetails was refering to was by forum member mel and the thread where he used Power Pro Varmint powder.

http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?21316-working-up-a-load-with-speer-tnt-90g-and-ppv

Speer has online load data for Power Pro Varmint and a 120 grain gold dot bullet. Sierra also has posted reloading data using PPV and 120 grain Sierra Pro Hunter.

Here is a link to the Speer loading data for the 120 grain Gold Dot.

https://www.speer-ammo.com/reloading/rifle/recipe/?setId=837385b2-86f3-49b3-80fb-086f1eabf439


Here is a link to Sierra 6.5 Grendel online loading data.

https://sierrabulletsblog.com/2017/11/16/sierra-bullets-6-5-grendel-load-data/


I didn’t see previous links to online data. I usually get around 2400-2425 FPS out of most of my reloads with 120-123 grain bullets out of my 16 inch 6.5 Grendel. I’ve never tried Power Pro Varmint but Sierra data list it as one of the powders to produce fastest speeds in 6.5 Grendel. The PPV does seem more sensitive to temperature change than IMR8208XBR, H4895 or AR-Comp.

Lostintexas Wrote:Thanks, I have the Speer data, and that is what I meant by the chart speeds. I didn't realize PPV was temperature sensitive , or overly so. No matter, I got what I could.
If it doesn't work out, I'll be road tripping for some 2000 MR. I might be anyway if I happen to be somewhere close to pick some up.
You said what you get, but not how you get there. If I end up needing to rethink the powder, I would like to have some real world use.
Cheers

mel Wrote:gold dots are on my list of to try bullets soon with ppv , ive got a ton of deer and antelope tags to fill this year and im either going to be using the 120g gd or the 123g sst on them . ive been so busy on the farm with work i havent been able to do much latley , hopefully in the next week or so i can get back to playing with various bullets again

only reason i hesitate to use the 90g tnts on the antelope is in the wide open out here ur lucky to get within 400 yards for a shot that 90g im thinking is going to be a lil light at that range for them

Harpoon1 Wrote:Mel

Have you tried Varget or H4895 with the Gold Dots? Varget is typically too slow for a lot of people but Ive heard with the Gold Dots unique construction, they tend to be faster than typical cup and core bullets with similar charges.

I plan on testing that theory soon.

mel Wrote:i tried out some 4895 with 123g eld-m and 123g monster match bullets my gun didnt like that powder havent tried it with anything else since

1Shot Wrote:Bobke be careful with the Gold Dot and don't just substitute it for a bullet of the same weight range with the same powder charge even if it is a cup and core type. You will run into pressure quicker with the Gold Dot. You can get about the same velocity as the other cup and core bullets with less powder using the Gold Dot. Back off your powder charge 10% and work back up slowly. I have had great success with velocity and accuracy and the Gold Dot is a KILLER.