6.5 creedmoor accuracy issues

[Hop]

I have a new PSA PA10 in 6.5CR and do not intend to "break it in". I'll let you know how she does soon.

 

[Goodcat]

for I may dip my toe into the 6.5CM waters...

My Ruger Precision in 6.5 CM, with a properly broken in factory barrel, velocity node testing, shoots 1/2 MOA all day at 200 yards, has grouped 10” at 1000 yards with wind and hit a 14” plate at a mile. If I do the “shoot 5x 3-shot groups and tell people about the best one” thing some do here, it mostly shoots 1/4 MOA. I recommend the 6.5CM.

 

[Hop]

I put 5 rounds through mine after the Revere's Riders mil-surp shoot today. I think PSA did a good job with this gun. I only had a 1-4x scope to slap on it but I was in the 1" square at 25 yards in just a few shots. More a function test, no time to take it out to 200. Functioned, fired, ejected just fine.

 

[teddy12b]

I have a new PSA PA10 in 6.5CR and do not intend to "break it in". I'll let you know how she does soon.

I'm absolutely interested in hearing about this. I have a PA10 complete lower just waiting for an upper. Part of me says get the 308 upper and part says go for accuracy with the 6.5cm. I'd love to get a better review of the accuracy they're capable of than what's out there on the PSA reviews.

 

[Hop]

It'll be a couple of weeks before I can try it at distance.

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[teddy12b]

Distance is one thing, but I'd like to see how it shoots at 100 yards just to get a gauge for it's level of accuracy.

 

[42769vette]

For what its worth, I do not do barrel breaking. I do shoot at least 50 rounds through the gun before getting serious about load development.

 

[Hohn]

For what its worth, I do not do barrel breaking. I do shoot at least 50 rounds through the gun before getting serious about load development.

Yeah, this. So much this.

There's no "breaking in" a gilding metal jacket is going to do to a hard 4150 or 416SS barrel.

What a lot of people think of a "break in" is really just "seasoning"-- like getting your cast iron skillet to be nice and non-stick.

The whole shoot-clean-shoot-clean nonsense is one of those persistent gun guy "bro wisdom" myths. Like learning nutrition info from the muscle head at the gym.


You want to season a barrel? Shoot it. Shoot it more. Clean it once you see a big change in accuracy.

 

[Rookie]

Update.

I ended up emailing Criterion, and their customer service has made me a loyal customer. I told them that I purchased their barrel, and I was having accuracy issues, but I was pretty certain the barrel wasn't the issue. I asked what I should try. Their response was amazing - send your upper to us and we'll figure it out. So, they sent me a label, covered shipping, looked it over, made some suggestions, test fired it, and shipped it back free of charge.

Improper headspace was the biggest problem, so I went with their suggestion and bought a high pressure bolt from Jp enterprise. They also suggested a different handguard as well as buffer weight.

Hopefully, I can get out this week to throw some more rounds through it.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Enjoying waiting for Rookies update...

We have a similar set up as HOP but with Burris glass & LaRue MBT. Ordering dies this week...

EDIT: Forgot to ask... what did they 'test fire' it with? Did you send some ammo to use or did they use their house loads or factory?

Thanks.

 

[Bigtanker]

That is awesome.

 

[phylodog]

That's great CS right there. Glad you got it straightened out.

 

[EGParatrooper]

Seems to put the holes where I point it.

 

[Rookie]

What program is that?

 

[EGParatrooper]

I use https://ontargetshooting.com/ That was a three shoot group, reload, and two more shots.

 

[Hop]

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Seems to put the holes where I point it.

Outstanding! Details on the gun please!

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Very nice. Details on the loads too please.

 

[EGParatrooper]

Custom build;
Mega Arms Monolithic receiver
Christensen Arms 20" carbon fiber barrel
APA "Lil' Bastard" muzzle brake
Harris bipod
Athlon Cronus BTR 4.5-29x56mm scope

Fun gun!

 

[EGParatrooper]

Factory Hornady 140gr ELD Match ammo

 

[EGParatrooper]

I'm starting to handload. 41.7gr Hodgdon 4350 with Hornady 140 ELD-M bullets, matches the factory load pretty well.