I hope your 6.5’s have been better than mine.
I did recently get a 6.5 Creedmoor that I haven’t taken out for a spin yet.
6 Likes
.260 Rem in a 1:8" twist Savage Model 11. Since this image I added a SWEET Leupold 44mm, 3-15x VX-5HD with FireDot and the elevation turret machined for my specific load and geographic elevation. I seldom use the 10 round mag anymore (made from a German G3 magazine) and use the (better for hunting) button release 4-round magazines.
7 Likes
I have 2 Creedmoors and 4 Grendels.
From what I have read other places those CBC barrels SUCK. Dont know for sure they suck but i have seen several bad reviews of their barrels.
5 Likes
Don’t have either. My FFL shooting buddy back North built a 6.5 Grendel. Ended up blowing the thing up (literally). He looked at his reloads and noted that he used a slightly heavier bullet than in the book (like 2-3 gr) and attributed the blow-up to that. I’m skeptical. No gun should blow on slight overloads. It was an AR platform, but while not as strong as a bolt, it ought to tolerate small discrepancies.
Q is playing with a 6.5 BLK on an AR-10 frame basically, but engineered to be AR-15 sized. Magwell gives it away. Suppressed. Sounds like a hoot, but don’t know about ammo and cost.
4 Likes
Yeah, that ain’t what done it. he had something else wrong.
6 Likes
I’ve had bullets shoved deeper into the casing while training double-feed malfunctions. Thankfully I didn’t fire them, and there was no damage to my gun.
Maybe his bullet didn’t feed so smoothly and got shoved in deeper into the case than it should have been? With less room for the burnt powder to expand into, maybe that could have caused overpressure and a blow-out?
3 Likes
I shoot a Dakota Arms Predator for prairie dogs. It shoots a .20 Tactical round. I load about 25 gr of powder and seat the bullet just off the lands. It is WAY overpressured. And I never have have a barrel explode. I usually work up the load until the bolt is hard to open, then back off about 0.2 gr. I don’t think setting the bullet back some will blow up a decent barrel.
3 Likes
I have this 260 Rem and a 6.5 Grendel with a Carbon fiber barrel, neither have had a round out of them yet.
I shot the shit out of a 6.5 Grendel pistol for a good bit but gave it to a Grandson to SBR when the free stamps were offered… I kinda liked what it offered in that small package but the carbon fiber barrel has an even better balanced swing, hope it shoots.
6 Likes
Thats a looker 
2 Likes