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In order to win over the majority of the Fire, the Creedmoor needs to have a factory load with a Nosler Partition.
Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again!
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the 24HCF.
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I have a Browning Long Range Hunter, it shoots 1/2" groups with Hornady factory 120 Amax's. I had a SS Ruger Hawkeye with a 26" barrel that shot just as good and sold it like a fool!
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Creedmoor is the only rifle I own that I have yet to shoot. Put together a Grendel CZ527 nearly 2 years ago at the same time I seen This RAR predator and could not pass this up. Crazy Thing is the Grendel still holds my interest to a point that the Creed has not made it out of the stable yet.
This is not like me at all.
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control
& Proverbs 21:19
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In order to win over the majority of the Fire, the Creedmoor needs to have a factory load with a Nosler Partition.
Barnes 127gr LRX!
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I own one. There is no magic fairy dust on the 6.5 Creedmoor but it is indeed a pleasure to shoot and reload. Of course, I'm not one for minutia - nor do I much care if someone else approves/disapproves of what chambering I choose to hunt with.
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A Ruger Hawkeye Predator and a rebarreled Kimber Longmaster.
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Beware of thieves, scammers and dishonest members on the "Fire" classifieds. Ya there is a thief here too. Whatever!!
They're all around the CampFire and everywhere.
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I own the "original Creedmoor." A .260 Remington with a 3-inch magazine......
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I have a Ruger Hawkeye Predator in 6.5CM. I've been very happy with both the rifle and the cartridge. Of course there are many other cartridges of similar capability from a hunting perspective. Where this and a few others really separate a bit are for long range tactical/precision rifle competition shooting, because they strike an excellent compromise regarding barrel life, long range ballistics, ability to spot impact and low recoil. Aside from that accurate factory ammo and good brass at reasonable prices are available.
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"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." Robert E. Howard
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Another retired gent I shoot with regularly had given a Howa action rifle to one of his fellow board of directors of our private range to rebarrel, using a Savage barrel nut and a decent brand Savage replacement barrel. Sooooo, I gave my Howa rifle and a take off 6.5x55 Savage replacement barrel to the guy.....telling him rechamber my 6.5x55 to 6.5CM and do the same installation on my Howa. Gents, the diameter and threads on a Howa is very close to those used on a Winchester. So, running a Winchester thread tap into the Howa receiver changes its threads and you can then rethread a Savage replacement barrel to winchester thread, leaving the barrel threads for the Savage barrel nut alone. Bingo, you have a Howa-Sav barrel.
A few weeks ago, took a number of Visa gift cards I'd accumulated to a local sporting goods store that had the Axis II SP heavy barrel 6.5CM in stock. With the gift cards and the $50 rebate on the rifle, got another 6.5 CM to shoot for a very little out of pocket expense.
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My son had one for a few months til he decided to get married and needed the cash. It was a Ruger American Predator. Right out of the box with Hornady factory loads, 3 shot groups were just over the size of a quarter shooting over the equivalent of a truck hood. I was very sad he sold it and I couldn't afford to buy it from him. Seemed like it would be a wonderful sheep/caribou gun.
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A friend has one - a custom job on a Remington short action. It shoots great with factory ammo, even out to 700+ yards.
I personally scratched the 6.5 itch last year with a Tikka T-3 Hunter in 6.5x55 I bought used. It shoots great - 10 shots into an inch with loads I haven't developed much, and recoil isn't bad after replacing the factory recoil pad.
The good things about the 6.5 CM are that it's new, and chamber dimensions are standardized with accuracy in mind. Factory ammo is accurate. It's designed as a long range round. It doesn't kick much.
I don't have one - yet. Who knows how itchy this 6.5 rash will get....
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In order to win over the majority of the Fire, the Creedmoor needs to have a factory load with a Nosler Partition.
Hilarious!
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....idiots still poop outside too I guess You [bleep] in your own home???
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Everybody but me it sounds like.
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Oh give me a home where the 6.5's roam And the brass rains down from heaven all day. Where seldom is heard all the discouraging words And everyone shoots critters that come out to play... CHORUS NOW! Home, home is the gun range, where guys come both normal and strange. To shoot the breeze and their guns, for bragging rights and for funs, And listen to the normal harangue.
My apologies, Don't know why, felt the need...
I am the NorthEast WoodsBeast!
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Sako Savage Can you post up some info on that Savage 99? Looks pretty neat.
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