6.5 Needmoor

Sgt_Mike

Sgt_Mike

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(yes I'm picking on the creedmoor , because I own one and the Hype is just over the top, it's not a bad round about same cap as the 6mm Rem in a shorter case)
Picked one of these up years ago, The Remington Rep gave me a smoking deal on it. I've put maybe 20 rounds down the barrel. The thought came to me that maybe it might work ok for a LR varmint gun when the 722 in 6mm Rem warms up.
I do have some Sierria 100gr Varminters on hand. Just looking to see whom else has went down this path and can give some pointers on powder selection.

I was considering RE-15 ... but just found out about the production suspension. The other was IMR 8208XBR
 

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I load my AR10 6.5CM with 95gr vamx over Varget. It's very accurate and drops coyotes. There's definitely nothing wrong with the 6.5CM. The hate/controversy should be geared towards the dummies trying to shoot elk with it at 800+ yards, not the round.
 
I think the hate comes with popularity. One thing that no one can argue with is the amount of long range shooters that use it now and their main reason is usually "it's just so easy to shoot".

As for hunting. I've shot coyotes and deer with it. I have zero complains with either. The coyotes it blew apart and the deer put a beautiful hole in and out right where I aimed.
 
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I think the hate comes with popularity. One thing that no one can argue with is the amount of long range shooters that use it now and their main reason is usually "it's just so easy to shoot".
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personally for me it's the hype. But I still think it's viable cartridge, the bore size I've always liked. I really like the 6mm Remington, .223, 222, 221, 7mm Rem Mag, 30-06, .308, 45-70, etc etc. and each has their usages. And yep I am old enough to remember when it was the .308 vs 30-06 with the LR shooters, the same was said of the .308. Recoil and shooter fatigue.

But the comments of it blew yotes apart does get my interest up as that is the goal.... just for gophers, PD and other small vermin.

Moving on towards to powder / light bullet selection.
1 vote thus far for Varget with 95gr V-maxs ok I'll check around for some of the v-max's (I do have a partial Lb of varget on the shelf enough for load testing).

Just checked Midsouth and Powder Valley for the V-max's seems PV has some in stock
 
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We just finished working up a coyote load for my brother's Ruger SFAR in 6.5CM. Our prior load in an AR-10 6.5 was the 95gr V-Max with W760 which I had on hand. His SFAR way out shot the AR-10 using the 90gr Nosler Varmageddon with H4895. There was about a two grain spread on powder charges where we got groups of 0.5-0.8 @100yds. There were other powders that had accurate enough loads but they wouldn't reliably operate the gas guns.
 
Did load up the following for the Rem 700 PCR 6.5 Creedmoor:
COAL 2.650" 2.686"
Sierria 100gr #1710 (this one is the FB version, plus I have 400+ on hand)
WLR primer
RE-15@42.8grs
IMR 8208XBR @ 40.3 grs (although looks Like I could stretch her legs 1.9grs more if need be)
I do have Hodgden and IMR 4895, 4064, IMR4350, RE-15,IMR 8208XBR, Varget on hand. No W760 (although I'll check the local haunts to see if I can scare up a pound if the others don't work).

I don't have 90gr Nosler Varmageddon, 90gr Speer TnT, 105gr Sierria #1785 Blitzking , Hornady 95gr V-max on hand /shelf, just debating between buying sample packs (midsouth might have a sample pack of these) or just a box. ( guess they quit the sample packs didn't see a listing... box it is)

In the .22 and 6mm bore the Nosler Varmageddon, and Speer TnT, have usually been a really good accuracy and explosive effects in my AR's as well as the 6mm Rem.
I'm hoping to achieve the same results in the 6.5 bore while keeping bullet cost per round to reasonable level for PD's (specifically Richardson Ground Squirrels aka Gophers per the local's in the Montana / Wy/ SD region).
At some point soon I'll get off my fifth point of contact and test the loads that I have loaded up. Which I'm sure will need some adjustments.

Although I'll start with the Sierria 100grs because I have them on hand. I'll move to some of the lighter weight offerings, as has been suggested in order to keep projectile cost down. After all my goal is to just kill a rodent. I would like to be in the 90gr range.
 
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