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Offline iceman59

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6.8 rem encore
« on: January 22, 2011, 08:08:14 PM »
Ordered a rifle barrel yesterday.  Has anyone had any experience with this on an encore??
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Re: 6.8 rem encore
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2011, 08:38:45 PM »
Great light recoiling cartridge.  I got a barrel on a 3 way swap and cut it down to 23" for better balance.  I was going to get rid of it but figured I'd keep it around in case one of my nieces or nephews wanted to go hunting.  I load the 100gr SP ahead of 30.5 H322.
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Re: 6.8 rem encore
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2011, 01:46:49 PM »
Has anyone tried a 130 grn boattail?
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Re: 6.8 rem encore
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2011, 04:24:41 PM »
130's shoot really well from my 23" Contender barrel, but expansion is questionable..no problem with 110's expanding though.  Very pleasant round to shoot.  Ideal for recoil sensitive folks.
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Re: 6.8 rem encore
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2011, 06:19:47 PM »
What kind of velocities can you achieve? I guessed in the neighborhood of 2400+ fps.
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Re: 6.8 rem encore
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2011, 04:43:56 PM »
I don't have a chrony...but Hodgdon lists some loads in the mid 2500's..
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