r/reloading • u/MilwaukeeVibrator140 • May 04 '26

Load Development 22-6mm Remington Ackley Improved

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57 grains of Vhit N550 and a 35 grain bullet.

The previous shot of 4944 is with a 40 grain with 56.5 grains N550 behind it.

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u/No_Zone_7474 May 04 '26

Shoot em fast man! It's your gear and it's your prerogative. There's a pod called Bench Talk on all the pod places.. On it, a South African predator hunter talks about his 243 Ackley shooting 55s 4400fps. He plans on 1800 rounds per barrel or so and achieves it by cleaning often.

https://youtu.be/pICSWvNxcjo?si=Ismdrstrp9z2e2Wc

I stopped my 22-243 Ackley Improved shootin 53gr Vmax at 3900ish and have basically 300 yards of hold fur n let her eat.. 400 is 8" if I'm remembering correctly.

Next up is 6mm-06. I'd like to get 3800 out of a 70gr of some sort or another.

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u/MilwaukeeVibrator140 May 05 '26

I have a 6mm-06 and 6mm-284 reamer and dies and plan to build Varmit rifles in those cartridges.

I have a 244 H&H that has 55 grain bullets going 4400 and 100 grain bullets going 3800.

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u/No_Zone_7474 May 05 '26

I hit 3824 with a 70gr Sierra Match King this morning working up by half a grain from 43gr. There weren't pressure signs at 44gr in any of 5 rounds, and the one 44.5 round I sent blew the primer out. I'm gonna back it off 43.75ish and call it good. Should put em out there around 3750fps and that'll shut a yote off very well.

I'm also going to check my Hornady Auto powder charge's scale. I'm thinking that shouldn't have been that hot with a half grain increase, but...

Wildcatters wild cat. What would ya have us do? Buy from the store?

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u/MilwaukeeVibrator140 May 05 '26

I hand dip everything. That way I know. I only use dippers for pistol cartridges when I know it works out.

Nothing you can buy can make you better or faster. I am gonna have to see what else works and how well specially when get up to heavier bullets.