Getting ready to rebarrel my .308, leaning towards the 6.5 Creed over the .260 for optimum mag length seating. Any other manufacture offer brass for the Creed other than Hornady at this point?
6.5 Creedmoore Brass?
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Re: 6.5 Creedmoore Brass?
Nope they got the market cornered, but the supply is better then last summer..
Nope they got the market cornered, but the supply is better then last summer..
Re: 6.5 Creedmoore Brass?
BJ at 3rd Generation Shooting Supply has some in stock. He is a hide sponsor.
BJ at 3rd Generation Shooting Supply has some in stock. He is a hide sponsor.
Re: 6.5 Creedmoore Brass?
Hornady is all there is unfortunately. Kinda soft and i'm just not pleased with the brass cartridge performance is great. Would love to see Lapua make some brass for it.
Hornady is all there is unfortunately. Kinda soft and i'm just not pleased with the brass cartridge performance is great. Would love to see Lapua make some brass for it.
Re: 6.5 Creedmoore Brass?
I don't own a creedmoor but I wonder if you could just make it out of 6.5 x 47 lapua or 6 XC norma. The 6 XC is just a little longer than the 6.5 x 47 lapua but its easy to neck down the lapua and fireform it. The neck ends up a little short but it shoots fine. It looks like you could just neck up the norma brass and shoot it. You can also make 6 XC out of 22/250 brass and the neck ends up a little short. I don't know why this would not work with the creedmoor. 6 XC brass from SSS is a bargain.
John
I don't own a creedmoor but I wonder if you could just make it out of 6.5 x 47 lapua or 6 XC norma. The 6 XC is just a little longer than the 6.5 x 47 lapua but its easy to neck down the lapua and fireform it. The neck ends up a little short but it shoots fine. It looks like you could just neck up the norma brass and shoot it. You can also make 6 XC out of 22/250 brass and the neck ends up a little short. I don't know why this would not work with the creedmoor. 6 XC brass from SSS is a bargain.
John
Re: 6.5 Creedmoore Brass?
I wouldn't worry about Hornady 6.5 CM brass. I have a lot of it and it has served me well even under some pretty hot loads.
But, the more you guys shy away the better it is for us who shoot the 6.5 CM to get brass.
I wouldn't worry about Hornady 6.5 CM brass. I have a lot of it and it has served me well even under some pretty hot loads.
But, the more you guys shy away the better it is for us who shoot the 6.5 CM to get brass.
Re: 6.5 Creedmoore Brass?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SagebrushShooter</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So... My options are Hornady or go with the .260 yeah? </div></div>
No... you can fire-form 6.5 CM brass from Lapua .22-250 cases using COW method easily enough. Finished cases will have a shorter neck than factory 6.5 CM brass, but it really shouldn't make much difference. Then you have nice Lapua brass with tight Lapua primer pockets... how much difference it'll actually make on target is up for debate.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SagebrushShooter</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So... My options are Hornady or go with the .260 yeah? </div></div>
No... you can fire-form 6.5 CM brass from Lapua .22-250 cases using COW method easily enough. Finished cases will have a shorter neck than factory 6.5 CM brass, but it really shouldn't make much difference. Then you have nice Lapua brass with tight Lapua primer pockets... how much difference it'll actually make on target is up for debate.
Re: 6.5 Creedmoore Brass?
The pressures that factory 6.5 CM runs at promote long brass life. The box published load shoots really well in a lot of rifles and is about 53.5ksi for the standard published chamber.
At this point I see no reason to go through the hoops of forming brass unless you can't find it at all. The Hornady stuff for me is shooting great. The first rounds I put through my rifle were just the 140 Amax loads published on the back of the box, they were shooting sub 1/2 MOA at 600yd. With a little tuning the rifle is shooting even better, the only brass prep I did was to run the cases through the case mouth chamfer, and load them up.
The pressures that factory 6.5 CM runs at promote long brass life. The box published load shoots really well in a lot of rifles and is about 53.5ksi for the standard published chamber.
At this point I see no reason to go through the hoops of forming brass unless you can't find it at all. The Hornady stuff for me is shooting great. The first rounds I put through my rifle were just the 140 Amax loads published on the back of the box, they were shooting sub 1/2 MOA at 600yd. With a little tuning the rifle is shooting even better, the only brass prep I did was to run the cases through the case mouth chamfer, and load them up.
