6.5 Creedmore Long Ranger

[Hatchdog]

There is a Long Ranger in 6.5 Creedmore with a Ziess scope, dies, bullets, brass and ammo for sale on our local site. No price or pictures so I PM’d the seller for that info. I did see an earlier post he deleted listing a price of $1350. I have no idea what Long Rangers sell for, either now or back in the day before the insanity set in.

What do you guys think about this price.

Thanks,

[BigAl52]

Sounds like a fair price to me for all that he is offering. That caliber is a good one for long range shooting if thats what you want. Personally for me I don’t have much interest in one

[Hatchdog]

Here’s a picture of the rifle and ammo/bullets he sent me. He didn’t provide a list of the bullets and quantities and it looks like the 180 rounds of ammo is hand loaded. Kinda lazy for a guy who wants $1350 cash no trade. That’s a good looking rifle and 6.5 Creedmore is a caliber I’ve been wanting to explore but more in a bolt action match rifle shooting to 600 yards. That’s not a reasonable distance to expect this Henry to shoot moa or less, probably more like a long range hunting rifle. As much as I like that Henry I could get a Ruger Precision or other brand bolt rifle for that price. Less scope and all the other items of course. Too bad the seller stated no trades or I might just be foolish enough to offer something up that I would regret later, as per usual.

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[NHshtr]

I sympathize with your hesitancy. Personally, I would rather the bolt in 6.5 PRC to get the most if shooting for accuracy at 600 yards. Last November I paid $841 for my LR in .243 Win. if that helps on price eval. It's a great hunting shooter with handloads to 100 yards (.8"-.9") but you might like to see better groups if shooting for accuracy at distance.
Did he say why he's (apparently) getting out of 6.5 Creedmoor?

[Rifletom]

Hmm. Not too keen on shooting other peoples handloads. And possibly, the rifle just isn't a shooter. Seems to be stepping away from the 6.5 C pretty fast. My opinion only.

[BigAl52]

If you wanna have some fun with long range get a Sharps with some tang sights and load up some 45-70 with blackpowder and shoot that at 1000 yards. Make some smoke

[Sir Henry]

Hmm. Not too keen on shooting other peoples handloads. And possibly, the rifle just isn't a shooter. Seems to be stepping away from the 6.5 C pretty fast. My opinion only.

I would not shoot a strangers loads but have close friends.

[JEBar]

I would not shoot a strangers loads but have close friends.

there are folks I know who I fire their reloads without any concern .... can's say that about a few others .... for years now I've loaded for a few people who hunt with ammo we developed for their rifles .... I would be hesitant to fire reloads from a person I don't know without seeing him shooting it first