Wife bought me a new Savage!!

[Creedmoor shooter]

Right? And even quickload shows you can get into the 2900's+ with safe pressure and Reloder 26.

Yeah I ended up settling on 2945 fps. That was until I ran out of rl26 and since then its apparently fallen off the face of the earth so now I'm running rl-16 in the 2825 range

 

[codyadams]

Yeah I ended up settling on 2945 fps. That was until I ran out of rl26 and since then its apparently fallen off the face of the earth so now I'm running rl-16 in the 2825 range

If it was legal I would send you some. I have a pretty steady supply here where I'm at, we use it in my .260 AI and a couple 7mm mags,

 

[xsn10s]

Hornady most likely downloaded their ammo in case it was shot in an AR10. Common practice with ammo manufacturers. They've done that with 308 win and 30-06 as examples.

 

[Tidus56]

2800 is easily feasible with a 140 and a few different powders. RL-26 will take you just north of 3000.

 

[xsn10s]

Now normally I pick heavy for caliber bullets but in the case of the 6.5mm I'm reminded of Steve Timms, Chub Eastman, and Matt Smith using 120gr BT's and Matt using 100gr BT's in 6.5-280 AI and 6.5-06 AI to take big bull elk and Chub taking moose in Alaska. Not something I would feel comfortable doing, but those guys have killed more game then I will ever even come close to harvesting. Carry on, I'll make more popcorn

 

[codyadams]

Now normally I pick heavy for caliber bullets but in the case of the 6.5mm I'm reminded of Steve Timms, Chub Eastman, and Matt Smith using 120gr BT's and Matt using 100gr BT's in 6.5-280 AI and 6.5-06 AI to take big bull elk and Chub taking moose in Alaska. Not something I would feel comfortable doing, but those guys have killed more game then I will ever even come close to harvesting. Carry on, I'll make more popcorn

Ha ha right.

To add to the 6.5 thing, the 6.5x55 has taken ridiculous amounts of moose using 160 round nose bullets, for much much longer than the creed or nearly any other 6.5 has been around ha ha.

 

[xsn10s]

Ha ha right.

To add to the 6.5 thing, the 6.5x55 has taken ridiculous amounts of moose using 160 round nose bullets, for much much longer than the creed or nearly any other 6.5 has been around ha ha.

yup although my understanding is the moose over there more like the size of our elk. Which really shocks me about those guys shooting at really big bulls, and Canadian and Alaskan moose with those lighter Ballistic Tips. Me I think I'll stick to the 140gr bullets. But realistically I've yet to shoot farther than 125 yards at big game. I'm so out of shape I don't want to walk much farther to clean them and pack them out lol.

 

[35 Whelen]

My wife (and no yall can not have her ) View attachment 129468 bought me a new savage 10 sr le rifle in 6.5 creedmoor. Can't wait to put some rounds down the tube even if they are only break in rounds.

Nothing like a good wife that likes guns!!

 

[xsn10s]

Nothing like a good wife that likes guns!!

No argument there.

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

If it was legal I would send you some. I have a pretty steady supply here where I'm at, we use it in my .260 AI and a couple 7mm mags,

We had to "adapt" to our surroundings so now we're using h1000 and rl-25 in 300 win mag and 7mm rem mag

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

My wife has bought me 2 rifles and lots of reloading stuff so I cant complain

 

[ncwg2boatguy]

Hornady 140gr ELD with 42gr H4350 will get you where you need to be. RL16 will get you about 75 fps increase but with the B.C of the 140s that extra 75fps isn't even a factor.

 

[epoletna]

You didn't say if your wife has a sister.

Oops, I just read several pages I had not read previously. Sorry to repeat this.

 

[trophyhunter1000]

Wow!! I knew the 6.5 creedmoor was versatile but the amount of data yall have given is a lot to consume. I thank you all so much. Have any of yall had luck with the nosler spbt in 130? The reason I'm asking is my daughter bought me a box of 100.