6.5 Creedmore to 22br

[Shamu25]

I have a 6.5 Creedmore in Savage 12FV. Wish to go smaller, faster and far less recoil. Can I rebarrel with a Savage 22br barrel with only headspacing and no other modifications except magazine ?
Found a used take off and hope to make the change over very reasonably. The head size for both calibers appears very close. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Lance21]

It will work. You wanting to run lighter bullets or heavy in the br?

 

[Shamu25]

So glad to hear that . It is a 7 twist. The seller says 87 grain shoots awesome . I have a Savage 12BVSS in 9 twist in 223 so I am stuck in the 50's with that one.

 

[SBS]

Shot a lot of 69 gr. SMK's with a 9 twist. The old 75 A-Max would work with the 9 twist in a .223 also. The .22 BR is a good cartridge, a 7 twist should shoot up to 90 grainers. You may have some difficulty getting it to feed from the magazine; it's short and has very little taper.

 

[Lance21]

So glad to hear that . It is a 7 twist. The seller says 87 grain shoots awesome . I have a Savage 12BVSS in 9 twist in 223 so I am stuck in the 50's with that one.

You can run all the way to the 95 gr smk with a 7 twist. I did in mine, used h4350 @2940 fps. Trued the bc @ .302 g7.