Any 6.5 Creedmore shooters ? - Page 3

Hunter07 · 05-27-2021, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by RetVet

I put Vortex Viper HST scopes on both of mine. They ran about $800 each a couple years ago.

Per their website, that's what they're running now....... Oy!

FloridaAKM · 11-21-2021, 09:06 AM

I reload a lot of calibers from .223\5.56 to .50BMG, but no 6.5 Creedmoor. A coworker called me this morning with a problem he is having getting started with the 6.5 Creedmoor caliber.

He is using a Hornady single station press with RCBS dies. After loading 20 rounds, he finds that the new ammo won't fit his bolt gun that fired the factory ammo to start with. He doesn't have a case gauge, so I recommended that he get one to check his brass after it is resized to eliminate this problem in the future. He is getting his dies to cam over on the resizing stroke, so that shouldn't be the problem, but he is not checking the brass after it comes out of the resizing die whether it fits the rifle chamber or not.

My thoughts are that his crimp dies are set too low when pressing in the projectile causing a ring around the cartridge girth stopping it from going into the chamber. His OAL is correct for that caliber. What are ya'll's thoughts here?

Update: He sent pictures of the cartridges & the ring is @ the base of the shoulder measuring 0.006 larger than the spec on the cartridge. Being that large, there is no way the cartridge will go into the chamber. Time for him to break down the cartridges & resize them again. I told him to back off on the crimping die a 1/4 turn from where he set it to stop this & use the case gauge to set his dies from now on. Gotta learn somehow.

bill3542 · 11-21-2021, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by FloridaAKM

I reload a lot of calibers from .223\5.56 to .50BMG, but no 6.5 Creedmoor. A coworker called me this morning with a problem he is having getting started with the 6.5 Creedmoor caliber.

He is using a Hornady single station press with RCBS dies. After loading 20 rounds, he finds that the new ammo won't fit his bolt gun that fired the factory ammo to start with. He doesn't have a case gauge, so I recommended that he get one to check his brass after it is resized to eliminate this problem in the future. He is getting his dies to cam over on the resizing stroke, so that shouldn't be the problem, but he is not checking the brass after it comes out of the resizing die whether it fits the rifle chamber or not.

My thoughts are that his crimp dies are set too low when pressing in the projectile causing a ring around the cartridge girth stopping it from going into the chamber. His OAL is correct for that caliber. What are ya'll's thoughts here?

Update: He sent pictures of the cartridges & the ring is @ the base of the shoulder measuring 0.006 larger than the spec on the cartridge. Being that large, there is no way the cartridge will go into the chamber. Time for him to break down the cartridges & resize them again. I told him to back off on the crimping die a 1/4 turn from where he set it to stop this & use the case gauge to set his dies from now on. Gotta learn somehow.

Agreed... dies are not set up right causing shoulder bulge, many years back when I first started loading .308 cases I had this happen and figured out very quickly what I was doing wrong.

4thIDvet · 11-21-2021, 12:10 PM

Just talked to a young feller and his wife from Sweden that bought a house in town here to live part time. Great conversation over some brews about politics and guns.
He owns 3 6.5s and they love them in Sweden for hunting. Then the politics started. Holy sheeet I was going to sign him up for the

he would fit right in.

FloridaAKM · 11-21-2021, 03:35 PM

I have 2 AR's in 6.5 Grendel, but nothing in 6.5 Creedmoor. At the time that I was buying all the rifles, the 6.5 Creedmoor requires an AR-10 receiver & I had already gone thru building two AR-10's in .308 & wanted no more of that pain.

Anyway, as 4th IDvet says, 100 yards is all the open space we got here in Florida to shoot in or we get lost in the woods. If its open land to shoot over, the Remington 7mm Magnum will fill that bill & dislocate my shoulder! ;-)

gunkgy · 11-21-2021, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Hunter07

I had my 6.5 out Saturday afternoon. I had made some changes so I needed to sight it in at a known distance again.

The changes I made are:
Taller bipod. It now has a 9"-13".
Larger bolt knob.
I moved the scope back a couple notches on the picatinney rail, to get the desired eye relief.

