6.5 Creedmoor Brass

[darkker]

Dark i am just basing that number off of what i have heard from others.

Copy, If you go to the Creedmoor forum they REALLY run high pressure loads, and complain about brass being weak. I am considered the safety nazi there for saying they are over pressure....
The point in my posts there are that the brass isn't "at fault" for failing when loading beyond design.

There was an article recently done IIRC by Accurateshooter, anyway they did a "chop test" on barrel length. The Creedmoor it would appear is in the same boat as the 308, Any claims that you loose a fixed number of velocity per inch is false. There is a loss, but not nearly what gets touted online.

[Vanilla Gorilla]

m12lrs i am sure that i am blowing it out of proportion a little but the fact is that there is a lot of money involved to create a modified product which i am totally for. What i am not for is when things go wrong and the dollars add up fast. Sometimes it is just a little easier to swallow when you have someone with the experience to guide you along first hand instead of trying to replicate something that someone did on youtube.

Dark I am gonna build my loads to be accurate. I don't really care if they are considered a hot load or not as long as they produce the tightest groups.

[m12lrs]

m12lrs i am sure that i am blowing it out of proportion a little but the fact is that there is a lot of money involved to create a modified product which i am totally for. What i am not for is when things go wrong and the dollars add up fast. Sometimes it is just a little easier to swallow when you have someone with the experience to guide you along first hand instead of trying to replicate something that someone did on youtube.

Dark I am gonna build my loads to be accurate. I don't really care if they are considered a hot load or not as long as they produce the tightest groups.

yep

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[Vanilla Gorilla]

m12lrs thanks for the links. The PMA tools look super high end.

[m12lrs]

m12lrs thanks for the links. The PMA tools look super high end.

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[Newsshooter]

Dark i am just basing that number off of what i have heard from others.

Yep, lots have complained about the Hornady 6.5 brass, not sure if most have ever shot or reloaded it. I have 8 firings on some cases, can't remember the las time I tossed a case for loose primer pockets. I'm shooting about 2800 FPS.

[scope eye]

I cannot for the life of me seem to be able to form Creedmoor brass from 7-08 or 308 brass, and I have done some funky stuff in my time. They just come out looking like krapp are there certain steps or procedure to follow.

Dean

[m12lrs]

I cannot for the life of me seem to be able to form Creedmoor brass from 7-08 or 308 brass, and I have done some funky stuff in my time. They just come out looking like krapp are there certain steps or procedure to follow.

Dean

here is one guys method. he uses 308 brass. I intend to use 7mm08 to avoid neck turning.

https://youtu.be/N31hpsB4xD8

he grinds down a 308 die to bump the shoulder. I haven't done it yet but I intend to use a 6.5 creedmoor body die to move the shoulder back. And I won't be fireforming. just load them and shoot them and that will fireform them.

[scope eye]

OK I got it Thanks, and why is it that you can't use 260 brass, I read the diagram but could not see why it would not work.

Dean

[wbm]

Since the 6.5 Creedmoor started with Thompson 30 TC brass wouldn't it be more simple to go with that? Unless you just don't want to use Hornady brass.