6x45

[StoneHendge]

Found another load for my 12.5 inch barrel that should work a little better at 200 yards plus.
65 grain v-max pushed to 2850 using benchmark and cci 450's.
Inch and a quarter groups with a 23 fps ES.
Think I'm going to try 70 grain varmagedon next to see if it'll shoot moa or better.

How much Benchmark are you using? Adjusting for barrel length (add 300 fps for another 11.5"), your results kind of sound like what I was getting here
http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthrea...e-opinions
I ended up going conservative with the lower charge at 2960.

I got the Varmageddons sub MOA but have the 70 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip Varmints doing better. Beauty is same the same load shoots them a bit more accurately at 100 with the same POI, but they really shine holding accuracy better than the Varmageddons at 300 and beyond. They're more expensive, but you get what you pay for. Should be doing about 1/2 MOA. My groups were under 1/2" vertical but I was stringing them horizontally about MOA. Been fighting that all spring with every rifle I've got and its a mental/technique issue I think I have resolved.

I hope to get some out for more testing this week as I think I'm going to need to try and build a custom curve. I've got the 55 gr Nosler BTVs doing a consistent 1/2 MOA out of a 20" BHW 556 barrel, but they're dropping significantly less than Noslers G1 or Litz's G7. When I got the elevations figured out, they were holding accuracy to 550. I'm going to try to find the same points for the 70s and then bite the bullet and upgrade my Kestrel software to the elite. P-doggin in NM in April didn't happen (it would be nice if the National Forest Service posted Stage 2 fire bans in effect on their websites), but they are calling my name in southern Wyoming in June.

I really think 6x45 with 70 grain Varmint bullets is the ultimate self defense caliber. True Sporting Arms still has a bunch of 14.5" 6x45s for $82.50 with 5/8" threads which would be absolutely stellar with a VG6 Gamma 6.5 pin and welded. I just have a hard time envisioning myself on the stand explaining to a jury why I had to use a wildcat since 5.56 or 300 BLK wasn't good enough. I think if I ever had to, I'd have a hard enough time explaining why I load 110 gr Varmageddons in my 300 BLK home defense carbine and truck pistol.....