6.5 Creedmore

Remington, Tika, Savage, who makes the best at a reasonable price? What's the best barrel length. Not looking for a tactical version.

What does "best" mean to you? Best for what?

Most reliable, best reputation, best made, least problems, best triggers, etc. etc. Have done searches and many are similarly priced until you start getting into adjustable stock, cheek piece, and so on. Also, not looking for anything that weighs 10 or 11 pounds out of the box before you put a scope on it.

I'm old.

Tikka hands down.

Seekins havak

Tikka, no contest.

Savage Weather Warrior

Tikka

Tika

Howa

Nerf

Tikka

MSR of $2,200.00 is more than a little than I am willing to pay for a rifle.

what is your budget? remember at least 1K for scope

Tikka ctr

I bought my son a Ruger, came with a break, SS barrel, and camo stock. I paid 900 and some change. It didn't shoot factory loads well at all. Hand load 140 berger hybrids and 143 ELD's with lapua brass both shoot good but the bergers are a little tighter especially past 300yds. My son likes how the ELD's look so that's what I've been loading.

Ruger or Savage. Lights out with a good scope, for hunting.

So has anyone heard of 6.5 creedmore?

I've been looking into a 6.5 creedless

Obviously Tikka is making a quality rifle, my comment above was to make you aware the Ruger I bought was not satisfactory with factory loads and is OK with quality hand loads (lapua brass / berger bullet / H4350).

I'm basically looking to get from my normal 300 or less yards out to possibly 600. Cannot picture myself doing 1K yards without spending tons of money on scope, Kestrel, spotting scope, or even handloading. So, a good scope probably, $1K scope, doubtful.

I'm flipping a coin between Tikka and Savage for the time being.

Thanks for the opinions.

Both are good choices, as far as scopes, look at these. Not as expensive but good scopes.

3x15x42 FFP

3 x15 x 42 SFP

IMO Savage will only save you about $100-150 over a Tikka, and the extra money spent is well worth it. Buy a T3x Lite in 6.5 and go to work. If you want a $1k scope on a budget, GA Precision is taking pre-orders for Bushnell LRHSi 4.5-18x44 for $750, July delivery.

Thnaks guys.

Solid advice. And that's a beyond 1000 yard scope.

If you are going to be snarky about how he spelled Creedmoor, at least capitalize the C.

I just got my first Tikka and plan on getting many more.

You must be a Creedmore fan, touchy group.

It was more an attempt at humor considering we have about a million 6.5 threads here.

Dude, don't mess with the Creed.