Does your 6.5 Creedmoor shoot Bergers as accurate as your Amax?

[VaniB]

It seems a lot of folks are having good luck using Hornady bullets in their standard chambered factory 6.5 Creedmoor. Are 1/2" groups or better a challenge with 140 and/or 130 Bergers?
From what I've been hearing, you really have to jump those Bergers pretty far in a standard reamed chamber.

 

[John from MN]

I'm running the 130 grain vld's in my Brux that was cut with Kiff's standard grind reamer (pretty sure it's saami spec). I think I ended up jumping them .010, but I couldn't see much difference out to .040, which is as far out as I tried them. Other than a smidge of horizontal stringing, they shoot quite well.

I've only tried the 123 grain Amax and they are accurate, but the Bergers shoot better.

 

[cotntop]

Shooting the 140 Bergers and can tell little diff from Amax. Agree with above post, jump does very little. Stiller action with Brux barrel, hope this helps

 

[DHD]

In my son's rifle they do, if only by a slim margin. Rem 700 trued, brux 1-8.5 26", new pt&g standard reamer.

FWIW, this rifle likes most any bullet except for Norma's 130 golden target. I would not complain if all I could ever get were the 123 or 140 Amax, but those Berger 140 VLDH's, well they are something.

 

[rap36case]

Have not done a valid comparison. I shot 40 rounds of Hornady 140gr while breaking in a new barrel. Then I shot 40 rounds of Winchester 140gr. I have shot 200 rounds of 130gr berger Hybrid tactical since then. I like the 130gr Hybrid as I obtain 1/2MOA under most conditions and positions from a CZ550 varmint with walnut stock re-barreled with Krieger 24" in 6.5creedmoor. The groups depend on my marksmanship that day, the conditions, my reloads and the rifle. I use 37.5gr of varget, CCIBR2, Nosler brass 0.288 neck 0.014", seat to 2.222". They fit nice in a 10 round magazine. I get less than 1/2MOA at 100yards off the bench rest with 2765fps +/- 8fps SD.
I would be comfortable shooting 6.5 creedmoor from Hornady, Winchester, Black Hills or Federal match for most purposes except a real match. The SD on factory ammunition is around 20fps. I like shooting my own reloads.

 

[Auto-X Fil]

I am just loading the Berger 140 Hybrid to 2.94" or so. 0.015" off the lands of a standard 0.200" FB chamber. There's not a full bullet diameter worth of neck holding the bullet, but they shoot great.

Average with the ELD was about 0.6". Lots of 0.4 to 0.5" 5-shot groups, but too many 0.7 to 0.8" stinkers as well.

The Berger are usually 0.3-0.4". A non-called flyer is typically 0.5 or so, and there are less of them.

 

[Capt. Oblivious]

Two friends off mine bought their 6.5Creeds (Howa rifles) together, both have the same aftermarket stock, aftermarket trigger everything setup identical. Same primers, brass, powder except one shoots 140gr Amax and one shoots 140gr Hybrids. They haven't really stretched them yet but at 300y I cant tell the difference, at 100y off a bipod 5 shots goes into one very very small hole with both rifles/bullets