What makes the 6.5 Creedmoor such a great long range shooter?

[deerhunter61]

I've heard and read quite a bit about how accurate the 6.5 creedmoor is at very long distances. But what makes it so?

I own a 6.5 Swede, both shoot the same bullets and there really doesn't seem to be much difference in powder capacity between the two. So what makes the creedmoor a better long range shooter?

Guys, this is not a bash the creedmoor thread so please don't. I'm just looking for the facts, just the facts mam.

 

[MtnCreek]

The creedmoor has not been around a long time and a lot of the rifles chambered for it are custom or trued factory actions with high quality barrels and chambered and crowned by good gunsmiths.

A 6.5x55 put together the same way would likely shoot just as good.

 

[peacemaker45]

It's new. New is good. Old is bad. Ending is better than mending. You must not question the marketers when they tell you that you must trade in all your old, obsolete, ineffective rifles when they reinvent the caliber wheel every year.

Seriously, it's claimed that short actions and short action calibers are more accurate because a shorter action is stiffer, and a short, wide powder column burns more uniformly than a long skinny one.

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[Arizona_Mike]

While there are two companies loading Creedmore and only one loading 260 Remington, I'm planning on going with .260 Rem in an AR10-type automatic for flawless feeding and because .243 brass will always be around.

In a bolt gun, I'd go with a modern rifle with 6.5x55 or the Ackley Improved version and load it up to modern pressures if I wanted to.

Mike

 

[taliv]

Federal, Coppercreek, Southwest, and others mfg new MATCH 260rem.
Remington makes hunting/plinking ammo in 260rem.


edit: to the OP, it has a 30* shoulder, which is pretty popular with the benchrest crowd. neck length and overall case length accommodates long VLD style bullets in popular magazines for mag-fed rifles.

 

[Dr T]

I got a 6.5 Creedmoor because I could not find the 250 Savage I wanted. In essence, it s a 250 Savage AI that has been necked up.

Short case, stiff action, light recoil.

But no more inherently accurate than other short action chamberings in the same calibre.

 

[taliv]

(except Ackley is 40* and 6.5CM is 30*)

 

[Arizona_Mike]

Thanks, my info is outdated (or was hunting only). Thanks for the info.

Mike

 

[tdoyka]

6.5 creedmoor, t/c encore, 16 1/4" mgm barrel, and hornady amax 120 grain with a load of imr 4350....also 120 gr ballistic tip with a load of imr 4350


and thats all i'll say about that

 

[Maverick6652]

Great discussion. The knowledge on this forum is outstanding. BTW I assume the * symbols are for the degree symbol °. You can type it in by holding the ALT key while you type in 248.

 

[ironworkerwill]

°... Heck, it works. If I can't weld it, burn it with a torch, or put a bolt in it-I'm lost.

A 6.5x55 put together the same way would likely shoot just as good.

Agreed! Creedmoor sounds cooler.

 

[thegiff]

Most Creeds have a barrel with the twist selected and optimized for the long heavy and high BC bullets for long range shooting. Also creed has no issues with old and potentially weak guns, a therefore a higher max pressure spec, and runs in a short action which means most people don't need to tip their face out of the way of the bolt when cycling.

 

[USSR]

The creedmoor has not been around a long time and a lot of the rifles chambered for it are custom or trued factory actions with high quality barrels and chambered and crowned by good gunsmiths.

A 6.5x55 put together the same way would likely shoot just as good.

+1. My Terry Cross built 6.5x55.



Don

 

[akodo]

There aren't guys who bought the 6.5 Creedmore who never bothered to clean their gun in 20 years of hunting and then who call the caliber inaccurate.

 

[Dr T]

What's 10° of shoulder angle amoung friends?

 

[TexasPatriot.308]

lots of good powder, a good bullet and enough follwers....the .308 will still do its job without the fancy stuff.