shooting 6.5 Creedmoor out of a .308 barrel

[Sandstorm]

After all that he hit a deer at 600 yds......naw..now your pulling my leg

 

[Old Navy]

I can't believe I read the whole topic.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I have in fact seen a creedmoor fired multiple times thru a 308. A brand new savage that was in the wrong box bought from academy. The bolt was very hard to close but after 15 or so shots not hitting a target at 50yds they asked for my help. It didnt sound right going off but was forming very nice 308 cases. So i can assure you a 6.5creed will in fact fire in a factory new 308 chamber

 

[wboggs]

Dusty
What do you think about a 600 yd hit?

 

[spencerhenry]

Do, you fired a few of these rounds, then the instructor said let me try and he fired one. Yet at this private range not one of the fired cases could be found? Did they empty the trash immediately after you left? No one thought it was unique and kept one?

I call b.s.

 

[spencerhenry]

They probably don’t recycle brass at that range either, riiight!

 

[davidjoe]

I have in fact seen a creedmoor fired multiple times thru a 308. A brand new savage that was in the wrong box bought from academy. The bolt was very hard to close but after 15 or so shots not hitting a target at 50yds they asked for my help. It didnt sound right going off but was forming very nice 308 cases. So i can assure you a 6.5creed will in fact fire in a factory new 308 chamber

I’d trust your observations at the range that day. My empty fired brass was certainly not a smaller shoulder than it had been as a loaded round.

But this would be my question, when you say that “the bolt was very hard to close” can we specify how hard, a bit more?

There have been rounds where I’d tend to use my thumb on the cocking piece before pushing down the handle, and at a much further extreme I have seen guys tap the bolt closed then down, with an object.

Was the bolt closable by just wrestling with the handle?

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Dusty
What do you think about a 600 yd hit?

Aint buyin it

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I’d trust your observations at the range that day. My empty fired brass was certainly not a smaller shoulder than it had been as a loaded round.

But this would be my question, when you say that “the bolt was very hard to close” can we specify how hard, a bit more?

There have been rounds where I’d tend to use my thumb on the cocking piece before pushing down the handle, and at a much further extreme I have seen guys tap the bolt closed then down, with an object.

Was the bolt closable by just wrestling with the handle?

No he had to beat it closed

 

[PhilC]

Mix ups can be disastrous. A friend in the heat of the moment fired a .308 in a .270. Blew most of the center out of the stock. Plenty of wood splinters in the face and left and arm. No permanent injuries to the shooter.
No mater how long we've been doing this sometimes we can use a stiff dose of "slow down and be careful"!

Know a guy who did the same thing, no harm to shooter or rifle (verified by gunsmith) only damage was a 308 case that was almost straight wall.

 

[WC_Harris]

Dusty
What do you think about a 600 yd hit?

I said that was a mistake, the spotter said it was a hit but after I left my instructor said the spotter wasn't so sure anymore.

 

[TrapperBR549]

Actually, now I remember more. It was me who loaded the magazine and I fired three or four shots that didn't land which surprised us all because I'm a decent shot. That's when my instructor said to let him get on the gun and see what's wrong. He took one shot and said something's wrong and then looked at the spent cartridge and realized I was shooting the wrong cartridge. So actually this happened three or four times because those were all 6.5cm rounds. My spotter, the ranch owner, was wrong about landing on steel 600 yards away, he told my instructor after I had left, after my instructor expressed doubt about that. The owner doesn't have the greatest scope.

When you fired the three or four shots was the bolt hard to close or did the marine close the bolt every time?

 

[WC_Harris]

When you fired the three or four shots was the bolt hard to close or did the marine close the bolt every time?

I think I'm mistaken about firing three or four 6.5cm's before. I think he took the one and only shot of 6.5 out of a new mag because I didn't have any trouble closing the bolt but there was something not right so he got on the gun.

 

[Pyscodog]

Curiosity was killing me so I got out my Rem 700 in 308 and a 6 CM and a 6.5 CM empty case. Neither would get close enough to even start to let the bolt close. Lugs were out at least 1/4 inch. I'm with the crowd calling BS.

 

[deadeyemike]

Curiosity was killing me so I got out my Rem 700 in 308 and a 6 CM and a 6.5 CM empty case. Neither would get close enough to even start to let the bolt close. Lugs were out at least 1/4 inch. I'm with the crowd calling BS.

I have a very tight chambered 6.5 CM so I just had to try this. The bolt would stop a good 1/4 inch from going closed. It would take a lot of force to get it to close if you could even get it to close.

 

[6MMsteve]

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I finally ran across the box of factory ammo the guy gave me after firing the creedmoor in his 308. I just built a 308 and chambered a creedmoor round in it with a lot of force

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Here is a 308 on the right for comparison. Just goes to show different things happen when you actually are in the trenches.

 

[Gargoyle]

Could this damage the rifle? They didn't think so. I don't reload so I don't know the issues involved with the misfit of the cartridge. Rifle is a Steyr SSG 08 A1.

I would think not. I don't see any show of that from the targets you posted. That could have been, "just that day".

 

[Ralph Littlefield]

Yep, I tried it... the 6.5 Creedmoor case is to wide to chamber in a 308 chamber...wasn't even close in 3 different 308wins I own...the bolt is way out of battery like 1/4". So you can be safe owing both calibers without concern...nice to know..

My 6.5 Creedmoor ammo will fire in my 308 rifle.