6mm Creedmoor

[maddysdad]

any one hunt groudhogs with this round or the 6 mm on the 6.5 x 47 lapua .what do you load for them.just asking.

 

[lb-ft]

For 6mm Creedmoor RPR factory rifle I like Nosler 105 CC, CCI 450, RL19. It’s the only handload I’ve tried in this cartridge. 12 rounds of load develop and no desire or need to try anything else. Well, until components on hand run out.

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

80 grain, Flat Based, Berger Vamints to 300 yards and 95 grain, Classic Hunters for further in, my 6 XC with, a 1-7.5 twist, barrel. ( the 6 xc is almost, the same as, a Creedmoor, just better,.. Barrel life ! )
oh, Powder,.. 40 - 42 grs of, IMR 4350 for, the 80's and 41.5 grains of StaBall 65 for, the 95's !

 

[JB10]

I load the 108eldm with h4350. Have not shot anything smaller than a coyote and javelina with it.

 

[EOD Rob]

I load 107gr SMK with CCI BR-2 primers and 38.5gr of IMR-4350. Getting .3" groups and blow with it.

 

[WyleWD]

any one hunt groudhogs with this round or the 6 mm on the 6.5 x 47 lapua .what do you load for them.just asking.

I use a 6xc, which is very close in size to the 6 CM on groundhogs and coyotes. It's a 10twist sporter barrel that is 26" long. I use either R15 or 4064 under 75gr Vmax or 70gr NBT and Rem 9 1/2 primers. WD

 

[doctorh]

I shoot groundhogs with a 6 creed.30" brl. with 44.7 of r16.at 3500ft.+. Start at 42 and work up. 87 vldh Berger approx. 8 to 12 thousand in lands

 

[Kurz]

I don't know of any of the current day favorites in 6mm that won't be the best for ground hog shooting. The Creedmoor and the XC being obvious favorites with excellent performance at distances longer than GHs are usually found. Now rock chucks are a different animal altogether where distances can be impressively long.

I've shot everything from 6PPC up through 6-06AI (long barrels) with success. The middling cartridges are better suited to mild recoil and superb accuracy when the load is developed in the proper rifle. But for bean fields and alfalfa, zero to 300 yards, the 6BR variations, the Creedmoor and XC outshine most others.

My favorite is the 6-250 AI which is right in that same category. I found I had an abundance of Lapua .22-250 brass for some odd reason so I used a few to make the 6mm-250 AI variation. I had to have a new reamer made because of the Lapua brass but I needed a new one anyway. Fun cartridge to shoot at GH when loaded with 105 gr. AMAX.

Since most afternoons consist of 1-5 shots maybe, it certainly doesn't hurt to use your .240 WBY hunting rifle either!

 

[Tommie]

I don't know of any of the current day favorites in 6mm that won't be the best for ground hog shooting. The Creedmoor and the XC being obvious favorites with excellent performance at distances longer than GHs are usually found. Now rock chucks are a different animal altogether where distances can be impressively long.

I've shot everything from 6PPC up through 6-06AI (long barrels) with success. The middling cartridges are better suited to mild recoil and superb accuracy when the load is developed in the proper rifle. But for bean fields and alfalfa, zero to 300 yards, the 6BR variations, the Creedmoor and XC outshine most others.

My favorite is the 6-250 AI which is right in that same category. I found I had an abundance of Lapua .22-250 brass for some odd reason so I used a few to make the 6mm-250 AI variation. I had to have a new reamer made because of the Lapua brass but I needed a new one anyway. Fun cartridge to shoot at GH when loaded with 105 gr. AMAX.

Since most afternoons consist of 1-5 shots maybe, it certainly doesn't hurt to use your .240 WBY hunting rifle either!

I also shoot a 6-250AI. Very capable cartridge, but really in the same class as the 6 Creed, 6XC and the rest of the cartridges roughly based on the 250-3000 case. Built mine before any of the above options were available and, if I were to do it all over, I’d go with a cartridge that doesn’t require fire forming to reach full potential. Yeah the 40 degree shoulder is cool and helps with case growth etc but the older I get the more I want to simplify the brass prep process.

 

[Kurz]

Especially nowadays when resources are so hard to come by. It's much easier to pass on fireforming when it uses up your powder and bullets.

 

[cnca]

Worked up a load for my buddy. H-1000, hornady 108eld match. 5 shot groups at 200 yards consistant half inch. In a factory gun.

 

[Walt Krafft]

Turned a lot of armadillos into fertilizer. Any bullet in a 6XC works wonders. Dead is DEAD.

 

[maddysdad]

does the creedmore have about samepowder capacity as the 6 mm on the 6.5 x 47 lapua round.

 

[Tommie]

does the creedmore have about samepowder capacity as the 6 mm on the 6.5 x 47 lapua round.

Yes. The Creed has a smidge larger capacity.

 

[Capt. Oblivious]

 

[maddysdad]

i hear the 6mm x 47 is more accurate at the longer ranges over the creedmore

 

[David Milisock]

I don't know of any of the current day favorites in 6mm that won't be the best for ground hog shooting. The Creedmoor and the XC being obvious favorites with excellent performance at distances longer than GHs are usually found. Now rock chucks are a different animal altogether where distances can be impressively long.

I've shot everything from 6PPC up through 6-06AI (long barrels) with success. The middling cartridges are better suited to mild recoil and superb accuracy when the load is developed in the proper rifle. But for bean fields and alfalfa, zero to 300 yards, the 6BR variations, the Creedmoor and XC outshine most others.

My favorite is the 6-250 AI which is right in that same category. I found I had an abundance of Lapua .22-250 brass for some odd reason so I used a few to make the 6mm-250 AI variation. I had to have a new reamer made because of the Lapua brass but I needed a new one anyway. Fun cartridge to shoot at GH when loaded with 105 gr. AMAX.

Since most afternoons consist of 1-5 shots maybe, it certainly doesn't hurt to use your .240 WBY hunting rifle either!

I agree, the 6MM projectiles are very effective, short range, high rates of daily fire stick to smaller cases. Field work at longer ranges and lower rates of fire cases like the 6MM Remington, a 26" or longer barrel with 65,000 PSI pressures work really well.

 

[mensajd]

CNC lathe turned Hammer monolithic 70gr 6mm bullets. Thank you California for banning relatively inexpensive Berger and Sierra bullets (CA is now lead-free only) for varmint (or any other hunting application) bullets.

 

[Infrequent Shooter]

CNC lathe turned Hammer monolithic 70gr 6mm bullets. Thank you California for banning relatively inexpensive Berger and Sierra bullets (CA is now lead-free only) for varmint (or any other hunting application) bullets.

how is the accuracy on the non lead bullets? I have heard not as good as lead core.

 

[mensajd]

how is the accuracy on the non lead bullets? I have heard not as good as lead core.

Haven't been able to test them yet due to coronavirus related unavailability of the local range. Should be back online soon and if so, I'll report back. I did try hornady lead-free bullets in a 223 and nosler lead-free in a 204 and they weren't as consistent as the berger and sierra match bullets, so I gave up on those two.