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murphyprecisionhttps://www.murphyprecision.com/remington-700-short-action/(assuming it is a Rem 700 short action clone. Also make sure you know which screws are needed so you get the correct one.) Best base on the market in my opinion. As for rings....any quality ring with 4 screws per scope ring would be my choice. I would stick with aluminum for the rings for weight and because it's a 6.5 creed. Most importantly, I would learn how to mount a scope and proper torque specs for bases, ring windage screws and ring screws. Clean all serfaces and threads with alcohol prior to mounting. Use blue loctite. The nice thing about remington 700 clones is the base, though expensive will fit on many many rifles.
Quote from: jrebel on August 17, 2023, 02:32:43 PMmurphyprecisionhttps://www.murphyprecision.com/remington-700-short-action/(assuming it is a Rem 700 short action clone. Also make sure you know which screws are needed so you get the correct one.) Best base on the market in my opinion. As for rings....any quality ring with 4 screws per scope ring would be my choice. I would stick with aluminum for the rings for weight and because it's a 6.5 creed. Most importantly, I would learn how to mount a scope and proper torque specs for bases, ring windage screws and ring screws. Clean all serfaces and threads with alcohol prior to mounting. Use blue loctite. The nice thing about remington 700 clones is the base, though expensive will fit on many many rifles. I plan to go through every step properly mounting and cleaning before hitting the range day. And then trying to do the proper break in proccess for the rifle barrel. The only part I would have a question on with the break in proccess per manufacture reccommendation is when cleaning the gun inbetween shots does one also clean any and all copperfouling as well? Have done a lot of shooting over the years with great accuracy but also trying to learn better with small things I may have overlooked over the years.
Quote from: duckmen1 on August 17, 2023, 02:37:08 PMQuote from: jrebel on August 17, 2023, 02:32:43 PMmurphyprecisionhttps://www.murphyprecision.com/remington-700-short-action/(assuming it is a Rem 700 short action clone. Also make sure you know which screws are needed so you get the correct one.) Best base on the market in my opinion. As for rings....any quality ring with 4 screws per scope ring would be my choice. I would stick with aluminum for the rings for weight and because it's a 6.5 creed. Most importantly, I would learn how to mount a scope and proper torque specs for bases, ring windage screws and ring screws. Clean all serfaces and threads with alcohol prior to mounting. Use blue loctite. The nice thing about remington 700 clones is the base, though expensive will fit on many many rifles. I plan to go through every step properly mounting and cleaning before hitting the range day. And then trying to do the proper break in proccess for the rifle barrel. The only part I would have a question on with the break in proccess per manufacture reccommendation is when cleaning the gun inbetween shots does one also clean any and all copperfouling as well? Have done a lot of shooting over the years with great accuracy but also trying to learn better with small things I may have overlooked over the years.Barrel break in is a horrible topic to bring up on a hunting forum..... I have never really bought into the whole barrel break in hoopla....and all my rifles with handloads shoot well under 1MOA. I have some rifles that shoot 1/2 or better MOA. When I have a new barrel, I just don't heat it up by stringing shots.....but then again, I don't do that with old barrels either. I clean at least once a year or when groups start to open up due to barrel fowling (usually 50+ rounds). I have tried different break in methods and found no significant improvement in accuracy. Just my two cents.
Little update on the rifle. Factory rounds in my rifle have not gone well. But it allowed me some brass to start reloading. And got the break in proccess done during that time frame. Never sure where to start with seating depths with different bullets. But loaded 140 gr Accubonds. A couple powder choices Hodgdon 4350 and Superformance. Superformance did better on accuracy, pressure, and speed overall. Staying 1.8 grains under max in book I am very comfortable with the load. And getting 2800 fps. But shooting 15 thousands off the lands gets me better accuracy than 5 thousands or 25 thousands. Not sure everyone elses preference but would love to hear. Accuracy wise100 yards 4 shot groups.85 inch1.05 inch1.15 inchIf I was shooting 3 shot groups they would have been .75 to .9 inch range. So not bad with great velocity for a 6.5 creedmoore. With a good hunting bullet. Will load more in near future and reach out further to test out to 400 yards. And when I can I will try lighter 130 gr range bullets to compare accuracy. I can say starting out the gun has been picky about factory loads and seating depth for accuracy as well as easily gets signs of pressure compared to my other rifles but I am off to a decent start I think.
