Savage precision 6.5 Creedmoor

[CodyK]

Got my Savage Precision 6.5 Creedmoor to the range yesterday. Wow! With a couple different weights of Hornady match ammo, I was able to shoot one 5 shot group at just over .5 MOA, and another just under. The first 3 shots with the Hornady 147 grain ELD Match were literally through the same hole! I haven’t had the opportunity to get much trigger time with any of my rifles, and since I only recently found ammo for this one, I’ve been working a lot on getting my breathing right, and doing dry fire practice at home. I also adjusted the trigger down to about 2.5lbs, and put a scope level on my scope. After I got home from the range yesterday, I immediately ordered scope levels to put on all my hunting rifles!


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[TEXAS "All or nothing"]

Got my Savage Precision 6.5 Creedmoor to the range yesterday. Wow! With a couple different weights of Hornady match ammo, I was able to shoot one 5 shot group at just over .5 MOA, and another just under. The first 3 shots with the Hornady 147 grain ELD Match were literally through the same hole! I haven’t had the opportunity to get much trigger time with any of my rifles, and since I only recently found ammo for this one, I’ve been working a lot on getting my breathing right, and doing dry fire practice at home. I also adjusted the trigger down to about 2.5lbs, and put a scope level on my scope. After I got home from the range yesterday, I immediately ordered scope levels to put on all my hunting rifles!


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Love my 300wm and 338lm also SAVAGE!

 

[FireInTheWire]

Hard to beat for the money.

Oh.... no pics???

 

[Txhillbilly]

Savage along with several other brands make some of the most accurate out of the box rifles ever produced.
Put a custom barrel on them, and they can be really boring to shoot.

 

[CodyK]

Hard to beat for the money.

Oh.... no pics???

Hers a pic of the rifle. Savage Axis II Precision in 6.5 Creedmoor. Vortex Diamondback tactical 6-24X50 scope in an Aero Precision ultralight scope mount. Put a Mechforce muzzle brake on it also. The bipod is a UTG. I have a Harris also, but really like how this one looks on the rifle.

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[deemus]

I did a ladder test on some 6.5 ammo recently and shot a .448 group. Loaded up 50 of those last weekend.

Those Savage rifles are crazy accurate. I shot a group using factory ammo out of a Axis XP with a cheap Weaver scope that came on it that was around 3/4" Pretty amazing considering I paid $305 out the door for it.

 

[orbitup]

They are almost as bad as ARs though. You can spend a ton of $ customizing them. The only stock parts here are the action and the trigger.

 

[FireInTheWire]

Hers a pic of the rifle. Savage Axis II Precision in 6.5 Creedmoor. Vortex Diamondback tactical 6-24X50 scope in an Aero Precision ultralight scope mount. Put a Mechforce muzzle brake on it also. The bipod is a UTG. I have a Harris also, but really like how this one looks on the rifle.

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Damn good setup for the $$$$

 

[robertc1024]

I really like those UTG bipods. Just happen to have one on my Savage 6.5 CM.

 

[Axxe55]

Awesome looking rifle @CodyK!

I can remember several years ago, some so-called rifle experts saying a rifle using a barrel nut system could never be as accurate as a traditional shouldered barrel to a receiver system of barrel mounting. Hog wash!

I have shot several of @Txhillbilly Savage rifles over the years and seen more that a few of his targets and the groups to now know that to be a myth. All of my Marlin X7 series of rifles utilize a barrel nut system, and are quite accurate if I do my part in shooting them.

 

[Waldotallboy64]

Got my Savage Precision 6.5 Creedmoor to the range yesterday. Wow! With a couple different weights of Hornady match ammo, I was able to shoot one 5 shot group at just over .5 MOA, and another just under. The first 3 shots with the Hornady 147 grain ELD Match were literally through the same hole! I haven’t had the opportunity to get much trigger time with any of my rifles, and since I only recently found ammo for this one, I’ve been working a lot on getting my breathing right, and doing dry fire practice at home. I also adjusted the trigger down to about 2.5lbs, and put a scope level on my scope. After I got home from the range yesterday, I immediately ordered scope levels to put on all my hunting rifles!


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Where did you get the scope levels from?

 

[CodyK]

Where did you get the scope levels from?

Amazon. If I was smart enough to list a link I would. Vortex makes them, about $35-$40. The ones I bought were “Lone Star”. $15


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[TexMex247]

Do those chassis rifles kick harder than traditional stocks ? They seem really practical for distance shooting but I've never gone down that rabbit hole. I'm also not drawn to detachable magazines. I could see the appeal for both given a good place to shoot them.

 

[Txhillbilly]

Do those chassis rifles kick harder than traditional stocks ? They seem really practical for distance shooting but I've never gone down that rabbit hole. I'm also not drawn to detachable magazines. I could see the appeal for both given a good place to shoot them.

The recoil impulse is the same, but using a chassis or stock with an adjustable recoil pad allows the shooter to adjust the stock where the recoil of the gun is straight back into the shooter, instead of a traditional style rifle stock that acts like a fulcrum and allows the muzzle end of the barrel to rise when the rifle is fired.

 

[Vaquero]

Do those chassis rifles kick harder than traditional stocks ? They seem really practical for distance shooting but I've never gone down that rabbit hole. I'm also not drawn to detachable magazines. I could see the appeal for both given a good place to shoot them.

Newer muzzle brakes are more "recoil taming" than I thought possible.
My Creedmoor with a brake kicks less than my bolt .223 without.

 

[Dawico]

The recoil impulse is the same, but using a chassis or stock with an adjustable recoil pad allows the shooter to adjust the stock where the recoil of the gun is straight back into the shooter, instead of a traditional style rifle stock that acts like a fulcrum and allows the muzzle end of the barrel to rise when the rifle is fired.

Very true.

Fitment adjustments/ good ergonomics help greatly.

 

[avvidclif]

Love my 300wm and 338lm also SAVAGE!

I like my shoulder better.....

 

[deemus]

Newer muzzle brakes are more "recoil taming" than I thought possible.
My Creedmoor with a brake kicks less than my bolt .223 without.

The VG6 Episilon muzzle break that Ground Zero Precision put on my 6.5CM AR is fantastic. I was shocked at how little recoil that gun has.

 

[FireInTheWire]

Do those chassis rifles kick harder than traditional stocks ?

On average.... that answer is no. Most of the chassis style rifles are heavier. Heavier the rifle, less perceived recoil.

 

[TEXAS "All or nothing"]

I like my shoulder better.....

Recoil is almost none existent! Your more than welcome to pull the trigger on both and become a believer!