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6.5 Creedmor with 20 Inch Barrel
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First off, I'm not a Creedmor fanatic. In fact the smallest caliber rifle that I shoot is a 300 Win Mag. I'd like to buy a smaller caliber rifle and I have a chance to buy a little semi-custom creedmor with a 20 inch barrel at a really cheap price. A friend is thinning his rifle herd. Since he has never shot or even scoped this rifle, it is the first to go.

I guess I'd use it for Texas mule deer, whitetails and pigs, no further than 400 yards.

My question is would the 20 inch barrel adversely impact its down range performance out to 400 yards.

Thanks for the advice.


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100-200 fps loss from a 26” barrel is a fair guess. Loads bullets powder change that a bit. You likely could get a 120 Barnes tsx up to 2700-2800 in a 20” barrel. Maybe a 125 Partition. If so you would be able to have a decent 400 yard trajectory.


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TBD,
I'm not huge Creedmoor fanatic either but I shoot one or the other of my 2 more than anything I own. I don't buy into the hype but the facts are what they are. It's a great, solid round. Period
The reason I shoot this cartridge so much is because the high round-count that the barrels can manage over my race-horse hunting rounds.
With that said, I agree with Fury but I'll raise his speeds a bit if you reload. Both mine will speed the 130's along at 3000 fps and my 140 ELDM's at a brisk 2890 fps in a 24" tube.
The 120 Barnes would be a great one as would the 124 Hammer (which I just used on an aoudad from a 6.5 x 280 AI at extended range).

I see no down-side to the 20" barrel in the real world at those ranges, provided the hunter/gun/scope can all do their job.

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I have a chance to buy a little semi-custom creedmor with a 20 inch barrel at a really cheap price


Buy it. worry about it later
 
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