I'm looking at possibly changing out the scope, to a Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25x56 FFP.
https://vortexoptics.com/vortex-stri...25x56-ffp.html

It currently has this scope on it.
http://www.nikkostirling.com/content...0_AeVT7kMu5SiY

I am looking to replace the scope that came with my rifle. I have been looking at Vortex scopes also. Just have to save the money, or sell something so I can get one.

bill3542 · 11-22-2021, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by FloridaAKM

I have 2 AR's in 6.5 Grendel, but nothing in 6.5 Creedmoor. At the time that I was buying all the rifles, the 6.5 Creedmoor requires an AR-10 receiver & I had already gone thru building two AR-10's in .308 & wanted no more of that pain.

Anyway, as 4th IDvet says, 100 yards is all the open space we got here in Florida to shoot in or we get lost in the woods. If its open land to shoot over, the Remington 7mm Magnum will fill that bill & dislocate my shoulder! ;-)

Around here in SW Pennsylvania depending on where your at it could be 100-400 yards... there's a couple places locally you could shoot 600 yards, not many would try that.

Hunter07 · 11-22-2021, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by gunkgy

I am looking to replace the scope that came with my rifle. I have been looking at Vortex scopes also. Just have to save the money, or sell something so I can get one.

I still have my eye on this scope. I won't be ready to buy it until mid Spring......once road construction breaks loose for the year.
https://vortexoptics.com/vortex-stri...25x56-ffp.html

GimpyPaw · 11-25-2021, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by 4thIDvet

Just talked to a young feller and his wife from Sweden that bought a house in town here to live part time. Great conversation over some brews about politics and guns.
He owns 3 6.5s and they love them in Sweden for hunting. Then the politics started. Holy sheeet I was going to sign him up for the

he would fit right in.

Having lived in Sweden myself, I can confirm that in general, if you learn a Swede owns a gun, they will be on the conservative side of life. Actually never met a gun owning Svenskman that wasn't conservative, but there's probably one or two.

11-21-2021, 09:06 AM	#32
FloridaAKM Military Truck Collector Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: North Florida Posts: 681	I reload a lot of calibers from .223\5.56 to .50BMG, but no 6.5 Creedmoor. A coworker called me this morning with a problem he is having getting started with the 6.5 Creedmoor caliber. He is using a Hornady single station press with RCBS dies. After loading 20 rounds, he finds that the new ammo won't fit his bolt gun that fired the factory ammo to start with. He doesn't have a case gauge, so I recommended that he get one to check his brass after it is resized to eliminate this problem in the future. He is getting his dies to cam over on the resizing stroke, so that shouldn't be the problem, but he is not checking the brass after it comes out of the resizing die whether it fits the rifle chamber or not. My thoughts are that his crimp dies are set too low when pressing in the projectile causing a ring around the cartridge girth stopping it from going into the chamber. His OAL is correct for that caliber. What are ya'll's thoughts here? Update: He sent pictures of the cartridges & the ring is @ the base of the shoulder measuring 0.006 larger than the spec on the cartridge. Being that large, there is no way the cartridge will go into the chamber. Time for him to break down the cartridges & resize them again. I told him to back off on the crimping die a 1/4 turn from where he set it to stop this & use the case gauge to set his dies from now on. Gotta learn somehow. Last edited by FloridaAKM; 11-21-2021 at 10:16 AM. Reason: More info!

11-21-2021, 12:10 PM	#34
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,507	Just talked to a young feller and his wife from Sweden that bought a house in town here to live part time. Great conversation over some brews about politics and guns. He owns 3 6.5s and they love them in Sweden for hunting. Then the politics started. Holy sheeet I was going to sign him up for the he would fit right in. __________________ God Bless Americas Veterans. All who are serving and have served.

11-21-2021, 03:35 PM	#35
FloridaAKM Military Truck Collector Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: North Florida Posts: 681	I have 2 AR's in 6.5 Grendel, but nothing in 6.5 Creedmoor. At the time that I was buying all the rifles, the 6.5 Creedmoor requires an AR-10 receiver & I had already gone thru building two AR-10's in .308 & wanted no more of that pain. Anyway, as 4th IDvet says, 100 yards is all the open space we got here in Florida to shoot in or we get lost in the woods. If its open land to shoot over, the Remington 7mm Magnum will fill that bill & dislocate my shoulder! ;-)