Txhillbilly
Active Member
I've been shooting the 6.5 Creedmoor for about 8 years,and have assembled 3 rifles in the cartridge. They all have shot extremely accurate. My previous builds were based off of Savage actions,and I wanted to build this one off a custom action. I've had a spare Shilen select match barrel collecting dust for a couple years,so I just needed an action to screw it on.
I purchased a LH Shilen DGR action with a 20 moa base,a trued barrel nut from Northland Shooter Supply and assembled/head spaced the barreled action. For a stock,I went with a KRG Whiskey 3 chassis. When the chassis arrived,I took it apart and sent all the aluminum chassis parts and the barreled action to Trinity Ordnance in Lake Worth,TX. for cerakoting.
For optics,I went with the IOR Valdada Recon 4-28x50 and a pair of American Rifle Co. M10 40mm rings.
I wanted to put a Bix'n Andy SportTac trigger on this rifle,but the LH safety versions aren't available yet. So,I purchased a TriggerTech "Special" trigger for the rifle. After installing,and trying the TriggerTech trigger,It will work out just fine. Zero creep,No over travel,and it breaks excellent. It came set at 2 lbs,and I've adjusted it down to 1.5 lbs.
I decided to use the new Lapua small primer brass with this rifle,and load the Hornady 143 gr ELD-X bullet. In my first testing,the rifle likes what it's getting fed.
I used H4350 and Reloader 17 in my testing,but I was shooting off the Atlas bi-pod with the H4350 loads,and I wasn't comfortable so the groups suffered. I changed over to shooting off a front rest with the Reloader 17 loads,and I was shooting like I should.
*Note* The trigger hadn't arrived when I took the picture's of the rifle!
I purchased a LH Shilen DGR action with a 20 moa base,a trued barrel nut from Northland Shooter Supply and assembled/head spaced the barreled action. For a stock,I went with a KRG Whiskey 3 chassis. When the chassis arrived,I took it apart and sent all the aluminum chassis parts and the barreled action to Trinity Ordnance in Lake Worth,TX. for cerakoting.
For optics,I went with the IOR Valdada Recon 4-28x50 and a pair of American Rifle Co. M10 40mm rings.
I wanted to put a Bix'n Andy SportTac trigger on this rifle,but the LH safety versions aren't available yet. So,I purchased a TriggerTech "Special" trigger for the rifle. After installing,and trying the TriggerTech trigger,It will work out just fine. Zero creep,No over travel,and it breaks excellent. It came set at 2 lbs,and I've adjusted it down to 1.5 lbs.
I decided to use the new Lapua small primer brass with this rifle,and load the Hornady 143 gr ELD-X bullet. In my first testing,the rifle likes what it's getting fed.
I used H4350 and Reloader 17 in my testing,but I was shooting off the Atlas bi-pod with the H4350 loads,and I wasn't comfortable so the groups suffered. I changed over to shooting off a front rest with the Reloader 17 loads,and I was shooting like I should.
*Note* The trigger hadn't arrived when I took the picture's of the rifle!