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Range Report 6.5 CM + 7/08 Factory ammo speeds in 20" barrels?

6.5BR

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What are you guys getting in 20" barrels with factory ammo?

Please list ammo, and if it's in a custom or factory tube. Thanks.
 
6.5 Creedmoor
Hornady 147 ELD-Match factory- 2638 fps avg
Black Hills 147 ELD-Match gold- 2600 fps avg

47.1gr RL26 under a 147 ELDM in Hornady cases @ 2.860" COAL, CCI 200- 2767 fps avg

21" 8 twist Brux #4 contour with a SRT XL Ti .30 can.
 
Thanks - good info, not bad at all for 21" and 147s. Sounds like a great combo and surely deadly as well as accurate.
 
Tikka CTR, 20" factory carbon steel barrel, Silencerco flash hider installed

Hornady 140gr BTHP American Gunner, 2583 fps avg, 2615 max, 2571 min, 12.9 SD, 10 shot string

Hornady 147gr ELD-M Match, 2603 avg, 2641 max, 2562 min, 25.2 SD, 10 shot string

Hornady 140gr ELD-M Match, 2610 avg, 2647 max, 2565 min, 27.9 SD, 10 shot string

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Tikka CTR, 20" factory carbon steel barrel, Silencerco Omega attached

Hornady 140gr BTHP American Gunner, 2506 fps avg, 2537 max, 2464 min, 25.4 SD, 10 shot string

Hornady 143gr ELD-X Precision Hunter, 2524 avg, 2550 max, 2507 min, 14.0 SD, 10 shot string

Hornady 140gr ELD-M Match, 2609 avg, 2654 max, 2574 min, 24.3 SD, 10 shot string

Hornady 129gr Interlock American Whitetail, 2547 avg, 2575 max, 2528 min, 19.0 SD, 5 shot string

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Ruger American Predator, 16.75" chopped factory carbon steel barrel, Silencerco Omega attached

Hornady 140gr ELD-M Match, 2478 avg, 2502 max, 2458 min, 21.1 SD, 5 shot string



**All velocities taken with a Magnetospeed V3 Chronograph.
 
Great info! Thanks much. What affects are typical with cans? Decrease in speed, or little change?