Posted on 12/18/2017 5:20:55 AM PST by w1n1
Springfield Armory’s M1A has a legacy of accuracy behind its name. The esteemed .308 Winchester is also a caliber that has served this country, hunters and gun enthusiasts for many years.
The M1A chambered for .308 Winchester is a combination that will be highly favored, but recently, shooting enthusiasts have been looking at another caliber with much interest.
This newly appreciated caliber is the new kid on the block 6.5 Creedmoor and Springfield Armory now offers you their M1A version.
For the M1A lovers, Springfield Armory will be offering their M1A in 6.5 Creedmoor in 3 different offerings.
You will be able to get their Precision Adjustable Stock in a Loaded configuration in both Flat Dark Earth and Black.
You will also be able to get their standard black composite stock configuration in a Loaded model.
All three of which will feature a stainless steel barrel. See the rest of the Springfield Armory M1A 6.5 Creedmoor rifles here.
game changer.
Mark
Shot an elk this year with a borrowed Creedmoor.
Anyone want to buy a very lightly used Tikka T3LITE .300 wsm?
Somebody tell me why they went to the Creedmoor instead of the 260 which has more case capacity and the same case the action was already operating with?
Got your elk ... good for you Whitey! Elk harvest numbers were up in Montana this season, with shoulder season still going on in some areas through this month.
I shot mine with a T3 Superlight in 7mm mag. That Tikka is the most accurate rifle I’ve ever owned. One hole at 100 yds with hand loads, 168 grain Berger VLD match hunting bullets on top of 70.1 grains of Retumbo. Nosler brass.
How long was your shot? What brand of rifle was the Creedmoor?
Rumor has it that Santa has an RPR in 6.5 on his sleigh for me :)
Need to have a chat with him about the Nightforce scope tho...
Not in a M1a the AR series of rifle is a much nicer platform.
Easier to mount optics on generally more accurate out of the box.
Easier to add accessories to.
Years ago I had a reoccurring dream where I was at some sort of outdoor bazaar that had a Medieval flavor. I was running my finger through a box of ammunition desperately hoping to fine some ammo for my weapon. My cartridge was nowhere to be found in that mix; however, there was plenty of 30-06 cartridges in that box. I had this dream countless times.
I bought an O3A3 and plenty of ammo, and never had the dream again. Perhaps there is a lesson of some sort in this story.
It really doesn’t have any difference in case capacity after the bullet is seated. With the long 6.5 bullets, the .260 just has to have them seated deeper in the case to fit in the magazine.
The Creedmoor also has less body taper and a sharper shoulder angle which should make it need trimmed less often for reloaders. It also has brass available with SR and LR primers from the factory. Of course you can get SR primed .308 and neck it down to .260.
All in all there isn’t much difference, the 6.5 CM is a bit more reloader friendly.
Not to mention that the AR/RPR chassis is going to be 40% less expensive.
Yeh, for $2,295. Feel free to buy me one for Christmas. :-)
“Somebody tell me why they went to the Creedmoor instead of the 260 ...?”
Because wildcat cartridge developers are incurable tinkerers. So are long-range rifle enthusiasts. They harbor high levels of technological optimism: thoroughly convinced that the “next” improvement will bring great increases in results, though it’s marginal. And when great leaps forward - in accuracy, range, velocity, service life, whatever - don’t come about, they commence the search for the next-plus-one “improvement” ...
I have an Armalite AR10T, an older one with the 24” barrel. It is capable of excellent accuracy but I would like to be able to buy an Armalite upper in 6.5CM and there really isn’t one. maybe they’ll take the hint now once SA starts stealing market share from them. If not, a SA M1A loaded in 6.5CM would still be a nice rifle and could be made to shoot sub-moa with .308. With 6.5CM, there’s no telling what it might be capable of. Optics are readily attached and it really doesn’t require a lot of add ons beyond that-a glass bed job, a trigger job, and some focused load development and you would be sub-moa all day. IMHO. Would I rather see a 6.5CM Armalite upper? yeah. Am I ever going to see that? Who knows?
I don’t know where you have been looking but there are plenty of AR10 type rifles out there in 6.5 Creedmoor.
Savage, S@W, Wilson combat, DPMS and others make them.
I could go out and buy a M&P or MSP but why should I have to buy another AR10 when I already own two? and wilson combat? Their rifles start out at just over 3 grand. No thank you.
I just want an Armalite upper in 6.5 CM for my already tricked out Armalite AR10T lower. If they can't see fit to produce such a thing, and I have to buy another rifle to get into the semi-auto 6.5CM game, I think I would prefer to go the SA M1A route.
Because at least with the SA M1A, there is universal commonality with other SA M1As.
The M1A rifle is capable of producing fine accuracy in it's .308 configuration. There's no telling what it will be capable of in 6.5CM. with a good trigger job, a glass bedding job, and some good load development I think it will definitely be in the sub-MOA category.
So I'm kind of stoked about this rifle. I had been looking at M1As a while back and was lamenting the fact that they weren't offered in 6.5CM or 7mm-08. Now, lo and behold, here we have brand new M1As in 6.5CM. I'm probably going to get one.
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