6mm Creedmore bullet choice (108m/105berger/108 Berger) target gun

[brianacnp]

Reloading a new barrel for shooting matches like NRL and paper for fun Targets out to 1000 yards. Proof carbon 24 inch with 135 freebore 7.5 twist Looking at the 108eldm, 105 hybrids or 108 Bergers. Shooting steel and paper. This is just a fun gun but want to shoot the best groups at distance also. Not a hunting gun.
have Peterson brass and H4350. What long range bullet do y'all have good results with.

 

[Tac-O]

I have seen that people enjoy the newer 109eldm

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

109 berger, 108 berger, and 107 smk have been awesome for me. My favorites are the 109 berger and the 107 smk

 

[brianacnp]

109 berger, 108 berger, and 107 smk have been awesome for me. My favorites are the 109 berger and the 107 smk

What velocities are y'all trying to get roughly

 

[loonie]

115 Berger for the win !!

 

[Longtine88]

I shoot Berger 99.9% of the time. But for grins I tried Hornady's 110 A Tip…..wow! 20" barrel 2,825 fps avg ES 8 at 4,000 EL 1,340 yd 12" steel 5 for 5 dope was 38.4 moa. Thats a .325 bc. After the string I said no way and another shooter said he found the same thing with the bullet and his bc cal was .323. That's insane.

 

[waspocrew]

108 ELDM shoots lights out in my 6 Creed.

 

[TRG65]

I'm shooting a pointed 115 at 2830 from a 22" tube. With pointing I'm using .310 for the g7 to match my drops. I could get more speed, but it is very consistent which was more important for me.

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

What velocities are y'all trying to get roughly

In a 26in barrel I cruise at 3070 fps. I could push it to well over 3100 but it shoots well there.

 

[sable tireur]

These threads are often entertaining and sometimes reveal some pearls of discovery. If you get enough responses you'll find that you will have a nearly complete list of most of the target bullets available along with some data to attach to them. The unfortunate portion is that you will have difficulty assessing the data since lots of the variables are missing for each suggestion. What your barrel likes can be significant.

I have been shooting:

Badlands 100 gr. Super BD-2
Hornady 105 gr. AMAX (I have a ton of these)
Berger 105 VLD
Hornady 110 ATIP
DTAC 115 (rebated) (from 6XC)

Yesterday I found that I had 3 basically identical 6mm Bartlein barrels all 26", #15 Hunter Class contour but with 1:7", 1:7.7, 1:8" twist rates. I also reviewed some of my notes on the 6 Creedmoor vs 6 GT. These 3 barrels will all be chambered for the 6 GT cartridge which has proven to be very consistent in some of my other barrels out to 1,000 yards.

Enjoy the search and remember, 4350 may not be the end all as a powder. There are others which can prove to be a better selection.

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

If you can find it, rl-23 works really well with the 6 creed. I've been able to get the 105 hornady bthp over 3200 fps in a 26in tube.