I have a spare Remington short action 308 bolt face laying around and wanted to barrel with a 6.5 caliber. I was thinking that the creedmoor would be a good choice for me since I do reload some but I also have the choice of buying good factory ammo as well. For my build I want the action trued, jewel trigger, stock is still undecided, and for the barrel I want a Bartlein or krieger in a Remington sender contour. Here is the kicker...... I am not sure what twist or barrel lenght. Can someone with more experience than me with the 6.5 creedmoor help? I will be shooting 140g amax mostly but will also shoot 120g occasionally, to 600 yards and maybe when I get good with that then step out to 860 or 1000 one day but mostly 600 yards. I would like to be able to squeeze 2800fps out of the 140 amax hornady factory ammo. From using quick load (which I am not very good at using yet) and from what I have read on the internet a 1n8 twist 22" barrel should get me there. What do you think? Do you think this is possible? General thoughts on the build and caliber would be nice as well. Thanks.
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