I'm having a Mod 7 rebarreled to the Creed, and went with a 1/8 twist. My purpose is coyotes/occasional deer/antelope. I want to start with the lighter 100gr bullets and focus a lot on the 120-123 weights. Ordinarily, I would have went with a slower twist but 1/8 was recommended, plus I will eventually have to try out the 130 AccuBond and a few 140s. Anyone with or know of someone with a Creedmoor who uses this twist with the lighter bullets? Just wondering how accurate/fast they are getting? Thanks, Jim
6.5 Creedmoor
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DrMike
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My Ruger Hawkeye is an eight twist. It gives sub MOA performance the few times I've shot it. I really need to get out and work with it more.
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...I haven't had much opportunity to work on load development w the lighter bullets, but the 90gr. TNT's, 95gr. V-Max, & 100gr. NBT's have all shot sub MOA @ 3100-3300fps from my 26", 1:8 A-Bolt LR Hunter...
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Thanks guys, normally I like a faster twist on anything, believing that fast spin aids killing effect. I am looking forward to playing with this thing, even as I'm having a ball with my 7mm Express! I'd think a rock chuck hit with a 90-100 frangible bullet would be something to see! ha
Horsethief
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My 1:8 twist ER Shaw barrel does just as well with the 120gn Hornady AMax factory ammo as it does with my 130gn Swift and 140gn Hornady SST handloads. I don't think you're going to have a problem with any .26 caliber bullet from 100-160gn with a 1:8 twist barrel, but I've never tried the lightest bullets.
wildgene
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preacher":2y0k6eg4 said:
...haven't had a real opportunity to shoot any pdawgs w/ the Creedmoor yet, but the light 75gr. loads in the .25's tend to turn 'em inside out, the heavier 85gr. BT's, 87gr. TNT's & V-Max, & 90gr. SBK's cause "explosive decompression". W/ the 100gr. Sierra HP's & 110gr. TNT's in .284, you're entering the realm of "horseshoes & hand grenades" where "close" counts... :roll: :lol: :twisted: :mrgreen:
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I just got 2#s of R17 in, and have about a pound/pound and a half left of H4350 somewhere. I am going to break in this Shilen barrel ( when I get it, I'm still waiting!) with a box of factory 120Amax. I have gathered up, so far, and will start out loading some Hornady 100Amax, Nosler 100BT & 100PT, plus I box Hornady 123SST. I should be able to get these to shoot OK. Its been over a decade since I last shot any game animal over 300yds and I should be fine with these weights out of the Creed, don't you think?
Guy Miner
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Once I go through the last thousand or 1500 or however many .30 cal match bullets I have remaining, I won't be surprised if the Green Machine gets re-barreled as either a 6.5 Creedmoor or a .260 Rem....
Thebear_78
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The 140gr Nosler ballistic tip resembles a pencil more than a bullet! 
I can’t get over how long and sleek some of these 6.5mm bullets are.
I can’t get over how long and sleek some of these 6.5mm bullets are.
Guy Miner
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Yeah, at the local club, the guys have been after me to dump the .308 and go to a 6.5 for a long time... It made sense to stick with the .308 while I was still a cop, and on-call with that rifle. Not so much anymore. So, when I run out of .308 barrel life and/or components, I may well order up a 6.5, barrel since those high BC bullets do so much better at long range!
Guy
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I really liked the 6.5/284 I had, but a friend wanted it more. I killed some great exotics with it and several antelope doe out here, using nothing but the 125PT/120BT in its 24" barrel. In reformed .284 win cases it was humming, max loads pushed them both right at 3200fps ( mag velocity!) I couldn't get that in either the then new 6.5/284 Norma or Hornady cases though. No matter, it didn't need it, it was still flat! I didn't kill anything over about 315 yds with it, but it was flat! I can't imagine how flat further out a 140BT or 130AB would be in a similar case, say 6.5/06 Imp or 264 mag. The Nosler 26 is just too expensive for my tastes at this point.
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Getting jazzed! Just spoke with my smith. He has the barrel on, test fired it Saturday. I asked him if it made up to 24" and he said it was 26 now. I said let's leave it long! It should make up into about 25+" and then he will put his brake on it. I like to spot my shots in a rifle like this. He still has to contour it a bit to make it fit in my Mod 7 synthetic stock and then will paint the whole smear with a paint he has that is better than Duracoat, not sure if he meant it was better for wear or was easier to work with. Satin black. Getting jazzed!
