Thread: 6.5 Creedmoor... 123 or 130 or 140?

I'd go 140gr +. They maybe slower than 120gr but they will be better in wind, and wind is generally the problem at longer range especially if you have a good consistent load that doesn't have to much vertical dispersion. Just finished load development with my Tikka 6.5CM yesterday. Running 147gr ELD-M's loaded 15 thou off the lands (LTO = 2.310"), they just fit in the mag at that. According to my chrony they are running at 2,690fps (although it generally seems to read slow amd I prefer to use actual drop info to back calculate velocity) with an ES of 17 fps and SD of 6.7 fps. Lapua brass, CCI450 primers and Norma URP powder.

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Originally Posted by The Claw

I'd go 140gr +. They maybe slower than 120gr but they will be better in wind, and wind is generally the problem at longer range especially if you have a good consistent load that doesn't have to much vertical dispersion. Just finished load development with my Tikka 6.5CM yesterday. Running 147gr ELD-M's loaded 15 thou off the lands (LTO = 2.310"), they just fit in the mag at that. According to my chrony they are running at 2,690fps (although it generally seems to read slow amd I prefer to use actual drop info to back calculate velocity) with an ES of 17 fps and SD of 6.7 fps. Lapua brass, CCI450 primers and Norma URP powder.

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So in your bedroom, on the wallpaper above the headboard you have ......sheep, ?

Originally Posted by sneeze

So in your bedroom, on the wallpaper above the headboard you have ......sheep, ?

Huh? I'm a bit slow today...

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