6.5 Creedmoor

[Belt Fed]

I recently bought a Aero Precision upper and handguard and for a 6.8 SPC build and the handguard did not have the barrel nut, now it a proprietery and i took it back and they couldn't find it, i took the upper too as i have no need for just a gold upper.  they told me well we can give you money back or we can make you a really good trade. i said lets hear about the trade. he said you pick something and i'll make it worth your trouble. 

 

So i pick out this AR 10 reciever set, i knew he had a creedmoor barrel i wanted. this barrel is huge and heavy. it's used but looks like a new one  inside and out. the stock is off another gun and absolutely look s new. the bolt is used but with very little wear. wasn't used much. Maybe a lot to some but i'm gonna have about 700 total in this build. Now that's not counting a scope, which i already have. Upper is Aero and lower is ballistic advantage

 

[Armed Eye Doc]

Nice setup.

[98Z5V]

As @Magwa says, "Good Trade!"...   

[Cunuckgaucho]

3D jigsaw puzzle 

[Belt Fed]

Started this heavy beast at 4 this morning.

 

[98Z5V]

Looks good!  That eye relief work for you?

[Belt Fed]

Yeah, i need it back farther or it don't focus for me

[98Z5V]

We need to work on your neck, then.  Something is wrong with your neck...   

[Belt Fed]

3 hours ago, 98Z5V said:

Something is wrong with your neck... 

Yep, it's attached to a terrible lookin head and an old ancient body. 🤣

[Magwa]

3 hours ago, Belt Fed said:

Yep, it's attached to a terrible lookin head and an old ancient body. 🤣

yeah these young bucks just don't get us old farts all our $hit is worn out and falling off the bus but! we still get it done!

[Belt Fed]

Well i took the Creedmoor and the 22 ARC to shoot, the 6.5 kept hanging up in the chamber. think it needs polishing. it did group well on the ones i did shoot. no pics though. now i picked up the 22 ARC ammo they ordered for me and it was the match.

so i remembered what @98Z5V said it wouldn't run and thought oh boy. anyway i run 60 rounds without a hiccup. ran perfect, it did take a good 50 rounds to break in this barrel. it was not very accurate in then it was. it is a hot little round. barrel heats up really fast. i was only shooting at near 50 yards which is way to short for this round.

 

[98Z5V]

7 hours ago, Belt Fed said:

so i remembered what @98Z5V said it wouldn't run and thought oh boy.

That ain't the stuff I was talking about, Belt - it's the Match, not the Black.  The Match is loaded with the 88 ELD-Ms, the Black is loaded with the 75 ELD-Ms.  That Match with the 88s won't run for shiit in a gas gun...   

This stuff:

[Belt Fed]

Cool, i didn't remember the grain. all i remembered was match and when i seen match on the box i thought that was it. i'lll avoid that white box. i have no clue what the difference is except the grain but that black run perfect.

[98Z5V]

I have 200 of the 75 ELD-Ms I can load up and try, just the boolits into cases.  The Berger 85.5s did the best for me, before I got all pissed off and took the 22ARCs out of the match/competition rotation.  I literally went back to 5.56 guns, Mk12s, for the matches. 

[Belt Fed]

I couldn't get the creedmoor to work, tried all kinds of things, never would function. i really think the gas tube was too short. it needed a 1/4 inch more but i couldn't find one that much longer. next one was an inch longer which was too long.  so i rebarreled it to 308 and the gas tube is perfect. going to try it tomorrow morning.

[shooterrex]

Hope this one works Rick.

[Belt Fed]

Yeah me too, thanks. i will report here either way. i'm gonna need to change the stock later as it is way to heavy for the 16 inch  barrel compared to that huge 20 inch 6.5 barrel. but i'm gonna shoot it with in the morning. i don't have a replacement yet.

[98Z5V]

6 hours ago, Belt Fed said:

I couldn't get the creedmoor to work, tried all kinds of things, never would function. i really think the gas tube was too short. it needed a 1/4 inch more but i couldn't find one that much longer. next one was an inch longer which was too long.  so i rebarreled it to 308 and the gas tube is perfect. going to try it tomorrow morning.

Let's get that 6.5 CM unfucked.  Start a thread on the details of that one, and we'll solve it.  And make it run. 

[Belt Fed]

6 hours ago, 98Z5V said:

Let's get that 6.5 CM unfucked.  Start a thread on the details of that one, and we'll solve it.  And make it run. 

It;s too late now, i rebarreled it. if i can find a slightly longer gas tube i may try to build another with the barrel. i should have took a pic of the gas tube whn it was together. it was undergassed.

[shooterrex]

2 hours ago, Belt Fed said:

It;s too late now, i rebarreled it. if i can find a slightly longer gas tube i may try to build another with the barrel. i should have took a pic of the gas tube whn it was together. it was undergassed.

White Oak Armory will make you a custom length gas tube. That's what most of us did with the Sig 308 pistol barrels. 

[Belt Fed]

4 hours ago, shooterrex said:

White Oak Armory will make you a custom length gas tube. That's what most of us did with the Sig 308 pistol barrels. 

Awesome, will get them to make one. the 308 did work though. shot 40 rounds at about 100 yards. not the best grouping and coulda moved it more to center better on last mag. first mag was that ZQ1 stuff. second target is PPU rifleline. i was kinda in a hurry it was looking like rain but never did. also that stock gotta go. it's heavy and with that lighter and shorter barrel it's big time unbalanced.

 

[Belt Fed]

This is what it looked like with that heavy barrel. 

 

[Belt Fed]

Took this one too but only got to shoot it a few times, never got it sighted in. got a phone call and had to go.