6.5 CM has like .070 freebore will this ever shoot well????????????

[NF1E]

I rebarreled my model 10 to a McGowen 6.5 CM they had in stock last year and by measuring my Berger 140 I have overall length from boltface to tip of bullet is 2.940 OAL. the longest I can run my OAL in my gun and function though the mag is 2.870, so I am sitting .070 off the lands. My question is will it ever shoot well with this much freebore?

TIA Kevin

Just for the heck of it sometime measure the freebore using GMM and I think you will be surprized how huge it is. I shoot a ton of 6.5 in different rifles and it appears to be one of the most forgiving on BTO of any of my rifles.

[Mr.Snerdly]

I am beginning to think the bullet jump doesn't make as much difference as what I have been led to believe. I experimented a little yesterday with a bullet .016" off the lands and .035" off. The .035" actually shot slightly better but it could have been me. I am not perfect. The .035" was slightly over .5 MOA and the .016" was slightly less than .7 MOA. I think it depends on the bullet some.

[Balvar24]

Only one way to find out.

[yobuck]

Only one way to find out.

Thats exactly correct, so long as it shoots well who cares.

[efm77]

Look at how much freebore Weatherby's have and they're done that way on purpose. Most of the time they seem to shoot pretty well. As the others said, there's only one way to find out and I'm not so sure it hasn't been over-hyped as well.

[Evlshnngns]

Your title should read .070 bullet jump. Your freebore is probably closer to .200" than .070. I bet it shoots great with that jump, ounce you get the powder charge figured out.

[8mm RUM]

Shoot Barnes out of it. They need a good jump to shoot well.