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1000 Yard Gun - .260 vs 6.5 Creedmoor
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<blockquote data-quote="backwoods83" data-source="post: 721695" data-attributes="member: 29890"><p>I think you have my thoughts and his confused, I don't shoot the Creedmoore, I simply find it hard to see a 6xc necked up to 6.5 (the origin of the Creedmore) push a 142 smk to almost 3k fps in a 26.5" barrel, my 6.5x284 with a 26.5" barrel is still just under 3100fps with a 140 berger on top of 60grns of Retumbo and a typical H 4350 or 4831sc load for the 6.5x284 is only at 2950-2980fps, so I just can't wrap my head around a glorified 22-250 case pushing 142s at anything over 2850 without over pressuring it or using a 32" barrel. The 6.5x284 is a better cartridge IMO, with colder powders and slower shot strings they aren't that hard on barrels, and they are known for their accuracy, and have set quite a few 1k records, the Creedmoore has many years of catching up to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backwoods83, post: 721695, member: 29890"] I think you have my thoughts and his confused, I don't shoot the Creedmoore, I simply find it hard to see a 6xc necked up to 6.5 (the origin of the Creedmore) push a 142 smk to almost 3k fps in a 26.5" barrel, my 6.5x284 with a 26.5" barrel is still just under 3100fps with a 140 berger on top of 60grns of Retumbo and a typical H 4350 or 4831sc load for the 6.5x284 is only at 2950-2980fps, so I just can't wrap my head around a glorified 22-250 case pushing 142s at anything over 2850 without over pressuring it or using a 32" barrel. The 6.5x284 is a better cartridge IMO, with colder powders and slower shot strings they aren't that hard on barrels, and they are known for their accuracy, and have set quite a few 1k records, the Creedmoore has many years of catching up to do. [/QUOTE]
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