Alright, I’m about to hit 1000 rounds on a factory Bergara 6mm Creed premier pro. Which means it’s time to start thinking about a new barrel. I have a fresh Brux waiting in the safe.
My primary use for the gun is banging plates, punching paper and shooting our friendly 600yd mid range matches at my club.
Given all that, I’m debating whether to go with 6Creed again or possibly switch to something like 6BR. In Louisiana we don’t shoot much long range though I’d like to do some traveling in 2021 where I might stretch out a bit to a grand. My club is limited to 600.
I like the thought of extended barrel life with 6BR but of course I’m already well versed in 6Creed having loaded a lot of it with this gun and obviously I wouldn’t need to buy dies etc if I stick with it.
so my questions are these.
Is it worth it to switch to BR given the type of shooting I do to take advantage of extended barrel life. I also hear BR is fairly easy to tune.
Or, would it make more sense to stick with Creedmoor given that I have all the dies and experience with it. (My sons rifle is also 6Creed and he’s only 200 rounds in, so I’ll continue loading for him so that plays into this decision as well)
Lastly, if I stick with 6Creed, can anyone make a recommendation on reamers. I mostly shoot 108 ELDMs but with lack of availability now I’m working up a new load for Berger 108s. I’ll be turning my action and barrel over to my smith and I don’t have a clue what I should be looking for in reamers. But I figure I’ll be using the Berger 108 BT Targets for the foreseeable future. (While he’s a custom gunmaker of the highest order, I don’t believe he has 6Creed reamers on hand but obviously I’ll check with him. He mostly caters to guys building high end custom hunting rigs)
It’s been fun learning and making mistakes with the 6Creed but I want to get this next barrel right from the start and not chase my tail given component scarcity right now.
My primary use for the gun is banging plates, punching paper and shooting our friendly 600yd mid range matches at my club.
Given all that, I’m debating whether to go with 6Creed again or possibly switch to something like 6BR. In Louisiana we don’t shoot much long range though I’d like to do some traveling in 2021 where I might stretch out a bit to a grand. My club is limited to 600.
I like the thought of extended barrel life with 6BR but of course I’m already well versed in 6Creed having loaded a lot of it with this gun and obviously I wouldn’t need to buy dies etc if I stick with it.
so my questions are these.
Is it worth it to switch to BR given the type of shooting I do to take advantage of extended barrel life. I also hear BR is fairly easy to tune.
Or, would it make more sense to stick with Creedmoor given that I have all the dies and experience with it. (My sons rifle is also 6Creed and he’s only 200 rounds in, so I’ll continue loading for him so that plays into this decision as well)
Lastly, if I stick with 6Creed, can anyone make a recommendation on reamers. I mostly shoot 108 ELDMs but with lack of availability now I’m working up a new load for Berger 108s. I’ll be turning my action and barrel over to my smith and I don’t have a clue what I should be looking for in reamers. But I figure I’ll be using the Berger 108 BT Targets for the foreseeable future. (While he’s a custom gunmaker of the highest order, I don’t believe he has 6Creed reamers on hand but obviously I’ll check with him. He mostly caters to guys building high end custom hunting rigs)
It’s been fun learning and making mistakes with the 6Creed but I want to get this next barrel right from the start and not chase my tail given component scarcity right now.
