I went to Academy and held it and looked at the scope mounts on it .
Front one was not level across the top as the rear one.. but not too far off.
Not a deal breaker at all as it could be fixed as there may be a bit of slack in the screw holes.
I thought the barrel was thicker than it is ..Looks like it in pictures with the threaded muzzle protector on it.
But that muzzle thread protector is thin wall.
Now I do not want a 22" barrel that is thin. I am not going to use anything on that threaded end.
I looked at some reviews of that 6.5 vs a few others and it is not special by any means.
But the deal breaker was 22" and the velocity.
Seems the 120gr will do better to 1000 than the 140+ gr loads.
But I know handloading can wring good things out of a load.
Anyone have a Creedmoor with 22" barrel?
What velocities do you get.
Not that I am about Velocities as much as accuracy.
But I feel my 30-06 that holds under 5" at 500 yards with 155 A max will get the job done just as well for hunting anything I need to hunt.
I did some trajectory calculations and looks like to 1000 yards my 3000 fps with the 30-06 will match the 6.5 with 22" barrel.
Nothing to gain I suppose.
I do have one very accurate load with 155 palma bullet in that 30-06 that is 176 fps faster but it sucks at killing . It pencils right through.
The 155A max does not do that.
Front one was not level across the top as the rear one.. but not too far off.
Not a deal breaker at all as it could be fixed as there may be a bit of slack in the screw holes.
I thought the barrel was thicker than it is ..Looks like it in pictures with the threaded muzzle protector on it.
But that muzzle thread protector is thin wall.
Now I do not want a 22" barrel that is thin. I am not going to use anything on that threaded end.
I looked at some reviews of that 6.5 vs a few others and it is not special by any means.
But the deal breaker was 22" and the velocity.
Seems the 120gr will do better to 1000 than the 140+ gr loads.
But I know handloading can wring good things out of a load.
Anyone have a Creedmoor with 22" barrel?
What velocities do you get.
Not that I am about Velocities as much as accuracy.
But I feel my 30-06 that holds under 5" at 500 yards with 155 A max will get the job done just as well for hunting anything I need to hunt.
I did some trajectory calculations and looks like to 1000 yards my 3000 fps with the 30-06 will match the 6.5 with 22" barrel.
Nothing to gain I suppose.
I do have one very accurate load with 155 palma bullet in that 30-06 that is 176 fps faster but it sucks at killing . It pencils right through.
The 155A max does not do that.