Money Burning a hole in my pocket 6.5 Creedmoor

Savage 12 lrp. Mine is stupid accurate. And it comes with a hs precision stock

I'd never vote against a Savage. There is a reason I own two of them.

However, I'm also a Ruger American fan, and the American Predator in 6.5 is one sweet gun.

I'm not a big fan of Savages either... They shoot well, but so do a lot of rifles now.

If your only problem with the RPR is that they are going for close to msrp now, you could just wait for a deal. I picked mine up off of Gunbroker fairly recently from Kittery Trading Post with a buy it now of $1099. I saw two auctions they set up like that that were 24 hour auctions, I don't think either made it past the first hour. I'm pretty sure they post up a few of those deals when they get a shipment.

Otherwise Bergara makes a couple 6.5 CM rifles that people seem to be very happy with. The regular B-14 is more of a hunting rifle, but they also make the BPR-17 Tactical rifle. One of the 6.5 CM X-Bolt variants could be worth looking at as well.

Bought my RPR for $1070 out the door from LGS.

I use accurate 4350 for my Creedmoor. I'm using the 123gr amax over 42gr of accurate 4350 and I am getting 2920fps and amazing accuracy and consistency . I am currently developing another load using a 140gr berger hybrid since I already use that bullet in my 6.5-06... you will be happy with the lrp... dark eagle customs makes a 10 round magazine for it, I have one and its great! And on another note, the precision accutrigger will go down incredibly low. I turned mine all the way up to 1.5 lbs to use for my needs.

Is Accurate 4350 temp stable like H4350? I'm using H in my 6.5 and like dh1633pm said, it's nowhere to be found... I only have a couple more pounds before I might need to find a substitute.

Have you looked at the Tikka's? I have 243 lite in Stainless. The barrel profile is a good compromise between a heavy target barrel and a sporter.

It's been a very accurate rifle.

dh1633pm said:

I looked at the Savage. Its about $830 plus tax from the local dealer. I have a Savage a 110 FP in 223. Its not my favorite rifle. Its trigger needs some help and the bolt is loosey goosey. It doesn't have many miles on it. However even with all those things its pretty accurate.

I did not that the Model 12 Varmint has a target trigger from the factory and most of the features already there. The reviews are excellent for a factory rifle.

Anyone else have any suggestions? I have up to $2k budgeted.

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Buy the Savage, set aside @ $100-150 for mount&rings, and get the most scope you can for the remaining $$.

The "cheapest" alternative would be to buy a used action and have it blueprinted and rebarelled, even cheaper if you can provide your own. The 6.5 creedmoor could fit in a small action rifle, such as a Remington 700. The Tikka series all run off a large action so no issues there.

Bottom metal might be worth looking at, my 6.5x47 rounds (which is a wee bit shorter than the 6.5 CM) feed well from a .308 AI magazine, but I cannot speak for 6.5 CM.

[/QUOTE]Ks5shooter, I thought about the RPR, but the only ones I can find are priced about $400 above that price right now. I have heard reports about their loose stocks and other small issues. But I don't think any of those is a big issue. What's your opinion with yours? Would you do it again?

Yes I am very happy with it. Quality fit and finish are great. No loose stock issue. Only shot it with iron sights to do barrel break in at 50 yds groups very well.

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Howa has some great package deals on their rifles less than $1k Bucks, good example of one
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/36_280/products_id/719003562
Was in the process of getting this one, but my lgs had a axiom package deal for a great price I couldn't pass up

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Bottom metal might be worth looking at, my 6.5x47 rounds (which is a wee bit shorter than the 6.5 CM) feed well from a .308 AI magazine, but I cannot speak for 6.5 CM.

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I have a 6.5 Creedmoor barrel on one of my AIs and the rounds feed very well from the AI AW magazine. I've shot a bunch of rounds through a Kimber Tactical chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor and that rifle uses the AICS magazine and the rounds fed very well from that too. The OAL length of 140gr loads is very close to standard .308 Win magazine length so feeding is not an issue.

dh1633pm said:

Now, I just need to figure out what to buy. The Savage is on the list.

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I find it rather depressing that there aren't many choices for a "tactical" style 6.5 Creedmoor around the $1,000 mark. I really dislike Savage products and could care less about their reputed accuracy. It's not hard to make an accurate rifle. It's much harder to make a fast accurate rifle that performs well in all conditions and that simply isn't Savage. I'd buy a Bergara Premier Series LRP Elite rifle over anything from Savage and even the Ruger. MSRP is $2,640 but I bet you can find one for close to your budget of $2000.

http://www.bergarausa.com/bergara_premier_series_lrp_elite_rifle.php

I have the MAGPUL PRS strock on a couple of ARs and it's an excellent stock for sure. The adjustable LOP and comb are a great features and it's solid. The Bergara LRP accepts AICS magazines and Bergara barrels are outstanding for the money. The KEYMOUNT brake is a nice touch. I have that brake on my AI AW in 6.5 CM and it works well. If a suppressor is in your future you'd be hard pressed to beat the SANDMAN-S which integrates with the KEYMOUNT brake. BPI owns Bergara and also Dead Air Armament. I've shot a few Bergara rifles in the past few months and I was impressed with the B-14 Hunter in 6.5 CM. It was a tack driver and easily sub moa out to 525 yards with factory Hornady ammunition.

It's too bad that FN is so slow to the 6.5 game. An SPR in 6.5 Creedmoor, .260 Rem or 6.5x47 Lapua would be awesome.