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Posted: 4/28/2022 2:26:55 PM EDT
Newlywed here and as a wedding gift the new wife is tossing me $2500 to spend on a new rifle. I have a bunch of 6.5CM brass, already have 2 .308 auto loaders so I figure now is the time to get my first 6.5CM.
So if you had $2500 for the rifle (I’ll buy glass separately) what would you be looking at? This is just for fun, not competition but want all the rifle I can get for the money. Thanks! |
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View Quote Another vote for the MPA |
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same as previously stated, or build an aero precision M5 receiver set with a JP supermatch barrel if you want to go the AR route
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To be honest, a stock RPR with a solid scope is pretty tough to beat
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Originally Posted By lazyengineer: To be honest, a stock RPR with a solid scope is pretty tough to beat View Quote - Reliable. - Takes SR25 magazines, including 25rnd pmags and even D50 drums. - Barrels are available from most precision barrel makers after you burn out the factory barrel. 6.5creed 2k-3k rounds. - Barrel swap involves savage style barrel nut so it can be done with hand tools in your garage, no lathe required. - 20 or 30MOA picatinny scope rail. - Can mount any AR stock based on carbine buffer tube. |
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I'd go MPA, they build really nice stuff, full custom for production price...You have several choices in chassis from them from the ultra lite 2.5 pd chassis to the prc comp BA chassis and several in between...
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I'd buy:
Bighorn Origin action $900 Proof prefit barrel $525 Timney HIT trigger $195 PVA Jet 4 brake $140 Stock/Chassis of choice with the extra $740 That way you have a great rifle you can buy other barrels and calibers for in the future very easily. |
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Seekins HIT or HIT PRO , $2100 and $2400. Haven't handled one yet but the features shown in their video really impressed me, main thing was the barrel changes, remove one screw and spin the barrel out.
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What about building one from the ground up?
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Originally Posted By adawg: I’m not opposed, especially looking at lead times on these rifles, but how hard is it to do the right way? I feel like I’d manage to screw it up. View Quote Can you screw a bolt into a nut? If so then you can build a rifle with a good action and screw a shouldered prefit barrel on, then screw a self timing muzzle brake on the muzzle of the barrel and then you can screw the action screws into the stock to hold the barreled action in after pushing two pins through the trigger holes. Yes it's that simple. I gave you the parts list up top. You will need an action wrench and a barrel vise. |
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Originally Posted By adawg: I’m not opposed, especially looking at lead times on these rifles, but how hard is it to do the right way? I feel like I’d manage to screw it up. View Quote Not hard, I did mine, its a Defiance tenacity action, bartlein barrel, that my smith threaded and chambered than shipped it to me, I screwed it on and checked it with go/no go gauges...pretty simple...You don't have to use a nut to lock down the barrel on all of them..Defiance(and others I bet) have their clearances down to where any competent smith can shoulder and chamber a barrel and it will fit perfectly... |
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View Quote Only specialized tools you will need are a barrel vise and action wrench. |
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Thanks oxford411 for the Memorial Day membership gift.
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https://www.eurooptic.com/Sako-S20-Precision-65-Creedmoor-24-Bbl-1-8-Rifle-JRS20P382.aspx
TRG would be better but you gotta pay for more better. good luck! |
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I bought a Tikka T3x TAC1 in 6.5CM.
It shoots very well 0.3 MOA. I would have likely bought the Sako TRG had I known Tikkas are budget Sakos—but I really don’t know how Sako could improve on the Tikka. It’s smooth as glass action & accuracy are amazing. |
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Get a Tikka and spend the rest on good glass. If going CTR get a nice chassis for it. Can't beat a Tikka action.
