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6.5 CM at One Mile

Hawk in WY

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Howa 1500 26 inch heavy barrel barreled action
MDT Chassis
Nightforce NXS 3.5-15 56

140 gr Barnes Match Burner
Hornady weight sorted range pick up brass
4X.2 gr H4350
2.87 COAL

66.5 MOA. No wind.

Edited to add: 6,200 feet elevation

Load is over maximum so work up carefully.

Complain all you want about a one shot group.

The objective was to see if the 6.5 CM could hit anything at one mile.

The hit was walked in obviously but the fifth shot.

Mission accomplished.
 
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Howa 1500 26 inch heavy barrel barreled action
MDT Chassis
Nightforce NXS 3.5-15 56

140 gr Barnes Match Burner
Hornady weight sorted range pick up brass
4X.2 gr H4350
2.87 COAL

66.5 MOA. No wind.

Load is over maximum so work up carefully.

Complain all you want about a one shot group.

The objective was to see if the 6.5 CM could hit anything at one mile.

The hit was walked in obviously but the fifth shot.

Mission accomplished.


AWESOME! That's my goal. New to sport, and have MRAD 6.5CM, and taking course in early October. Loaded up on 1200 rounds ($ ouch) Hornady Factory Match ELD 140 gr.
 
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Want to know how i know you're lying....? "No wind" in WY 🙄







Just yanking your chain, nice shot! I always try and stop at the mile plate in Green River when I'm passing through. The wind can make it sporty that's for sure and to not have it would be sweet!

There is some truth to this.

The range is just over the border into Idaho in the Big Hole Mountains.

No wind at the shooting position doesn’t say anything about wind 25 feet up over a canyon.

Here is the shooting position.

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Good shooting, especially on a target that size. I shot steel at 1 mi with 6.5 CM earlier this year. But my target was 18"x24". I did have about 13 mph wind though. It took me 5-6 shots. Very satisfying...as you now know!
BTW, that's a sweet spot to shoot from. Off your back deck?
 
I had the chance to stretch out my 6.5 creed yesterday before burning the barrel. Shot 5 rounds at 400 to check elevation, and was able to hit the 1660 yard target on 2nd shot using 147 eld match. I didn't feel quite as satisfied maybe because it was a full ox size target. It actually felt better hitting the 18x24 steel at 1570 yards.
 
I had the chance to stretch out my 6.5 creed yesterday before burning the barrel. Shot 5 rounds at 400 to check elevation, and was able to hit the 1660 yard target on 2nd shot using 147 eld match. I didn't feel quite as satisfied maybe because it was a full ox size target. It actually felt better hitting the 18x24 steel at 1570 yards.
It's a buffalo, not an ox
 
@wil_pt, Elmore Stock Farms in Laura, IL? 1680 rings a bell. Don't short yourself with 1660 dope, it's 1680 otherwise, I'd have first-round'd it my first time there. Plus it's not exactly a scale buffalo...
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Pretty stoked I got it with a 20" 308 175gr SMK on the 2nd round. Last year, went 3 for 4 off the RRS tripod with a 130gr Fed GMM factory 6.5CM on "Elmore".
 
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I mean, yeah...it's a BIG target still. The body not counting the legs is probably 3-4 feet depending on where you measure. Tail to nose is probably about 6 feet. I kinda wish they'd put a full IPSC there on the line with it. What target did they have at 1570? 1280 used to be the max before you got to the buffalo.
 
I mean, yeah...it's a BIG target still. The body not counting the legs is probably 3-4 feet depending on where you measure. Tail to nose is probably about 6 feet. I kinda wish they'd put a full IPSC there on the line with it. What target did they have at 1570? 1280 used to be the max before you got to the buffalo.
18x24 steel plate at 1570. We recommended adding a smaller target beside the buffalo. Adding a KYL was also mentioned.
 
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Howa 1500 26 inch heavy barrel barreled action
MDT Chassis
Nightforce NXS 3.5-15 56

140 gr Barnes Match Burner
Hornady weight sorted range pick up brass
4X.2 gr H4350
2.87 COAL

66.5 MOA. No wind.

Edited to add: 6,200 feet elevation

Load is over maximum so work up carefully.

Complain all you want about a one shot group.

The objective was to see if the 6.5 CM could hit anything at one mile.

The hit was walked in obviously but the fifth shot.

Mission accomplished.

Nice job! I was out in South Dakota this September and was able to reach my 6.5 Creedmoor out to 2,100 yards, it took 10 shots for a hit.
 

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Howa 1500 26 inch heavy barrel barreled action
MDT Chassis
Nightforce NXS 3.5-15 56

140 gr Barnes Match Burner
Hornady weight sorted range pick up brass
4X.2 gr H4350
2.87 COAL

66.5 MOA. No wind.

Edited to add: 6,200 feet elevation

Load is over maximum so work up carefully.

Complain all you want about a one shot group.

The objective was to see if the 6.5 CM could hit anything at one mile.

The hit was walked in obviously but the fifth shot.

Mission accomplished.
Strong work!
 
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Howa 1500 26 inch heavy barrel barreled action
MDT Chassis
Nightforce NXS 3.5-15 56

140 gr Barnes Match Burner
Hornady weight sorted range pick up brass
4X.2 gr H4350
2.87 COAL

66.5 MOA. No wind.

Edited to add: 6,200 feet elevation

Load is over maximum so work up carefully.

Complain all you want about a one shot group.

The objective was to see if the 6.5 CM could hit anything at one mile.

The hit was walked in obviously but the fifth shot.

Mission accomplished.
Any Idea what the density altitude and muzzle velocity were?

My 139gr scenar's at 2761fps MV need 78.1 moa at 6,200ft DA to get to 1760y.
My 147gr ELD-M's at 2695fps MV need 69.3 moa at 6,200ft DA to get to1760y.

Edit: Just noticed that it's a 4 year old thread.
 
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6200 feet. Assumed standard atmospheric pressure.

66.5 MOA

Not disclosing velocity. Safe but high pressure. I have since backed this load down.
I know what the velocity is with that amount of drop for 6,200' DA.
I just wasn't sure if you may have had a really high DA helping you because that's really moving for a 140gr projectile