I joined the 6.5 Creedmoor craze

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Jaywmustang said:
I believe the 6.5 cm will be here to stay. A lot of people shoot it for long range shooting just hard to get any distance in ny.
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The 6.5 CM has been adopted by long range competitors and Hunter as an alternative to the 308. As a result of that the 260 Remington is making a comeback as well. The Remington 700 is not chambered in the 6.5 CM yet but it is still chambered in the 260. I would venture a guess a factory Varmit Profile barreled 700 chambered in 6.5 CM will be introduced in 2018, Remington does not want to miss that boat.

Creedmoor has introduced a 6mm Creedmoor which will be taking on the 6XC and 6BR in the competition world. It will be interesting to see how that round does verses the two established bench rest kings. I will be building a 6BR bolt gun in the near future.
I just ordered some Redding competition dies for the 6.5 CM, I still need to pick up about 2500 pieces of brass for the 6.5 CM first though. My LRB M25 is going in this week to be rebarreled in 6.5 CM and a new LR308 upper in 6.5 CM is on the build list as well.

It will be interesting to see if the 308 Winchester survives as a bench rest / competition caliber in the future. It will always have a military roll and a hunting roll but, competitors will gravitate to the hottest thing going to stay on top of the podium.
 
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Jaywmustang said:
I believe the 6.5 cm will be here to stay. A lot of people shoot it for long range shooting just hard to get any distance in ny.
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I've been researching the 6.5mm caliber. There are a several 6.5s out there.
.257 Roberts
6.5x47 Lapua
.260 Rem
250-3000 Savage.....ect
For now the Creedmoor is on the bottom of the cost/rd range @ ~$.92 (ammo seek.com)
What happens in 5-10yrs. Remember the 6.8 SPC was to replace the 5.56
 
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Just picked up 200 rounds of American Eagle 140 grain OTM, my savage model 10 loves the stuff, going to have to see how the model 12 LRP likes it.
 
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Well I just jumped on the Creedmore wagon as well.Just bought a Savage BA Stealth. Will be in Tuesday so hopefully will get some shooting in next weekend. Cant wait.
 
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I have looked and seriously considered the Stealth in 6.5 CM but I'll be darned if I can find the ammo regularly on the shelf at any big box types.
Not totally a deal breaker with it available online but it is certainly reassuring to know you can go overpay for a few boxes locally.
If not reloading, does the 6.5 CM still make more sense than a .243, 25-06, .308 for out to 600 yards? I'd like to hunt with it once in a while but mostly use it for paper and gongs.
I'd mostly purchase the ammo online for whatever I end up with, but I see all types of the 3 I mentioned regularly in box stores and LGS.
I'm leaning away from anything in .308 unless it's heavy. Ideally, I'd like to be able to have a couple of recoil sensitive shooters get behind it and not flinch.
 
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@thewheels said:
I have looked and seriously considered the Stealth in 6.5 CM but I'll be darned if I can find the ammo regularly on the shelf at any big box types.
Not totally a deal breaker with it available online but it is certainly reassuring to know you can go overpay for a few boxes locally.
If not reloading, does the 6.5 CM still make more sense than a .243, 25-06, .308 for out to 600 yards? I'd like to hunt with it once in a while but mostly use it for paper and gongs.
I'd mostly purchase the ammo online for whatever I end up with, but I see all types of the 3 I mentioned regularly in box stores and LGS.
I'm leaning away from anything in .308 unless it's heavy. Ideally, I'd like to be able to have a couple of recoil sensitive shooters get behind it and not flinch.
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Well, take it with a grain of salt, but I've read that a nice thing about 6.5 CM is that you can get really accurate factory loads for it compared to other calibers.
 
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I shoot mainly AE 140 grain and it is readily available where I live. I am just now up to 360 pieces of once fired brass. I have sized all of it and am in the process of trimming all of them and uniforming the primer pockets.

My model 10 has .025 less headspace than my model 12 so I use the Redding competition shell holder set to size them without adjusting the sizing die.

I still have to check the rifling on the model 10 for the ogive length but loading for .010 off the lands in the model 12 the round chambers in the model 10 without leaving riding marks on the case. I may have to load the model 10 a little longer.

I should be ready to do the ladder test with both rifles this weekend. I also just mounted the Vortex Golden Eagle on the model 12. Dialing that scope up to 60 power is awesome, you can see the grain of the paper at 100 yards.
 
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UltraT said:
Nice! You're going to be killing it in the monthly challenges now!
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Lol well I have been playing with the two Savage Rifles (10FCP and 12LRP) for a while. Trying to get them dialed in on a load.
Lucky for me they both like the bullets loaded to the same ogive. The model 10 likes more powder than the 12 but they both will shoot .3 MOA at 100. I only had time to test the model 10 out to 400 and it is holding .5 MOA all the way out. Just got to do more testing on the 12.
 
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spat said:
So, if you guys were looking to rebarrel a .308 bolt action rifle in 6.5 and wanted to keep it under $500, who would you look at ?
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Isn't a brand new rifle from Thompson Center or Savage less than $500? I think my TC Venture was like $475 out the door and my Savage Axis might have been even less than $400.

ETA: Yeah - Savage Axis in Creedmore is about $350.
Savage Arms : Firearms : Model : AXIS
 
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A few thoughts...

There are two rifles that stand out for their performance / cost ratio, out of the box.
Well aside form the axis for super low budget that shoots amazing for that kind of money.
Of course like most rifles under 1k dollars the tupperware stocks are what they are.

A) The savage precision carbine, not the XP, but the one with the accustock and accutrigger.
These came out in several versions including a patrol with AI magazine that sold fast.
Very good deals, well priced and shoots below moa all day.
These rifles will not win the world championship as they are but they have won local matches all over
w/o touching a thing from the factory setup.
That is great news for the average working man who wants a rifle that can shoot out of the box.


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B) Bergara B14. This leaves the Remington SPS in the dust in terms of value and accuracy out of the box.
It is a remington 700 action but with these benefits from factory: Timed and trued, integrated recoil lug
machined with the receiver itself, modular bolt handle, 80 degree claw extractor that works better than
a sako or even badger upgrade. Standard trigger is timmey. Bergara barrels are the result of a Shilen
and Bergara partnership so expect Shilen supermatch accuracy. What is not to like for comparable prices.

You take a SPS and try to do all the above and will be putting 2K into it. Ask me how I know. Still cannot
have a receiver that has the recoil lug integrated milled from a solid billet. Essentially Bergara has fixed everything
that is wrong with the average plain 700 and delivered + including a few extra goodies.

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There are other good rifles out there but when people start talking Sako, Tikka, AI, TC, this and that I say ...
Take a look at two of the most popular action designs in the world above (savage 10 and Rem 700) and see
if you can try them.
Aftermarket, parts and upgrades for these is unprecedented, larger than the venerable mauser that also
has amazing rifles.

got my drift?
 
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