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Sarcasm is an art and I'm painting my master piece
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Originally Posted By adawg: Newlywed here and as a wedding gift the new wife is tossing me $2500 to spend on a new rifle. I have a bunch of 6.5CM brass, already have 2 .308 auto loaders so I figure now is the time to get my first 6.5CM. So if you had $2500 for the rifle (I’ll buy glass separately) what would you be looking at? This is just for fun, not competition but want all the rifle I can get for the money. Thanks! View Quote A tikka ctr in a new chassis of your choice. Shoot barrel out buy a pre fit. Repeat indefinitely. |
I've been blessed with many things in this life: an arm like a damn rocket, a cock like a burmese python, and the mind of a fucking scientist.
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I would assemble on one your own or order the parts from altus and they’ll do it for 35 dollars.
Action - Zermat origin Barrel - proof profit Trigger tech diamond Break - area 419 Hellfire Try a chassis or stock you think you’ll like. If you do end up not liking it sell it and buy something else. I would recommend the gap ppr too. If you want a 60 degree bolt throw then look at the Curtis pmr. I think the bolt lift is to heavy. |
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Just a suggestion while you're rifle shopping....6CM is about 25-30% cheaper per round than 6.5CM if you're shooting factory ammo. IMO, while barrel life is not as long on a 6CM, it's a better cartridge. It's softer shooting, it doesn't go subsonic until around 1400 yards, it's cheaper to shoot, and it's got a flatter trajectory. Yes, the wind will push a 108gr 6mm bullet more than a 140gr 6.5 but the 6mm will get there faster.
Now, with that said, I can't strongly enough praise the MPA guns regardless of what caliber you get. I have an MPA BA PMR Pro in 6CM, it's $2500 to meet the PRS production price cap. I added a weight kit to get the weight up to 22.5 lbs, an Atlas bipod and a good scope and I can go to my local 1000 yard range and ring steel targets from 600 to 1000 yards all day long with Hornady ELD-m factory ammo. Here's a pic of a 3 shot group at 1000 yards at just over .5 MOA off of a bench rest (we were getting chrono data for it). My ES was 9 FPS, with the middle being right at 3000 FPS. Second pic is a .5 moa 5 shot group at 600. I love this gun Attached File Attached File Attached File Just a quick ETA: The guy who was shooting my gun for this 1000 yard group (it was his chrono at his bench), had never shot a 6CM before. He loved the way it shot so much he went out and bought at least a 6CM barrel and maybe a whole gun I'm not sure. But he LOVED the way it shot compared to his 6.5. It really is different. |
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I’ll go third on the MPA rifle
American Rifle Company has this in your price range. https://www.americanrifle.com/shop/nucleus-gen2-rifle-1200?category=15#attr=86,146 Seekins Havak Hit Pro |
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Bergera or tikka with an accuracy international chassis
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Originally Posted By Darkamek: I’ll go third on the MPA rifle American Rifle Company has this in your price range. https://www.americanrifle.com/shop/nucleus-gen2-rifle-1200?category=15#attr=86,146 Seekins Havak Hit Pro View Quote My American Rifle Company Nucleus rifle in 6cm will be here Wednesday. It came down to this and the MPA, and decided to go with the ARC cause actual build time was only around 4 weeks and for the action itself. Shot a buddy’s MPA yesterday and still plan on getting one. |
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Sarcasm is an art and I'm painting my master piece
WA, USA
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Originally Posted By bayoumk114: My American Rifle Company Nucleus rifle in 6cm will be here Wednesday. It came down to this and the MPA, and decided to go with the ARC cause actual build time was only around 4 weeks and for the action itself. Shot a buddy’s MPA yesterday and still plan on getting one. View Quote This day and age any custom action and 99.9% of barrels will be amazing. I would literally have no qualms about taking any of them to a match or buying one long as it takes a pre fit. |
I've been blessed with many things in this life: an arm like a damn rocket, a cock like a burmese python, and the mind of a fucking scientist.
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I lusted after a SAKO TRG-22 for years. For the money I'll probably end up buying a Takka Tac A1 myself.
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Tikka T3x Tac A1 + Vortex Viper PST GenII 3-15 plus some rings. That should land right around your budget or a little less.
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