6.5 Creedmoor Brass and ammo Out of stock everywhere

hawk-i said:
Jerry, I've been using 18gr of HP3 to fire form my 22-250 Lapua cases....it leaves a nicely formed shoulder but I end up with an interior bump or donut on the inside bottom of the neck. I can load 140 VLD's long enough to just miss seating onto the bump.

I've ordered a 6.5 pilot reamer to remove this inside bump so hoping that will work....any Ideas? Thanks
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Anytime you expand a case where the shoulder of the parent case ends up in the neck of the new one, there will be extra brass in the form of a donut.

I use a Lee collet neck die which pushes the excess brass to the outside and then outside neck turn... problem all gone.

you can preempt this problem by outside neck turning the parent case well into the shoulder where the donut brass would originate.

Far easier then the bushing neck die, expander, inside reamer routine most use.

YMMV

Jerry
 
After posting about the Canadian Tire in Rocky, I received a small flurry of PM's about location etc of the 6.5. I'd since went back and got two more boxes of 129 SST, and the sales rep in the gun section tells me he'd received a pile of phone calls about 6.5 availability, and some guy was driving down from 2 hours away! Also, there is now only 2 boxes of 129 SST left, but there was still 10-12 boxes of the 140gr match, and the 120gr SST. They also have a pile of the 129gr SST bullets if you handload.
 
Considering the enormous amount of 6.5 RugerPR buyers in Canada and the US, it's not surprising the round is in demand, but it's a bolt action round, how many are you really going through unless you're shooting regularly all the time? I get there's a few other gun makers who have styled their rifles in 6.5 as well, but I think the RPR really set off the demand. And seen as how Hornady has the patent, will there ever be alternate makers of that round, I doubt it.
All kinds of 'fancy new thing' surrounding the 6.5 hype that's for sure.
 
As soon as I put my preorder in for the first batch of Rifles I bought as many components as possible...glad I did that as Im not seeing much around either
 
I have LOTS of creedmoor brass. New and single fired. Feel free to reach out if you need some. My caliber of choice so I stocked up.
 
Been shooting for years but new to the Precision Rifle game so this is a question not a statement. When considering to purchase a new firearm one of the first questions I ask is availability of ammo or respective components. Reading a forum like this only re-enforces that belief. Does the performance of the round outweigh the benefit of actually being able to locate ammo and firing that rifle? Traditionally I have stuck with the most common calibers (.22 .223. 308. 9mm 40mm 45mm) and have never had an issue locating ammo but if the performance was worth the extra leg work than I can see the argument. What am I missing by sticking to the stuff that's as plan as muck?? Any thoughts?

Nate
 
Really depend on what kind of precision you are looking for... If you shoot 200-300Y max, there won't be a real noticeable difference...

If you are looking for 700+ yards, the 6.5MM creedmoor will really help. It has a flatter trajectory and is less influenced by the Wind. In competition, everybody was shooting 6mm or 7mm but since the 6.5 came in, most people will migrate to it as the round was developped for long range competition shooting.

Components (bullets, primers and powder) are really easy to find, but for brass not sure what's happening right now... You can always convert other brass from similar cases if you are really desperate (in this example 308 or 22-250) but I'm not there yet... Still slushy outside with melting snow and water on the range... In a couple of weeks, if I still haven't found brass, I will make some by converting other caliber brass...

So to answer your question, yes, if you are in Long Range precision shooting, you are missing Something by staying with the 308 ;) If not, shooting long range, you are better with staying in 223 and 308. Less trouble and less expensive :)
 
I had to cancel my 6.5 RPR today for this exact reason. No ammo anywhere to be found in the Lower Mainland (I've been looking since Dec), and I can't find any brass to reload with. I refuse to have a $1700 rifle sitting in a safe just looking pretty. I'd rather put that money towards another Upper for my M4 or buy a CSA 58 when they start showing up at my FLGS.
 
I was in North Pro Sports in Saskatoon today and he has a set of Hornady 6.5 Creedmoor dies and around 8 boxes of loaded ammunition....believe it was Hornady 120g AMax. No brass though
 
DUC_Dali said:
Considering the enormous amount of 6.5 RugerPR buyers in Canada and the US, it's not surprising the round is in demand, but it's a bolt action round, how many are you really going through unless you're shooting regularly all the time? I get there's a few other gun makers who have styled their rifles in 6.5 as well, but I think the RPR really set off the demand. And seen as how Hornady has the patent, will there ever be alternate makers of that round, I doubt it.
All kinds of 'fancy new thing' surrounding the 6.5 hype that's for sure.
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Huh?

Besides Hornady, Winchester, Prime, Desert Tech, Copper Creek, Nosler, etc. all make loaded ammunition for 6.5 creedmoor....
 
Herrick said:
I didn't know about the hornady patent...

Strangely, Nosler have brass and ammunition in 6.5 Creedmoor http://www.nosler.com/65-creedmoor/
I guess Hornady maybe gave them a license to manufacture them or something
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Well, since Nosler doesn't manufacture their own brass, I'm guessing it's rebranded, weight sorted Hornady.

One thing I have noticed is, like a few have mentioned, there is factory loads at most CT's that I frequent when I road trip across ONT.
 
Loyalist said:
Well, since Nosler doesn't manufacture their own brass, I'm guessing it's rebranded, weight sorted Hornady.

One thing I have noticed is, like a few have mentioned, there is factory loads at most CT's that I frequent when I road trip across ONT.
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Winchester and Norma are both making their own brass for the 6.5 creedmoor.
 
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