6.5 Creedmoor recipe

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Hello, I’ve recently purchased a tikka t3x ctr in 6.5 a couple months ago. I’ve been blown away by the accuracy with factory ammo and even get sub moa groups with hunting ammo. I’ve shot enough to have a nice little stash of brass and want to start exploring and testing some different recipes. I’d like to hear what you guys have had luck with. Just looking for an all purpose round really. One I can take to the range and clap that steel while still being about to take it out hunting. Thanks!!
 
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This should shoot really good, and may require small tweaking for your rifle:

- 42.5 grains H4350
- Lapua brass
- CCI BR4 primers
- 140 Berger Hybrids, seating ~20 thou off the lands

Shoots 2830 fps in my 24" barrel. ~1/3 MOA. Sub 20 ES and sub 5 SD.

From what I've seen, lots of other people are using similar recipes with really good success.

I would shoot a charge/velocity ladder to make sure you are not seeing any pressures with a charge such as this.
 
My CTR Creedmoor favours IMR 4350 over H4350. Here is my load:
Alpha SR primer Brass/41.7 gr IMR 4350/CCI 450 primer/143 eld-x

My wife shot her mule deer buck last fall at 150 yards high in the neck with this load. When I de boned the deer there was broken blood vessels in the tops of both shoulders so it hit with some good energy!
 
Barrel: 25" 1:8"
Brass: Lapua
Bullet: Lapua Scenar-L 136gr
Primer: CCI BR4
Powder: Varget
Charge: 37.2gr
COAL ogive measurement: 2.281" (.010" jump)
Velocity: 2715fps (21deg C)
 
I also have a Tikka CTR in 6.5CM and for me the best bullets have been the Sierra 142 gr. MatchKing followed by the Hornady 140 gr. ELD-M. The 143 gr. ELD-X has also worked pretty well. I seat the bullets about 0.020" off the lands and it works well enough that I haven't had to experiment with jumping them. I've experimented with the Nosler 140 gr. RDF and the Nosler 142 gr. AccuBond Long Range, but the two Nosler bullets haven't performed very well for me over various charges and seating depths. I have some 140 gr. AccuBond bullets that I wanna try since I use them in my 270 for hunting and I trust those bullets to do their job on the business end; I'm also gonna experiment with the Hornady 140 gr. BTHP Match once I liberate some brass.

As for Powders, my go-to is H4350. I've also had good results with Reloder 17 but I reckon I need a "summer load" and a "winter load" for best results. I've tried reduced recoil loads with H4895 and had good results at 100m but I don't think they're zesty enough to go super far. I also have a pound of Reloder 16 to test; probably gonna try it in 270 and 6.5CM and see what happens.
 
That’s good to hear! I’ve been having a lot of great luck with the Hornady ELD match bullets factory and am printing 5” groups at 700. I’m going to try to replicate those but also want to try to make a very accurate hunting load using Hornady bullets and h4350. I think I’ve got a pretty good idea of charge weight I’ll test for now.
 
144 Berger LR Hybrid and 47 grains of rl26 2800fps out of my 24” Hells canyon armoury barrel.
About 3/8 moa at 200yards. I’ve shoot the load out to 1100yards
Rl26 shouldn’t work work in the creedmoor but it works very well.
 
OP: I’ve been getting stellar results with the following in my 24” CTR,

147gr ELD-M
42.5gr H4350 (work your way up, this is a touch hot when the weather is warm)
CCI 41 primers
Lapua SR brass (would recommend no other brass)

COAL is approx 2.925” (mag length)
CBTO 2.239”

Velocity is 2700fps +-

This load is performing well for me out past 1000yds. My data shows this combo won’t hit transonic (1300fps) until around 1400yds.

5 shots at 100yds

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10 shots

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