Originally posted by cwd500
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Barrel length on 6.5 Creedmoor
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I run both of my 6.5CM's suppressed, the 20" bbl RAR compact shoots 140 Hornady Black at 2550fps, handloaded 143 ELDx's at 2525fps. The 22" bbl Savage I just chrono'd over the weekend running factory Hornady Precision Hunter 143 ELDx at 2640fps. I'll create a handload for it over the winter. With the suppressor, the 22" Savage is about all the length I'd want to deal with in a box blind, and the Ruger is just "OK". I kind of wish I would have gone with the Bergara I was considering with the 18" bbl, but was concerned about bolt shroud issues I learned of with it. Looking at my ballistics app, the 2640fps factory ELDx out of the 22" bbl drops below 1000 ft/lbs of energy after 650yards, so be mindful that shorter barrels/lower velocity will reduce that figure more.
Stu
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I try to get rifles as short as possible since I only shoot suppressed. Thus, I would love a 16", but both my 6.5CM are 18" and they have plenty of velocity to kill everything I've shot at. Granted the furthest shot at a whitetail was 327yds and he was DRT with a clean pass thru quartered away. Anyway, I'm very happy with 18".
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Originally posted by TxAg View PostI cut mine from 24" to 22". And then down to 18".
It's super handy at 18" but only shooting 2400 fps using 143 gr Hornady eld-x.
I kinda wish I had left it at 22", but I'm not sure how fast it was at that length
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