6.5mm Creedmore Which one would you buy?
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If you spelled Creedmoor correctly you would have turned up more search results.
http://www.gunbroker.com/item/715627860
That's what I did. $450 after FFL fees and the rebate. It's a sub MOA rifle. These days it's hard to go wrong with Tikka if you are willing to buy a gun built overseas.
http://www.gunbroker.com/item/715627860
That's what I did. $450 after FFL fees and the rebate. It's a sub MOA rifle. These days it's hard to go wrong with Tikka if you are willing to buy a gun built overseas.
It really depends on what you want to do with it. Punching paper and steel at 1K...I prefer a longer barrel and a heavier rig. Chasing goats and sheep at 10 to 12,000 feet, better be under 6 pounds for the rifle. Budget, what glass on top, etc. might also help you get better feedback.
In a 6.5 caliber I would buy a 6.5 Swede or a 260 Remington on any bolt action that didn't have a NATO length detachable magazine. The Swede and the 260 are both more versatile and do everything the Creedmoor does and a bit more. What the Creedmore does better then the other 2 is fit into NATO length mags with long heavy bullet. If the mag is long enough for heavy bullets as are all Swedes and many 260s there is no reason for me to want a CM. I load my own, so ammo availability is not a factor to me.
So from the list you have above I would only choose the Ruger. In fact, the Ruger would be my 1st choice from that list anyway in the Precision Rifle.
If I were to look at the M77 actions I'd be more interested in a 260.
So from the list you have above I would only choose the Ruger. In fact, the Ruger would be my 1st choice from that list anyway in the Precision Rifle.
If I were to look at the M77 actions I'd be more interested in a 260.
^^ This.
At one end of the spectrum, is a heavy, bull barrel target rifle.
At the other end, is a lightweight contour barrel/hunting rifle.
Most hunters don't want to tote a 15 lb rifle.
A lightweight sporter contour can be very accurate, but unsuitable for long strings that are part of target shooting.
Likely somewhere in the middle is what would be best suited.
If you handload a 260 CAN do anything a 6.5 Creedmoor does, especially with 130 gr and lighter bullets. It is actually about 30-50 fps faster than the Creedmoor. If someone already owns a 260, doesn't want to shoot the heavier bullets, and likes it there is very little incentive to buy the 6.5 Creedmoor. But if someone wants to get into the 6.5 game there is no reason to pick anything other than the Creedmoor. It will kill off the 260 in a decade; ammo and brass is already much easier to find. The biggest advantage 260 has is the ability to make brass from 308 brass.
And don't think I'm knocking 260. It is a great round that inspired the 6.5 Creedmoor. But the long range target shooters found they had to tweak both the loads and rifles in order to make the 260 do what they needed.
The 6.5 offers off the shelf ammo and rifles set up to do what the long range target shooters were doing with the 260. It is readily available now at Walmarts in multiple loadings. You can get standard hunting loads for about $18/box and premium target loads with Berger bullets are about $28 and premium bonded hunting loads at around $25. Hornady's excellent 143 and 147 ELD factory loads are in most larger stores and online under $30.
I paid $389 OTD including tax for my Ruger Predator. With Hornady factory loads or my handloads shooting 143 gr ELD-X bullets it boringly shoots 1/2 MOA. It has a medium weight barrel, but mine still comes in at 7 3/4 lbs scoped. It is heavy enough for target shooting, but not too heavy to hunt with.
And don't think I'm knocking 260. It is a great round that inspired the 6.5 Creedmoor. But the long range target shooters found they had to tweak both the loads and rifles in order to make the 260 do what they needed.
The 6.5 offers off the shelf ammo and rifles set up to do what the long range target shooters were doing with the 260. It is readily available now at Walmarts in multiple loadings. You can get standard hunting loads for about $18/box and premium target loads with Berger bullets are about $28 and premium bonded hunting loads at around $25. Hornady's excellent 143 and 147 ELD factory loads are in most larger stores and online under $30.
