Photos 6.5 Creedmoor finally complete!

[ANGLICOMarine]

The rifle:
My first decent attempt at the range with the 6.5 Creedmoor.
Specs:
Surgeon action
1-8 Lilja barrel
McCree stock
Nightforce 5.5-22x56
Badger rings
smithing done by Alan Warner
shooting 140 Amax

 

[300zero]

Re: 6.5 Creedmoor finally complete!

Thats a great looking rig! Let me know how it shoots. Looking to do the creedmor in the future.

 

[RobertB]

Re: 6.5 Creedmoor finally complete!

I bet it's a shooter. Sounds like a top notch rig from the components you named. Good luck with it.

 

[Koshy]

Re: 6.5 Creedmoor finally complete!

McRee in the house, what what!

 

[Rob01]

Re: 6.5 Creedmoor finally complete!

Looks nice. How long is the barrel and what twist?

 

[ANGLICOMarine]

Re: 6.5 Creedmoor finally complete!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Rob01</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Looks nice. How long is the barrel and what twist? </div></div>

It's a 26" 8 twist barrel...I actually had this build from a conversation you and I had at the 2009 TPRC in Arizona. I was originally going to build a 6.5 Lapua but lost so much brass that I decided to get this built instead.

 

[Rob01]

Re: 6.5 Creedmoor finally complete!

Good call on length and twist.

That is true about lost brass and alot of people don't think about it. Only had about 60 of the 180 or so I shot last weekend. That's alot of loss. I gave those 60 to an RO who had a Creedmoor and a good thing as my suitcase was 49.5lbs on the way home LOL

 

[MtnManCO]

Re: 6.5 Creedmoor finally complete!

Great looking gun! Bet it will shoot.