124 or 99 grain Hammer hunters in 6.5 creedmoor?

[Tgunz64]

I have some 124 hammer hunters I bought to try in my 26 nosler. Haven't had a chance to load them. But now I recently bought a 6.5 creed. Anyone use these or the 99gr hammers in the creedmoor? How did it work out for you? Thanks.

 

[338weatherby]

I've been tinkering with the following load. I need to mess with the seating to tighten up groups I think. I haven't tried the 99grs. I've used H4350 with the same 44.5gns and got the same speed.

Barrett Fieldcraft 21" 1-8
124 HH
Hornady brass once fired
Fed 215
H100V 44.5gr 2940 2.804"

 

[Varmint Hunter]

6.5 Creed - 124 HH - Varget, not a bad combination. The bullet will go through a whitetail from stem-to-stern.

 

[BEEMAN]

I ran the 124HH in my 6.5x47 last season. One large whitetail buck and a pronghorn. Both DRT with awesome terminal performance. Small sample size but from what I saw the 124 worked great.

 

[dougduey]

The 124 Hammer is great in the Creed. Steve suggests Varget if you can find it. I used RL16 with great success

 

[MagMan]

Here is my 6.5x47. Not fast but who cares

 

[SEGARE]

R16 with AB 130gr is my preference. The 124HH should be similar.

 

[GLTaylor]

Excellent results in both CM and 6.5/06AI. R16 is wicked good in the CM!

 

[Axl]

I'm running the 124's with R17 in a couple 6.5 Creedmoor's. The 99's i use in my 6.5 Grendel

 

[swisski]

6.5 Creed - 124 HH - Varget, not a bad combination. The bullet will go through a whitetail from stem-to-stern.

Mind sharing your load data for this combo? Thanks

 

[RockyMtnMT]

Mind sharing your load data for this combo? Thanks

We use Varget as our go to for the creed and the 124's. Start at 38g and work up from there. We generally finish out about 40g and about 3000 fps.

 

[Varmint Hunter]

Mind sharing your load data for this combo? Thanks

39.6 Varget is a warm load in my 26" Browning rifle. Velocity was 2,905 ft/sec. 40gr resulted in a stiff bolt lift. I use Lapua SRP cases.

RE26 will get a bit more velocity with less pressure IMO.

 

[dougduey]

Mind sharing your load data for this combo? Thanks

RL16 is another good option.

 

[swisski]

We use Varget as our go to for the creed and the 124's. Start at 38g and work up from there. We generally finish out about 40g and about 3000 fps.

Thanks Steve.

I've read Tikka barrels are slower, and that is likely just the case here. I average just a touch over 2900 with 41 grains of Varget, without really seeing signs of pressure, then again I'm fairly new to reloading so I'm not going to push it any higher.

39.6 Varget is a warm load in my 26" Browning rifle. Velocity was 2,905 ft/sec. 40gr resulted in a stiff bolt lift. I use Lapua SRP cases.

RE26 will get a bit more velocity with less pressure IMO.

In my initial testing of charges, my gun had a nice flat spot right at 39.6 with an average of 2,840 FPS. I'm going to load some rounds up for groups at that charge and see what I get.

I went out today and had 4 different seating depths tested at 40.7 gr, all were sub MOA at 200, but some opened up a bit at 300. I feel like I could achieve better. I'm enjoying the process.