6mm Creedmoor with 1-14 twist
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If you do a creedmoor you’re going to want a short throat. The saami chamber throat will be really long for the light bullets. You will be ok with 65gr and lighter bullets. You should be able to get 3750 fps+ with 65s. I would load the 58gr vmax to be on the safe side. You should be around 4000 fps with the 58s. I have an 18” 6 creedmoor with a short throat and it is a fun rifle for coyotes.
Hate to say it man, but that gunsmith saw you coming a mile away... He just got rid of a shitty twist barrel blank he'd never be able to sell, for something he could use. These days people use modern twists like 1:7 to 1:8 for .22 caliber centerfires... He probably ordered that a long time ago for a customer who realized his twist rate order screwup, and never paid him for it, and it's been collecting dust ever since. Then he convinced you it would work fine for what you want, and now he's gotten rid of a blank he'd never be able to sell to a customer in 2024.
Unless you ONLY ever want to shoot light bullets, in which case 65's or less and you'd be ok at good velocities for coyotes.
Unless you ONLY ever want to shoot light bullets, in which case 65's or less and you'd be ok at good velocities for coyotes.
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Benchrest guns fire a 65 to 68 grain bullet in 6mm barrels with a 14 twist.
Big difference between 100, 300 & 600 yard bullet selection.
Seems silly not to chamber it in 243 or a benchrest cartridge if you never want to use factory ammunition.
Seems silly not to chamber it in 243 or a benchrest cartridge if you never want to use factory ammunition.
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The 14t will handle bullets up to 75gr without issue, regardless what the stability factor calculators say.
I have 3 14tw 6mms and one in 13.5tw.
The 6 PPC, the 6 BR and a 6-250 are 14tw. One BR is a 13.5.
If you're going to chamber your barrel in 6 Creed, use 6-250 data if you can't find what you need.
If it was my rifle, I'd just go with a 6-BR.
I have 3 14tw 6mms and one in 13.5tw.
The 6 PPC, the 6 BR and a 6-250 are 14tw. One BR is a 13.5.
If you're going to chamber your barrel in 6 Creed, use 6-250 data if you can't find what you need.
If it was my rifle, I'd just go with a 6-BR.
Short range benchrest rifles generally use the 6mm PPC cartridge.
The 6PPC is the king in short range benchrest, 6BR just cant hang with the PPC but at long range the 6BR with heavy
bullets will outclass a 6PPC.
bullets will outclass a 6PPC.
Yeah, inside 300yds a 6ppc destroys a 6br. Also, inside 300, most br shooters use a flat base 65-68 as it's more accurate than a bt.
