6.5 Creedmoor rifle recommendations

Looks like your budget is right at $2k

The seekins is just a havak action in a KRG stock.
That's pretty easy to build yourself if you are so inclined. I built my 6.5 cm rifle with a Bighorn Origin action and a Criterion barrel.

Bighorn (now Zermatt) uses the savage system where you set the headspace with a barrel nut.


But if you just want a rifle, buy a Tikka T3x Compact tactical and spend money on a good scope and a silencer

Christensen Arms Mesa

I got one a few months ago. Absolutely love it. Finish on the gun is exceptional.



I also have a Tika CTR


Both are fine shooters.

(pics are not mine)

+1 on both of these recs. I have both Savage and the Tikka T3x Superlite in 6.5 and love both. I held one of the savages with the carbon fiber barrel the other day and really liked that gun if you’re looking for bolt action.

Make sure to get a scope that can see 2 miles

Dont get one

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That's a shame to hear. I can't find a single thing wrong with my gun. Maybe I just got lucky... or have just failed to get unlucky, yet.

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Guns built after late 2019/early 2020 seem to have the most problems. They are cranking out so many guns that they don't even check QC. To give you a point of context, we had 3 ranger 22s come in from them within a few weeks of each other. All 3 were loose in the stock because the stock was inletted completely wrong on all 3. The action screws weren't able to get enough thread engagement and so the whole whole action would just freely move side to side. That is something any of the qc people could have caught if they actually put hands on the guns. They suck arse and I don't recommend them.