Thread: Howa 6.5 creedmoor magazine length

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Yup, pretty much exact same dimensions as mine. 2.927" with a 143gr ELD-X.

For the kind of shooting I do, rapid goat elimination, 2.870" was right on the limit of what I could reload quickly. For ease of fast top re-loading, 2.850" worked well. I probably should have said 2.870", not what I ended up choosing, sorry about that.

All good yeah 2.870 is a little fiddlely you have to put it through the ejection port on a wee angle so it clears
The action but it will fit in the mag

I could understand if you need to quick load though
This rifle will mostly be used for hunting where ideally you only need one shot
And the other 3 are just there incase
So shouldn’t need to load in a hurry
I have another howa in 6.5 Grendel with detachable magazine’s ill be using that for goat culls
Nice quick reloads