+Peak Creedmoor Barrel

[KeepHammering]

I’ve been wanting to get an 18” barrel specifically for elk hunting. With all of the small cartridge advice I’ve gotten here, I’ve slowly worked my way from a 300 PRC, to a 7 PRC, to a 6.5 PRC the past few years.

I was planning on taking my 6 Creed this year tipped with a 116 TMK. My current 6CM barrel is a 24”.

However, with this new +Peak case coming out, I can get the speeds I’m looking for out of an 18” barrel even if I’m sizing up to the 6.5 153gr TMK.

Here’s my question: If I’m ordering an 18” barrel specifically for Elk, which Creedmoor do you think I should get now that this +Peak (and likely other brands) cases are changing the game? I’m not going all the way down to a 22 CM, but I’m considering 6CM, 25CM, and 6.5CM. Assume I’m going to run the TMK in whichever cartridge I pick.

 

[nm.otter]

6mm Creedmoor is already in the moderately overbore club.

+Peak will push it pretty hard.

 

[Huntnpack 2]

If you want one now, it’s the 6.5 + Peak

I hope they +Peak the entire creedmoor family.

Especially the 22CM !!

 

[KeepHammering]

6mm Creedmoor is already in the moderately overbore club.

+Peak will push it pretty hard.

I don’t disagree. So would that push you all the way up to 6.5 in your opinion, or consider the 25 as a happy medium?

If you want one now, it’s the 6.5 + Peak

I hope they +Peak the entire creedmoor family.

Especially the 22CM !!

I’ll be loading my own with the +Peak cases, so I don’t want the factory loadings to sway me too much one way or the other.

 

[nm.otter]

If I already owned a 6.5mm that shot well (which I do), I'd try factory +Peak in it -- and then chop/thread my barrel.

Homebrew neck-downs I'd want some time to play with before I took them on a hunt.