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6.5 Creedmoor The Ultimate Long Range Varmint and Coyote Rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="LDHunter" data-source="post: 1531758" data-attributes="member: 105"><p>Yep... I am thinking of just not worrying about explosive terminal performance and after doing a lot of reading bullets manufacturers websites I think I may try the Sierra 130gr Tipped Match King. </p><p></p><p>I am so pumped about what happened today when I went in our biggest gun store for many miles around here and asked it they, by any chance, had a Model 700 5R Gen 2 chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor and much to my surprise not only did they have one I could inspect and handle but their price was better than the online prices I've seen so out came my wallet and within a half hour I was walking out the door with it.</p><p></p><p>My take on this rifle so far is that it's simply a Model 700 PSS with the shallow fluting of an LTR and an all stainless action and barrel with Trinyte coating. I have always had a love affair with all the 700 PSS and LTR rifles and almost all of the most accurate rifles, regardless of price, that I've ever owned have been one or the other if I skim bedded the aluminum bedding blocks in the HS Precision stocks and put in a good trigger set at about 2 pounds.</p><p></p><p>One more question for those that have managed to wade through my babbling about my new rifle. Should I just bite the bullet and buy some Lapua brass right up front rather than wasting my time on the Hornady stuff?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LDHunter, post: 1531758, member: 105"] Yep... I am thinking of just not worrying about explosive terminal performance and after doing a lot of reading bullets manufacturers websites I think I may try the Sierra 130gr Tipped Match King. I am so pumped about what happened today when I went in our biggest gun store for many miles around here and asked it they, by any chance, had a Model 700 5R Gen 2 chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor and much to my surprise not only did they have one I could inspect and handle but their price was better than the online prices I've seen so out came my wallet and within a half hour I was walking out the door with it. My take on this rifle so far is that it's simply a Model 700 PSS with the shallow fluting of an LTR and an all stainless action and barrel with Trinyte coating. I have always had a love affair with all the 700 PSS and LTR rifles and almost all of the most accurate rifles, regardless of price, that I've ever owned have been one or the other if I skim bedded the aluminum bedding blocks in the HS Precision stocks and put in a good trigger set at about 2 pounds. One more question for those that have managed to wade through my babbling about my new rifle. Should I just bite the bullet and buy some Lapua brass right up front rather than wasting my time on the Hornady stuff? [/QUOTE]
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