I paid $389 OTD including tax for my Ruger Predator. With Hornady factory loads or my handloads shooting 143 gr ELD-X bullets it boringly shoots 1/2 MOA. It has a medium weight barrel, but mine still comes in at 7 3/4 lbs scoped. It is heavy enough for target shooting, but not too heavy to hunt with.
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Tikka, then Ruger.
I've had a 6.5x55 since 1986.
I bought the Bergara because my 15 year old daughter is interested in shooting on the Long Range Team for Junior Shooter's Magazine. She's already on their 3Gun Team and is their Cowgirl Correspondent.
The Bergara B-14 HMR seemed like the most affordable, quality, starter rifle to get into that game and learn about it. It comes in .308 and 6.5 Creedmoor. I chose the 6.5.
I bought the Bergara because my 15 year old daughter is interested in shooting on the Long Range Team for Junior Shooter's Magazine. She's already on their 3Gun Team and is their Cowgirl Correspondent.
The Bergara B-14 HMR seemed like the most affordable, quality, starter rifle to get into that game and learn about it. It comes in .308 and 6.5 Creedmoor. I chose the 6.5.
I asked because I was frustrated trying to get a group smaller than 1.5" with a Kimber 84. I tried 6 different bullets in 120, 130 and 140gr with H414, HybridV100, IMR 4350 and H4350. Seated at 0.015" and 0.020".
This was in the face of getting a 5-shot group 0.8" with my 25-06, 4 shots of which measured 0.18" (so it wasn't all just me).
So I traded the Kimber and got a Browning X-Bolt with a 26" barrel.
Four of the Kimber loads were all with 40gr of IMR and H 4350 powder and 140gr Sierra, Hornady SP, Speer and Hornady SST bullets. They averaged, together, 1.977" with the smallest group being 0.986".
The exact same loads (different seating depths due to chamber difference) with the Browning X-Bolt averaged 0.78" with the smallest being 0.296" and the largest 1.11"
Looks like a good trade to me. Thanks to all for your opinions. Sorry I misspelled Creedmoor.
This was in the face of getting a 5-shot group 0.8" with my 25-06, 4 shots of which measured 0.18" (so it wasn't all just me).
So I traded the Kimber and got a Browning X-Bolt with a 26" barrel.
Four of the Kimber loads were all with 40gr of IMR and H 4350 powder and 140gr Sierra, Hornady SP, Speer and Hornady SST bullets. They averaged, together, 1.977" with the smallest group being 0.986".
The exact same loads (different seating depths due to chamber difference) with the Browning X-Bolt averaged 0.78" with the smallest being 0.296" and the largest 1.11"
Looks like a good trade to me. Thanks to all for your opinions. Sorry I misspelled Creedmoor.
I'm not one to look for a "cheapie", and in fact balked at a new Ruger American when a friend with an FFL offered me one at a ridiculously low price. We went shooting one day and to cut a long story short, I took his home with me. No bedding, no stock replacements, nothing done to enhance accuracy...it just shot nice tiny groups with everything we tried putting through it.
I haul it around with me in my truck almost every day and it gets beat up pretty bad sometimes. Just before deer season started I took it to my range to verify it was still zeroed and fired 5 shots. It virtually shot out the center of the bullseye on the target, so I just packed it up and went home.
While not the prettiest rifle in my racks by a long shot, it does exactly what it is supposed to do. If you are looking for a 6.5 Creedmore, you could do a lot worse...and for a lot more money.
I haul it around with me in my truck almost every day and it gets beat up pretty bad sometimes. Just before deer season started I took it to my range to verify it was still zeroed and fired 5 shots. It virtually shot out the center of the bullseye on the target, so I just packed it up and went home.
While not the prettiest rifle in my racks by a long shot, it does exactly what it is supposed to do. If you are looking for a 6.5 Creedmore, you could do a lot worse...and for a lot more money.