Thread: 6mm creedmoore

Originally Posted by ZQLewis

I run 108 ELDM's in my 243 Short action with 1:8 barrel at around 3000 fps. No issue with length, I load at max mag length of around 2.8x" 72-73mm.
Lot of US target shooters run these faster.
nb berger 87 gr hunters also shoot really well but I could not get the 105gr VLD hunters to group as well as I would have liked.

So I can say the 108 gr's kill Fallow and goats and red hinds & spikers. last fallow at 120mt walking up hill away from me bullet went through hip ball joint, paunch, liver, lung, brisket, I found the base under the skin at the front of the chest.
For side on shots on goats I feel they get half way through before they start to open up so if I was only shooting goats I would go back to the 87 gr vld's

Hope this helps re bullet performance.
Z
NB I'm sure I could run them up to 3100 fps but I don't need too. Some of the new powders have breathed new life into heavy for caliber projectiles. Hodgdon list >2970 fps for 115 gr in 243.

Interesting. What action is it? And what length barrel are you running?
That's pretty impressive speeds.
I learnt to hunt with the stout little 243 so I still toy with idea of getting another one. I wish tikka would hurry up and bring the 1 in 8 .243 into NZ. I just assumed the 6mm creedmoore was the new improved version of the 243. But maybe I'm wrong. I have a 22-250 and a 7mm08 I'm thinking of selling and building some sort of fast twist 6mm. The do all caliber as they say. How does the 108 go on stags during the roar? Thanks for your input.

Originally Posted by SIX5ENZD

Interesting. What action is it? And what length barrel are you running?
That's pretty impressive speeds.
I learnt to hunt with the stout little 243 so I still toy with idea of getting another one. I wish tikka would hurry up and bring the 1 in 8 .243 into NZ. I just assumed the 6mm creedmoore was the new improved version of the 243. But maybe I'm wrong. I have a 22-250 and a 7mm08 I'm thinking of selling and building some sort of fast twist 6mm. The do all caliber as they say. How does the 108 go on stags during the roar? Thanks for your input.

Barnard SM action AI mag and a 24" Trueflite barrel. Never shot a roar stag with the 108's but any shot into the chest will destroy heart and lungs so they would not go far.
ed just checked load data is 46 gr of Reloader 26 and and OAL is 2.83" in Lapua Brass.
Z

Originally Posted by Friwi

I worked on a brand new tikka t3x super light today in 243, and that one had the 1 in 8” twist barrel.
The 6.5 creedmoor mag from tikka is an M+, so slightly longer than a normal 308 , so that is one solution to seat the bullets a bit further on the 243 case ( short of using an L mag for the 270w). Of course the bolt stop might need a bit of tweaking or swapping over with a long action one.

So the 1 in 8 tikka 243 is finally here! That's great. Would be the cheaper option. Thanks for the info

I have a Tikka T3x .243win with a factory 1:8 twist barrel. It is left handed and two were bought into the country late last year. I am using the 108 ELD-M from the standard 22.4" barrel @2830fps (measured). It is definitely not a hot load.
So far reds and chamois have fallen to it at ranges between 120 and 377 yards. Nothing to complain about the bullet performance although none were huge animals.

With Chris Fisher carbon stock. 3kgs all up.

108 ELD-M loaded to 2.8" next to Nosler 90gn BT factory load.

Originally Posted by Shearer

I have a Tikka T3x .243win with a factory 1:8 twist barrel. It is left handed and two were bought into the country late last year. I am using the 108 ELD-M from the standard 22.4" barrel @2830fps (measured). It is definitely not a hot load.
So far reds and chamois have fallen to it at ranges between 120 and 377 yards. Nothing to complain about the bullet performance although none were huge animals.
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With Chris Fisher carbon stock. 3kgs all up.
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108 ELD-M loaded to 2.8" next to Nosler 90gn BT factory load.

Those @Fisherman stocks are nice eh?

The lands are the limits, unless custom throated a tad longer.

I use the 6CM as my main thermal rifle

Built on a Kimber hunter 22" barrel with Hammer 69 AH at 3900 fps & change

Point & shoot right out to 350 yards, extremely effective with little to no recoil

Its a little light for decent size pigs but amazing efficient on deer

SRP Lapua brass is fantastic

Love my seekins 6cm.
108 at 3000f/s, not hot load at all.
Shot few deer, none took a step. DRT.

Another forum member got it now and sure he's happy.

Certainly are

So a preliminary report. I had my 6ARC barrel opened up to 6mm CM everything same except chamber. Got a couple of rounds through it at last light today. With the sam 103 gn ELDX Velocity had moved from 2880 (and a very hot load) to 3010 ( albeit max) with no pressure signs at all. The expense - an extra 10 gns of powder. Never as much as yer hope for but usefull none the less.

What barrel length @Tentman

22"

I have a 1:9" .243 so not a creedmore but firing the 105gr targex it takes deer out to 500 easy, longest have been a couple over 600 yards.
Plenty of stags have succumbed to them as well. They are doing 2880fps as my barrel is 18" so will go better in a longer barrel creedmore.