6.5 Creedmoor loads

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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by Cooper » 30 Aug 2018, 7:41 pm

JimTom wrote:Done. Lithgow cancelled, Sako ordered.


Good move I reckon. Hate to think how long you’d be waiting for the Lithgow.
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by JimTom » 30 Aug 2018, 8:03 pm

Yeah mate I agree. Thinking next year at least.
Good excuse to buy a Sako too eh;-) ;-)
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by Flyer » 31 Aug 2018, 11:49 am

Which one did you order mate? Stainless Pro?
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by JimTom » 31 Aug 2018, 4:28 pm

Yes mate, Roughtech Pro in black stainless. The tan stock looked good however unavailable in 6.5CM. Got it for $1985. Went in and picked one up they had in store following your recommendation and immediately knew it was what I would get to replace the Lithgow.
Nice bit of kit up close mate. Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction mate.
Sincerely appreciated.
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by Garth » 07 Apr 2019, 3:38 pm

Hi I have 6.5 cm ghat does same won't shoot 120 won't shoot 129. 140 it will but crappy. I tried new action screws. Scope $2000 its not scope. Factory ammo my loads 2208. 2209 still crap crown done you name it I've done it new stock. Frustration big time iam vice capt at field rifle iam a good shot so know not me parallax been there. Am thinking got a bad faulty gun iam so pissed of as you are. All my other guns are tack drivers
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by JimTom » 07 Apr 2019, 4:22 pm

What make and model rifle is it mate?
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by Garth » 08 Apr 2019, 10:11 am

Ruger predictor. Sending me nuts. Might try 2206 h or win 748 nothing to lose
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by marksman » 08 Apr 2019, 11:10 am

Garth wrote:Hi I have 6.5 cm ghat does same won't shoot 120 won't shoot 129. 140 it will but crappy. I tried new action screws. Scope $2000 its not scope. Factory ammo my loads 2208. 2209 still crap crown done you name it I've done it new stock. Frustration big time iam vice capt at field rifle iam a good shot so know not me parallax been there. Am thinking got a bad faulty gun iam so pissed of as you are. All my other guns are tack drivers


I would not expect to see a big difference in your groups for using 2208-2209
what I would try if I were you is pull the rifle apart and clean everything then assemble carefully and make sure everything fits together nicely
ruger-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/_manuals/americanRifle.pdf
from the manual
d. Tighten the two screws as follows: Do not tighten one screw all the way and
then the other. Instead, alternately tighten each one – a partial turn at a
time – so that the screws will be tightened equally until both are snugly
tightened to 60-80 in-lbs

using factory ammo try a couple of slow shot groups off solid bags, rear and front

if this does not show a difference I would be having it looked at by a gunsmith

I dont own this ruger rifle but have seen a couple of this model ruger shoot and very well,
I actually couldn't believe one that shot one hole consistently with factory ammo
made me think about all the money I put into a semi custom that would not shoot :lol: :lol:
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by Bora » 24 Apr 2019, 2:31 pm

Interesting.... I have bought a Tikka T3X Hunter in 6.5 CM and purchased 95g VMAX. Wondering with all that has been said so I use the 2209 that the gun store sold me or 2206 that I use in my 223 Sako?
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by JimTom » 24 Apr 2019, 4:06 pm

For what it's worth mate, I use AR2206H for the 95gn Vmax out of my Creedmoor with great accuracy out of my Sako A7, which seems to me to be a Tikka with a Sako stamp on it. AR2206H performed the best for the lighter projectiles compared to BM8208 which I also trialled.
AR2209 for the 143gn ELD X, or similar heavier projectiles.
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by Bora » 25 Apr 2019, 4:26 pm

Thanks JimTom, is the Sako A7 breech loadable? Or mag the same as T3X? Also what grain of 2206H do you use?
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by JimTom » 25 Apr 2019, 8:10 pm

Mate the A7 magazine can be loaded either way. Fairly handy.
As for my load, I am using the minimum listed load of AR2206H for the 95gr Vmax.
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by Hunter257 » 26 Apr 2019, 2:30 pm

Garth wrote:Ruger predictor. Sending me nuts. Might try 2206 h or win 748 nothing to lose



Mate you want to get onto Ruger, have heard some of the American Predators have been a bit s**t. In particular read a review from an American Blog where he sent the gun back and Ruger sent another one as the one he had been sent was so far off they weren't even going to try fixing it.
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by TassieTiger » 26 Apr 2019, 5:48 pm

I read one accuracy problem - they found serious tooling marks in the bore...
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by Kel » 26 Apr 2019, 9:47 pm

I think I might have got lucky but I just did my first batch of reloads (not counting pistol reloads from 30 years ago) using 40 Gr of 2208 and 95Gr Vmax projectiles and managed to get a 1/4" group at 100m. It was a far better result than expected considering the powder throws I measured seemed to be up to .2 Gr in variance from time to time. (Hornady powder thrower and electronic scale). those rounds were really just a test of my reloading effort but very pleasing results. Looking forwards to seeing what I can get out of the more useful Berger Elite hunter 140Gr now.
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by JimTom » 27 Apr 2019, 6:05 am

:thumbsup: 1/4" @ 100m is pretty handy shooting mate. Nice work.
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by SCJ429 » 27 Apr 2019, 10:40 am

Well done, the old Vmax delivered. Why do you find the Bergers more useful? What are you hunting?
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by Kel » 27 Apr 2019, 4:16 pm

SCJ429 wrote:Well done, the old Vmax delivered. Why do you find the Bergers more useful? What are you hunting?


JimTom wrote::thumbsup: 1/4" @ 100m is pretty handy shooting mate. Nice work.



Thanks, as I said probably a bit of luck in that result. I'm trying out the Bergers on the basis of advice received from this forum, my more useful comment was in reference to the heavier bullet weight being suitable for larger game. I'm not speaking from experience yet but I figured the 95Gr Vmax would suit foxes and the 140Gr would be better suited to pigs and deer.
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoor loads

Post by SCJ429 » 27 Apr 2019, 5:01 pm

While Berger make some excellent bullets that shoot very well, I would have no problem shooting the Vmax at smaller deer up to 60 kilos or so. The Vmax is quite frangable if you keep the speeds up and keep your distances under 300 metres.
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