Anyone shot Hornady 6.5 Creedmoor factory ammo for prs style shooting? What type of consistency should I expect? If you know of any better factory ammo I would like to know also. I saw Berger offers match ammo and Lapua also. Any advice would be appreciated
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6.5 Creedmoor factory ammo
- Thread starter Dalton.necaise93
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Factory 140 eld m have shot great in all my 6.5’s.
Just tried Berger 130 and 140 in the last few months. The 140 didn’t shoot quite as good as eld but the 130 hybrid shoots lights out in my axiom, my tikka, and several friends guns. Just got in several more cases.
Plus you get lapua brass with the berger ammo.
Just tried Berger 130 and 140 in the last few months. The 140 didn’t shoot quite as good as eld but the 130 hybrid shoots lights out in my axiom, my tikka, and several friends guns. Just got in several more cases.
Plus you get lapua brass with the berger ammo.
Hornady 140 eld is the only round I've fired through my rifle. It has worked fine. Ill keep shooting it till I get enough brass to load my own.
Has anybody experienced factory 147s shooting better than factory 140s?
My PVA 18” 1:8 seems to like the 147s more, and only gives up about 20fps to the 140s.
My PVA 18” 1:8 seems to like the 147s more, and only gives up about 20fps to the 140s.
All hornady 140 ELD-M ammo. 2800fps, single digit SD from my Proof Stainless.
When I don’t have time to load, this is what I buy. I have shot various lots, all produce sub- half moa.
When I don’t have time to load, this is what I buy. I have shot various lots, all produce sub- half moa.
140 ELDs shoot great out my gun well under a minute out to 1k but I only went to ELDs because I couldn’t get Prime and that’s the absolute best ammo I’ve ever shot.
Yes I have shot the Berger’s. The Spark ammo was more consistent and my rifle seemed to like it better. Overall better groups. I’ve taken the Spark and Prime ammo to 1300 yards with no issues at all.
147gr shoots well in all my rifles. I would either shoot 147 eldm or American gunner. The eldm seem like the red headed step child to me. Not nearly the BC of the 147 and 60% higher cost compared to the American gunner Ammo with little performance gains.
My rifle would argue it's better than it used to be.
OP: if you need to practice affordably try the American Gunner 140bthp. I have had repeated sub moa groups in every rifle I've tried.
And the $40/50 isn't bad, when the bag of empty brass is $35/50.
Every rifle is different, so you may need to try a few different loads.
I’ll second the recommendation on Spark Munitions. That is hands down the most consistently accurate factory ammo I have shot. I was also getting outstanding velocities with a 6.5 and 308 as well. With the 6.5 I was shooting a 140’s at 2840 out of a 24” barrel. For the 308 I was getting 2760 with a 168 out of a 24” barrel. Both would hover right around 1/2moa.
I’m waiting on a 6.5 Creedmoor barrel to come in and I’m looking at factory ammo to buy. Spark seems to be highly recommended but so does Berger. I guess I’ll be ordering both
My experience is the factory Hornady 140gr ELD-M is sub-half MOA at 400 yards (shooting 5 & 10 round groups). In calm/consistent winds, and shooting from the prone, I'm able to hit a 12" plate pretty consistently at 1,000 yards. I've shot it out to 1,400 yards, and my hit percentage is a little under 50%, but that's not the ammo's fault 
I have the same results only at much closer distances. Curious to know what rifle you are using, twist rate, and length of barrel? Thanks in advance.My experience is the factory Hornady 140gr ELD-M is sub-half MOA at 400 yards (shooting 5 & 10 round groups). In calm/consistent winds, and shooting from the prone, I'm able to hit a 12" plate pretty consistently at 1,000 yards. I've shot it out to 1,400 yards, and my hit percentage is a little under 50%, but that's not the ammo's fault
The rifle is a custom build: LPA Razor, 26" Benchmark Medium Palma 1:8 twist, Timney 510, and Manners Stock.
I tested several different high end factory 6.5CM loads in my Mesa Precision Arms rifle review last year. The data table for all those is in the review. Several were very good performers with roughly .5MOA 5 shot group sizes and SD's went as low as 11.84fps. There is some very good stuff out there. The best stuff, on balance, in my rifle was the Berger 140gr and I certainly recommend trying that, but you need to try out a variety of rounds with your rifle as best in one rifle does not mean best in another for reasons I explain in the ammo section of the article.
The Hornady 6.5 ELD is excellent. The Berger and Lapua will probably shoot just as well, but at a higher price.
I have had very good results with the SD in the 5-10 range from both the Hornady 140ELD-M and 143ELD-X bullets with my Ruger Precision rifle in 6.5 CM used for PRS. My interest would be to load these in my 6.5x284 used for hunting. I currently use 140 Berger Hunting VLD’s and 140/142 JLK’s. Both the Berger and JLK’s have produced excellent results on game for several years out to 1000+ yards at my 6.5x284 velocity of 3000FPS. I have not used either of the Hornady bullets in 6.5CM on game but am interested in hearing about the performance and may consider them for use in my 6.5x284.
The Daniel Defense Delta 5 laid down a .42 5 shot group with 1 flyer due to me on its first outing at the range with Hornady Match 147gr ELD. The 4 shot came in at .33
