Thread: Short barrel 6.5 creedmoor - who's done it / how does it go?

Hey team,

considering shortening my Ruger American Predator to 16.5"... Have been looking around online and it doesn't seem like i'll be giving up a lot - maybe 150-200 fps.
Factory barrel is 22" and it shoots exceptionally well especially for the price point these come in at.
Where it gets tricky is in thick bush its long especially with the DPT suppressor on the end of it, plus a shorter barrel will obviously be lighter to cart around.

My current track record of finding deer is not very good however I won't have access to big open country shots - if I did I do also have an RPR I could take (heavy).

So if I went with a 16.5" cut down barrel (DPT priced it at $85 to do it) shooting 143 eld-x does anyone have feedback / experience with it?
I know its effectively a bushpig build however I don't think creedmoor's are a common bushpig option and factory barrels the shortest i've seen is 20"