"6.5 CREEDMOOR BY SAVAGE"

My good friend John called me from Wyoming to say he had a new rifle to add to his collection. It was a new Savage Model 12 long range precision rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor, Anyone that's read FIREARMSA2Z knows I think Savage makes some of the best firearms. I don't know much about the the 6.5 Creedmoor other than what I've read, mostly in Rifle Shooter Magazine.

John was telling me that after break in he was hitting prairie rats at 600 yards. John never says too much about his rifles, but he couldn't stop talking about his new Savage. During our talk, I told John I was coming up to the property, his reply, come on lets shoot this Creedmoor. On my way to meet John at his place in Wyoming, I thought about all my Savages and I have a few Model 12 Long Range Precision's, F/TR in 308 and three others, everyone a tack driver with the right ammo. Before I got to Johns place I picked up four boxes of 6.5 Creedmoor, they were all Hornady, 140gr. A-Max B.T., 120gr. match A-Max B.T., Superformance 129gr. SST, and Superformance 120gr Gilding Metal B.T..

After arriving at John's ranch, I exchanged hellos with family and friends and John and I were off to the 200 yard range at the south end of his ranch. We setup paper targets. This Savage Model 12 LRPV has a 26inch fluted chrome Molly Barrel with a 1 in 8 twist and that great target Accutrigger, all set in a fiberglass stock with aluminum bedding block. When John got the rifle he had put a Leupold Mark 4 6.5x20 front focal mil dot scope on.

John was first to shoot using his plain box of hand loads (I thought). He fired three shots at 200 yards, all touching. I said looks like you've been practicing. He then cleaned the barrel and said it was my turn. I wanted to shoot three from each box, then clean. All ammo shot great, but the 140gr. match A-Max B.T. was excellent and was what this Savage liked best.

Later I asked my friend about his hand loads, he laughed and said Hornady 140gr. A-Max B.T. factory just like you used. Looks like another great match up Savage Model 12 and Hornady ammo.

Always be safe