At this point, groups hovered around 0.8" to 1.2" with factory ammo and the 140-grain BTHP hand loads. As the throat wore in, the groups opened up across the board. Note: before swapping all that out, there were several range trips to continue breaking in the rifle. We added the XRS enclosed forend ARCA rail for some added stability and modularity. I topped it (tipped it?) off with the MDT Elite Muzzle brake. After changing the trigger, I dropped the barreled action into MDTs budget-friendly XRS Chassis System. I pulled the barreled action and swapped the factory trigger for the Geissele Super 700 taken off the 6GT build. The rifle did have a threaded muzzle to which I would attach a brake. If I needed a slick hunting rifle, the B14 in its current state would be fine, but I wanted a legit precision rifle. It also lacks the modularity that I have become accustomed to with chassis systems. The stock is light, lacks grip adjustments, and the forend is slim. You might ask, "why would you bother changing anything at that point?" Well, the Bergara B14 is not the most comfortable gun to shoot, being that it has essentially an improved hunting stock. I thought it was a fluke, so I loaded up 9 more rounds just to see what would happen…. I then shot a couple 3 round groups while cleaning in between and then got to the last two 5 round groups. I did the typical "clean between rounds" for the first couple of shots while zeroing the optic. I wasn't concerned with the loads being dialed in because this was just a break-in period. The ammo I was using was the leftover hand loads for the DPMS/AR10 project, mildly loaded 140 grain Hornady BTHP and 142 grain Sierra Matchkings on top of 41.5 grains of H4350. Before making any modifications, I wanted to get some baseline data, so I threw on a Primary Arms PLx 6-30x Mil-Dot scope and a bipod and headed to the 100-yard range. 300 Win Mag, and I loved everything about it… except the cartridge. I decided I would buy a factory 6.5 Creedmoor and slowly improve it to something unrecognizable. Time to change that, but there's a catch. Except for.308, I have never fully committed myself to a high-performance commercially available viable precision round. 308 to different 6mm cartridges and the awesome 6.5x47mm Lapua. The gas gun was more of an experiment that spent some time in the back of the safe before it was ultimately sold.Īs I fall deeper and deeper into the abyss that is precision rifle shooting, I have used everything from. Aside from the AR10, I wasn't shooting them to any distance, so they got traded away. I've had a few in the past Ruger American Hunter, Mossberg MVP LC, and a DPMS Panther that was re-barreled with a Criterion 6.5 CR pipe. So why are we talking about this? Because, internally, I wanted to know why I currently don't have a 6.5 Creedmoor in my safe. What that means for the end-user: more ammo availability.
In the big picture: more and more manufacturers will be ramping up cartridge production to try to win that lucrative government contract. Great for hunting and precision rifle work.Īnd to round it all off, it looks like the military will be switching over to it.It shoots further, faster, and flatter.308 win does and improves on it for the most part: After pondering that statement for a few minutes, it made sense. 223 rem/5.56x45mm NATO, 6.5 Creedmoor is the most popular cartridge in the country. It was brought to my attention that aside from. I recently listened to a podcast where the main focus was custom ammo manufacturing.
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