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6.5 Creedmoor or 6.5sst for practice and maybe first prs rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="TRG65" data-source="post: 1889881" data-attributes="member: 103919"><p>My son and I each have a 6.5 Creedmoor. He has used his in PRS matches, and I will use mine at some point in gas gun. The OAL for his is 2.870 and works with Alpha mags with a binder plate. My OAL is only 2.805. Both loads are running 147ELD. To use non-binder mags, and ensure 100% performance and the ability to use long load, I have had to have my most of my rifles. My RPR didn't need anything. My Sako TRG had to have .020" taken off the front of the mag well. For my Rem 700s and clones, I got the LRI Arc Mag modification and it works like a charm. My wife's rem 700 6.5x47 (2.750 OAL) can run no binder mags now with that short length just fine. </p><p></p><p>So you MAY need to have something done to run no binder mags, it will be rifle dependent, but with a 6.5 Creedmoor, its likely a good load will not need to run no binder mags. Also, with the tikka, confirm how an AI sits in the mag well, but since it is a long action that uses different bolt stops, it might have plenty of room, especially with the CTRs running TRG mags which are essentially no binder AI length.</p><p></p><p>I'm also not an adherent to only having the bullet no deeper than the neck. I shoot a 6.5 Addiction (derived from the 6.5x55) and use a 147 ELD in that. My oal is 2.92 and my ogive is 2.275. I have a lot of bullet down in the case, and it is the most accurate rifle I have in my safe right now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRG65, post: 1889881, member: 103919"] My son and I each have a 6.5 Creedmoor. He has used his in PRS matches, and I will use mine at some point in gas gun. The OAL for his is 2.870 and works with Alpha mags with a binder plate. My OAL is only 2.805. Both loads are running 147ELD. To use non-binder mags, and ensure 100% performance and the ability to use long load, I have had to have my most of my rifles. My RPR didn't need anything. My Sako TRG had to have .020" taken off the front of the mag well. For my Rem 700s and clones, I got the LRI Arc Mag modification and it works like a charm. My wife's rem 700 6.5x47 (2.750 OAL) can run no binder mags now with that short length just fine. So you MAY need to have something done to run no binder mags, it will be rifle dependent, but with a 6.5 Creedmoor, its likely a good load will not need to run no binder mags. Also, with the tikka, confirm how an AI sits in the mag well, but since it is a long action that uses different bolt stops, it might have plenty of room, especially with the CTRs running TRG mags which are essentially no binder AI length. I'm also not an adherent to only having the bullet no deeper than the neck. I shoot a 6.5 Addiction (derived from the 6.5x55) and use a 147 ELD in that. My oal is 2.92 and my ogive is 2.275. I have a lot of bullet down in the case, and it is the most accurate rifle I have in my safe right now. [/QUOTE]
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