6.5 Creedmoor Peak

[Forkyfinder]

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The great thing about the modern age of cheaper chronographs is we dont have to believe fudd science on what velocities will be.

Do you mean actually shooting and calculating without a chrono was "fudd"? I agree the new tech is nice. But it also leads to some shooters not knowing crap about ballistics. mtmuley
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Noo - ironically muley i did it that way myself.

Just the theories on the net out there that it wont have the gains. 80k psi is going to gain you speed.

 

[mtmuley]

Do you mean actually shooting and calculating without a chrono was "fudd"? I agree the new tech is nice. But it also leads to some shooters not knowing crap about ballistics. mtmuley

Noo - ironically muley i did it that way myself.

Just the theories on the net out there that it wont have the gains. 80k psi is going to gain you speed.
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And possibly a whole lot of wear and tear on a rifle. I agree the concept is intriguing, just a bit new for forming an opinion. Besides, I got a RUM. mtmuley

 

[DFS]

How is 80k psi not harder on barrels?

 

[Redmt]

All these hyper-velocites it would seem would just end up with more blood shot meat with a less than accurate shot?
I'm thinking about a comparison between say a .308 and a .300 Webby Magnum. How dead does the animal have to be?

 

[Forkyfinder]

How is 80k psi not harder on barrels?

Not these ones.

 

[TheTone]

Funny to me that some of federal ads for these are guys in hardwood forests and sitting in treestands. Definitely need the fastest, most flat shooting rounds available for shooting eastern whitetails at close range

 

[mtmuley]

Sliders are buying this by the case. mtmuley

 

[brockel]

How is 80k psi not harder on barrels?

Or bolt thrust. Not that 99% of shooters would shoot enough to wear one out anyways

 

[BenP]

All these hyper-velocites it would seem would just end up with more blood shot meat with a less than accurate shot?
I'm thinking about a comparison between say a .308 and a .300 Webby Magnum. How dead does the animal have to be?

I have a friend at work that shoots a 6.5 PRC reloads that push the max velocities. It does great on the black bears but when he shows me the whitetails I just think about all the lost meat from that gun that doesn't have to be.

 

[mtmuley]

Or bolt thrust. Not that 99% of shooters would shoot enough to wear one out anyways

Bet that is what Federal is counting on. Still, uncharted territory. mtmuley

 

[brockel]

Bet that is what Federal is counting on. Still, uncharted territory. mtmuley

Can only imagine when someone tosses one into an AR10

 

[Forkyfinder]

Or bolt thrust. Not that 99% of shooters would shoot enough to wear one out anyways

Bolt thrust isnt that much more than 6.5 prc because of below.

Case-wise yes, that should be doable.

Without having any inside info, I suspect it’s an action issue. A standard bolt face action (30-06, 308, Creed) is less stressed than a magnum bolt face action, all else being equal. So, the standard bolt face actions have some spare strength so you can turn up the pressure on them without the same level of risk as you’d have with a magnum bolt face. Probably why the 7 Backcountry is what it is, and not a shorter fatter case.

 

[MThuntr]

Still not better than the 77TMK

There have been guys sizing the 277 fury hybrid brass to 6.5 Creedmoor for awhile and getting similar performance.

 

[Redmt]

Sliders are buying this by the case. mtmuley

What's a slider?

 

[Outlaw99]

What's a slider?

A Rokslider. Get with the program!!! lol

 

[Carl]

Think it could accelerate throat erosion? mtmuley

With a conventional barrel, for sure.

The new Proof rifling might be unique enough that they die in a different manner, but my guess is they’ll wear out faster with 80ksi loads than 62ksi ones just like the rest. Time will tell.

 

[Redmt]

A Rokslider. Get with the program!!! lol

I never watched that program!! I'm good with being banned from one forum at a time.

 

[TheTone]

With a conventional barrel, for sure.

The new Proof rifling might be unique enough that they die in a different manner, but my guess is they’ll wear out faster with 80ksi loads than 62ksi ones just like the rest. Time will tell.

Have you shot one yet?