Anyone shoot cast in 6.5 Creedmoor?

[Brother_Love]

I’ve come to love this caliber and it is accurate as can be with jacketed but I’m thinking of trying cast. I wanted to see if anyone else and what your results were.
Thank you

 

[waco]

Just 140gr Hor. ELD's in mine so far. H4350 with hits out to 1250 yards.

 

[fiver]

I know a Guy.
he has had pretty good luck with the Saeco 140, and slower milsurp powder. [WC-840 airc]
he is also making his own Gas checks.

 

[Spindrift]

No creedmoor here, but I have the NOE 266-140-fn creedmoor mold
http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/index.php?cPath=27_523&osCsid=vtd8at4119fqlrjp1m5bge96o7

I have the four cavity version, that creates a mountain of beautiful bullets in no time.
Planning the very first test in the 6,5x55 this weekend. Will report results when I have some experience with it.
I really like the look of that bullet.

 

[Bruce Drake]

Been shooting both a 100gr and a 120gr polycoated cast bullet load with a bolt rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor. works nicely with the slower powders but I've only shot it out to 100 yards..
Starting to develop a load for my AR10 so by next spring I hope to have some more load data by then.

 

[RBHarter]

I shot some 260-120 FP NOEs paper patched in a 264 WM .
I didn't get anywhere near the cartridge potential but 4/6 on a 18" circle gong at 400 yd in an FN 98 Musketeer made me all warm and fuzzy .
I would guess about 14-1500 fps on 14-15 gr of Unique . I wrote the data down but no reference to source but it called for 14-26 gr which is about a max load for an 1 1/4 12 ga .

 

[Sig556r]

Just my $0.02.
Got the 6.5CM in both bolt & AR10 with the idea of maximizing velocity & energy of high BC bullets at flatter trajectory as claimed by Hornady.
To use slower & lower BC cast bullet seems counter-intuitive to the cartridge design intent, but surely will address the issue of premature barrel wear usually encountered with this round. Same is true with the Grendel.
Its like slowing down a 22-250 or even a .223 to be able to use cast boolits.
Again, just my 2 cents.

 

[Ian]

The myth that CBs have to be BC-limited has been "busted" for over a decade, you just need to change your thinking from the traditional myopia of low-velocity, flat-point cast bullet designs. Dan of Mountain Molds has pushed 6mm and 7mm spire-point cast bullets over 3K fps with 2-MOA consistent accuracy, and measured very high BC via dual chronographs. I have no doubt that coated, cast bullets would nearly equal flat-base jacketed performance in the 6.5 CM, only giving up performance to the VLD boat-tail designs at extremely long range.

 

[Sig556r]

The myth that CBs have to be BC-limited has been "busted" for over a decade, you just need to change your thinking from the traditional myopia of low-velocity, flat-point cast bullet designs. Dan of Mountain Molds has pushed 6mm and 7mm spire-point cast bullets over 3K fps with 2-MOA consistent accuracy, and measured very high BC via dual chronographs. I have no doubt that coated, cast bullets would nearly equal flat-base jacketed performance in the 6.5 CM, only giving up performance to the VLD boat-tail designs at extremely long range.

No doubt about it Ian, I may even try that if it'll extend barrel life. My point is using slower CBs on a high velocity round, not limiting the potential of hard cast high BC CBs.

 

[fiver]

the biggest hurdle to the little-middle bores has been the designs.
your stuck in a take it or leave it situation with the designs, and up until recently the 6.5's have almost all been mil-surp type rifles with such varying throat and groove diameters no one could agree on what a design should look like.
IF someone were to build a decent 6.5 bullet it would probably still have to be cartridge specific.
and even at that gun type specific... you'd end up with 10 takers for each type.

 

[RBHarter]

the biggest hurdle to the little-middle bores has been the designs.
your stuck in a take it or leave it situation with the designs, and up until recently the 6.5's have almost all been mil-surp type rifles with such varying throat and groove diameters no one could agree on what a design should look like.
IF someone were to build a decent 6.5 bullet it would probably still have to be cartridge specific.
and even at that gun type specific... you'd end up with 10 takers for each type.

I'll second the fit issues . I have 4 , 6.5 moulds now I think and only one is even close to fitting the rifle. Which may have been why I papered the 260-120 .

 

[Bruce Drake]

I have four 6.5 molds: 100gr Ideal 266305; Lyman 125gr 266455; 140gr Lyman 266469 and the LEE custom 6.5 170gr Cruise Missile FN mold. All are GC designed but only the 266469 is still made by Lyman on a regular basis.

I use the 100-125gr molds for my Grendel and Creedmoor rifles. The 140 and 170gr bullets for my 6.5 Arisaka, 260 Rem and 6.5x55 Swedish rifles.

I think the caliber is perfect for mid-weight rifles that can handle everything from varmints to moose/bear.

 

[Tom]

Hey, Bruce, did you ever get that 266305 to work well for you?

 

[Brother_Love]

Thanks for all the input but I decided against the 6.5. I want a small caliber but I did not like the Compass after I handled it.

 

[JWFilips]

Brother,
My buddy Ed has but I'm waiting on his input.
I do know it had to do with a seating issue and wasn't his best shooting
Jim

 

[Rcmaveric]

Finnally got the .260 Rem shooting. Its been a quest. The NOE 6.5mm 140gr bullet is what it likes to shoot. Velocity is limited to 1500 fps for consistent accuracy which was excellent in my opinion. The .260 Rem and creedmoor are similar. I plan on using for deer hunting.