Well yesterday I officially hopped on the Creedmoor bandwagon. I picked up a Savage model 10 FCP-SR at Herb Phillipson's. Just mounted a scope on it and will wait until it warms up to about 20 before I go shoot it.
I joined the 6.5 Creedmoor craze
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Well yesterday I officially hopped on the Creedmoor bandwagon. I picked up a Savage model 10 FCP-SR at Herb Phillipson's. Just mounted a scope on it and will wait until it warms up to about 20 before I go shoot it.holdover
.475 A&M Magnum
Its on my "to do list"
Yeah, once I figure out if I like it or not some of my 308s may get converted.
holdover
.475 A&M Magnum
Id love to get a Lothar Walther barrel , some hand loads and see what that baby can do. ( not that you need it, just hot roddin)
I am waiting on reloading dies. Not that I have any brass to load yet but, I did order them. A friend gave me 12 Nosler Accubond LR 142 grain bullets to try out. They cost 56 bucks a hundred so giving me 12 to try out was pretty generous of him.
Sighted her in today. The only complaint I have is it picked up about 4 shells and left them in the receiver instead of ejecting them. I have read about this so I will give Savage a call and see if they will send me some extractor and ejector parts. Only factory loads were shot today. It seemed to like the 140s over the 129s ( in all fairness though the 129s were the first 6 out of the barrel). I should have left well enough alone with the 140s I tried to squeeze a 4th round into the cloverleaf and failed. All shots were taken with a rest up front and sandbag in the back. I may bring out my lead sled one of these days to see what it can really do. While I was shooting a doe walked right behind the 100 yard berm twice. I didn't see the second one until I sent a round down range. She just trotted along like nothing was going on. As soon as she cleared the range I went back to shooting. I put 20 rounds through it today, some 5 minutes a part some right after one another. it was 30 degrees when I got there and 25 when I left with a slight breeze out at the 50-100 yard area.
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ProgSpear
.338 Win Mag
I think the 6.5 creedmoor provides another rationalization for building an AR-10 bottom. 
Well I have though about building a couple of uppers in the Creedmoor. After trying it out today I will probably convert at least one 308 upper to it and may do two.I think the 6.5 creedmoor provides another rationalization for building an AR-10 bottom.
Eddie Gunks
.338 Win Mag
I have had a super nice creed barrell for almost a year. Still have not met an upper..,,,
capitalcrew
.44 mag
When I built my 6.8 I was seriously considering doing a 6.5 instead, but I decided I already had the lower and most of the parts for the 6.8. Also i thought ammo would be easier to find. Now 6.5 is going to be everywhere lol. Oh well, I can always build one for next year
SJ42
.40 S&W
I almost picked up a creed in a ruger precision a while back.Just couldnt justify the 1200 for the gun and another 1500 for a decent piece of glass. I dont shoot rifle enough anymore to put 3 grand into a rifle to collect dust. Instead I got the 1911 and picked up a Canik TP9SF ,something ill shoot alot more.
I may have to buy it from you.
The savage FCP-SR i picked up was $650.00 and only needed a scope put on it.
SJ42
.40 S&W
Not so much the money as it is the use.I just dont shoot rifle much anymore.Dont have the time to reload or shoot like I once did.
I had to have a Mossberg MVP when they came out and I bet I dont have two boxes down the barrel in the two years its been here. Hell I forget I even have it most of the time
I hear you, I have shot a lot more rifle than pistol over the last few years. I really need to alternate between range day for the pistol and range day for the rifle. That is about the only way I am going to be able to do both.
eagleridge357
.223 Rem
Jan 17 issue of G&A has a writeup on the 6mm to be in production soon, taking advantage of the popularity of the 6.5. 6mm will also use the VLD, and a slight modification of the 6.5 case. When will the variety of bullets/bores stop?
meketrefe
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Awesome. 6.5 bullets are amazing performers.
meketrefe
.450/400 Nitro Ex
BTW...
The 6.5x47 lapua, 6.5creed and 260 remington are all the same ballistically talking.
Same accuracy potential, same reach, same bullets. I suggest a 1:8 twist and a 1:7 twist for single feed solid bullets
for extreme long range.
All can make wonderful AR uppers. Perhaps the easiest one for AR and also military use is the 260 due to the shoulder
being within military standards to assist with easy feeding.
The 10FCP is probably one of the best value rifles one can buy right now.
Very few rifles produce that kind of accuracy out of the box w/o doing anything else.
so good call on that purchase!
The 6.5x47 lapua, 6.5creed and 260 remington are all the same ballistically talking.
Same accuracy potential, same reach, same bullets. I suggest a 1:8 twist and a 1:7 twist for single feed solid bullets
for extreme long range.
All can make wonderful AR uppers. Perhaps the easiest one for AR and also military use is the 260 due to the shoulder
being within military standards to assist with easy feeding.
The 10FCP is probably one of the best value rifles one can buy right now.
Very few rifles produce that kind of accuracy out of the box w/o doing anything else.
so good call on that purchase!
4excal
.338 Win Mag
I jumped on that several hundred posts ago..
Yeah I felt guilty about getting it from Herb Phillipson's but, even my regular gun dealer said, " when you find something like that for that price you jump on it." So I feel pretty good about the deal I got.
meketrefe
.450/400 Nitro Ex
These guns are essentially the same as the savage 10 predator hunter (not the XP version) but with
a longer magazine and threaded barrel options.
The predator are $750 so unless one is looking for one of those in other calibers and/or camo the FCP makes
a lot more sense.
Either way, no matter what, out of the box, they leave the Remington SPS and Ruger precision carbine in the dust. consistency is the name of the game.
The Savage factory barrels are the key.
a longer magazine and threaded barrel options.
The predator are $750 so unless one is looking for one of those in other calibers and/or camo the FCP makes
a lot more sense.
Either way, no matter what, out of the box, they leave the Remington SPS and Ruger precision carbine in the dust. consistency is the name of the game.
The Savage factory barrels are the key.
Celt
.450/400 Nitro Ex
What kind of barrel life can one expect out of these calibers?
Jaywmustang
.308 Win
I thought about getting a 6.5 barrel for my accuracy international at. I think I need more range at my range.
meketrefe
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Accuracy life about 2,500 but this is a bit arbitrary because it changes specially if you go with milder loads.
If barrel life is important to you the 7mm/08 is an awesome long range round. trajectories are similar to these
6.5mm but with more reach and momentum on the target.
160-175gr are the most effective long range bullets one can get from a 308 size case.
It will not have the life of the 308 but it should not be a lot less. Still a lot more life than the 6.5 and
obviously the 243.
For 7mm/08 long range loads one will have to reload as manufactures normally load it for milder hunting
loads.
Everything I have read says around 3K which is probably more than most people would put through one in their lifetime
The thing I noticed about the 6.5 is the lack of felt recoil. You don't get the beat up factor when shooting this round compared to the 308
You are close enough to New Bremen to join my club.
Brass is available from people who developed this cartridge, they also carry a variety of ammo.
Creedmoor Sports
Creedmoor Sports
meketrefe
.450/400 Nitro Ex
yes that is another thing that makes people more accurate with the 6.5 and specially in light rifles.
sunacre
.177 BB
Nice grouping. Just curious. What do you have for glass on it? Also, did you buy it at Herb's in Watertown?
Jaywmustang
.308 Win
I thought your club was farther away. New Bremen according to google says 1 hour 22 mins away. I could make it there for some fun.