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For those finding good accuracy with the 6.5 Creed in the Fieldcraft, what OALs are you using? I'm curious if the extra mag length is proving beneficial over something closer to a 2.82 limit. I'm waiting for my 6.5 Creedmoor Fieldcraft to get back to me with a new wood stock and have 143 ELD-Xs, 139 Scenars, 140 Bergers, 147 ELD-Ms, 127 LRXs and 140 Partitions along with a bunch of full length sized once fired Hornady brass waiting to try with RL-16, 17 and 26. That’s kinda what I was getting at with my question. Since factory loads shoot fine, seat the reloaded 143s to a similar OAL as factory and see how they perform. I started with a slight kiss using 143's in my Fieldcraft. Everything was under an inch with a slightly less than max load....I didn't try anything else since it shot well. Within a couple of weeks Mr. Forbes sent me a Forbes I asked him to rebarrel to 6.5 CM. It was a little shorter throated. I made a request here about the OAL of factory 143 loads and shortened the loaded ammo to match just as a reference so I could use it in both rifles....I could tell no difference in groups with the Fieldcraft going from a kiss to factory OAL. After the shortening I was a little disappointed in having done it. The rebarreled FULA showed pressure signs on the first shot....so I had to load for it separate, which defeated the purpose of shortening the OAL to use 1 load in two rifles. I haven't shot the FULA much but have shot the little Fieldcraft a lot and the factory OAL has been excellent.
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My FC contacts the lands with the 147 ELD at 2.920", which perfectly places the top of the boattail even with the bottom of the case neck.
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My FC contacts the lands with the 147 ELD at 2.920", which perfectly places the top of the boattail even with the bottom of the case neck. That's about ideal. DF
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Just dug out my notes on OAL in contact with rifling for my FC 6.5 CM:
127 LRX 2.910"
139 Scenar 2.835"
142 ABLR 2.917"
143 ELD-X 2.877"
Just finished some load work with the 143 ELD-X and RE 16 and 26. 42.5 gr RE 16 is getting around 2750 fps with good accuracy, 46.5 gr RE 26 is getting around 2750 and 47.5 gr is getting 2790 fps (46.5 being slightly more accurate than 47.5). All loads are shooting around 3/4 MOA or better...
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Campfire Ranger
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My FC contacts the lands with the 147 ELD at 2.920", which perfectly places the top of the boattail even with the bottom of the case neck. That sounds identical to my T3X. I seat them at 2.915 with R26 for 2775. It does pretty well for me right there.
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For those finding good accuracy with the 6.5 Creed in the Fieldcraft, what OALs are you using? I'm curious if the extra mag length is proving beneficial over something closer to a 2.82 limit. I'm waiting for my 6.5 Creedmoor Fieldcraft to get back to me with a new wood stock and have 143 ELD-Xs, 139 Scenars, 140 Bergers, 147 ELD-Ms, 127 LRXs and 140 Partitions along with a bunch of full length sized once fired Hornady brass waiting to try with RL-16, 17 and 26. That’s kinda what I was getting at with my question. Since factory loads shoot fine, seat the reloaded 143s to a similar OAL as factory and see how they perform. The Hornady brand 143 ELD-X has a COAL of 2.810"
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