6.5 Creedmoor

[WookyMysta]

Great for long range pissing contests for shooting a piece of paper and posting on IG and FB,

As a real world hunting rifle, sell it and buy a .308

You wont regret it !!!

[Bill]

Great for long range pissing contests for shooting a piece of paper and posting on IG and FB,

As a real world hunting rifle, sell it and buy a .308

You wont regret it !!!

Nah sell it and buy a swede...

155gr Mega's at 2700fps from a 22inch barrel, handy and hunt ready

[JimTom]

Great for long range pissing contests for shooting a piece of paper and posting on IG and FB,

As a real world hunting rifle, sell it and buy a .308

You wont regret it !!!

It’s fine as a hunting rifle mate, as is the Swede, and of course the .308. Good for more than pi55ing contests at the range and social media. Of course if you had used one you would already know that.

[SCJ429]

Great for long range pissing contests for shooting a piece of paper and posting on IG and FB,

As a real world hunting rifle, sell it and buy a .308

You wont regret it !!!

What would a 308 do that the 6.5 couldn't do with similar weighted projectiles?

[Sergeant Hartman]

In vic it can legally shoot sambar while 6.5 cannot... plus ofcourse run higher weight projectiles.

[SCJ429]

In vic it can legally shoot sambar while 6.5 cannot... plus ofcourse run higher weight projectiles.

Using this reasoning a 416 Rigby is a better real world hunting caliber because it is legal in Africa for big game and can utilise heavier projectiles.

The Creedmoor is a great case and is effective in many hunting situations.

[Sergeant Hartman]

Lol you asked why 308 was better. That's all i can come up with.

[SCJ429]

No worries, I thought you were being a 308 fan boi in a thread about the Creedmoor.

[TassieTiger]

With the now current bullet selection, I’d suggest the 6.5 is superior to the 308 in many areas...
Case almost holds exact same powder.
Faster and flatter is to the 6.5 and after 300 yards, the difference becomes quite large as 308 falls away...and recoil is less.

[killerkoala]

I have a Tikka T3x 6.5CM LA & am having issues with case & case neck length The books give a SAAMI spec but as a long action can't get enough seat depth into case using Nosler Custom Comp. 140gn Antone have a LA model

[killerkoala]

forgot to add , case length in book is 1.91" / is it the same for a long action Tikka T3x CM

[deye243]

Not sure I understand what you are trying to do .

are you trying to seat cartridge overall length to maximum magazine length or is it you can't load a projectile one enough to touch the lands.

Cheers

[bladeracer]

forgot to add , case length in book is 1.91" / is it the same for a long action Tikka T3x CM

Case length won't change.

[bladeracer]

I have a Tikka T3x 6.5CM LA & am having issues with case & case neck length The books give a SAAMI spec but as a long action can't get enough seat depth into case using Nosler Custom Comp. 140gn Antone have a LA model

I'm guessing you might be trying to seat a bullet long enough to touch the lands?
Action length doesn't change the throat length, but a manufacturer has the option to cut a longer throat in an action that allows longer than standard cartridge length.

Have you actually measured the overall length to the lands already? Easiest is with a flat-ended rod down the muzzle. Rest it against the bolt face and mark the rod at the muzzle with a piece of tape, then put a bullet (not cartridge) in the throat, press it lightly against the lands, place the rod against the tip of the bullet and mark the rod again. Measure between the two marks on the rod for your maximum overall length with that bullet. This is at least as accurate as any other method, to less than .001", and well within the manufacturing variation in bullet lengths.

Personally, I would ignore the lands entirely, but if you can seat the bullet as long as possible, you maximise combustion chamber volume and minimize pressure, achieving higher velocities than if you seat long bullets to standard cartridge length.

Or, is your issue that you can't push a long bullet deep enough into the case to get down to the standard cartridge length because you have too much powder in there?