Noveske x Sobchak Security - 19" 6.5 CM Q Fix Barrel

Sobchak Security LLC 6.5 Creedmoor barrel  

• Caliber / Material: 6.5mm Creedmoor — 416R stainless 

• Twist Rate: 1:8 Semi Poly  

• Individual serialized barrel (QC traceability) 

• Chamber: Hand polished Noveske Match chamber 

• Q Fix Barrel extension  

• Muzzle crown: 60° 

• Fluting: 5 full length flutes  

• Muzzle threads: 5/8"x24 Non tapered shoulder 

• Finish: Bead blasted  

• Weight: 45.3 ounces 

Includes: Barrel, Homework, 1 each - North American Hunting - MOA and MIL ranging card

The ancient adage goes, "And I've looked for ammo from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonopah and Grants Pass up to Dover and everywhere I look I find quality 6.5 Creedmoor ammo at an affordable price that shoots great out of my Noveske Barreled Q fix."

 

 Few calibers balance accessibility of ammo, external ballistics, cost and accuracy as 6.5 Creedmoor.  Over the years,  Walter has messed with 6.5 Creedmoor loadings,  factory ammo and barrel lengths ranging from 14.5s to 26 inches all with the hopes of finding the ideal do all combination for bowling and hunting.  Walter and the folks at Noveske recently set out to make the ideal 6.5 Creedmoor barrel for hunting and bowling for the Q Fix with easily accessible, factory ammo and here's where we landed.

 

 Walter is a firm believer in the notion that part of the criticism of 6.5 as a hunting round is that the round is so accurate and shootable, that bowlers find themselves shooting critters with a short 16 6.5 creedmoor at extended distances.  These same bowlers will tell you that 6.5 creedmoor is dog shit for hunting elk, but 6.5 PRC has plenty of ass.  It's literally the same bullet at a different velocity.   As long velocity thresholds are met, and distances kept within ranges that meet said threshold,  Walter has zero problems hunting any game in North America with a 6.5 Creedmoor.  For Walter's money,  he likes to be around the 2600 FPS neighborhood with the 140 ELDM or 143 ELDX.  At sea level,  this keeps you supersonic out past 1200 yards and your bullet above the 1800 FPS threshold to 600 yards.  Why 1800 FPS?  Well this where match type bullets reliably expand, ensuring ethical kills as long as the bowler does their part and puts the bullet where it needs to go. 

 

So Walter and Wizards in Grants Pass took a 6.5 Creedmoor barrel and started lopping inches off of it until they got to the 2600 FPS threshold with the shortest possible barrel.  From there they tweaked with chamber reamers until landing dimensions optimized to shoot factory ELDM and ELDX ammo in 10 shot groups that would make a General Dynamics ION Cannon blush.  Next, Walter and the R&D team at Noveske dialed in a fluted barrel profile that gives a damn near perfect balance of weight and surface area for cooling at the same weight as existing Carbon Fiber Barrels allowing for accurate, rapid, shot strings without mirage all while being able to stay in the scope and watch impacts.  

 

The result is a rifle that's at home in the backcountry strapped to a pack or bouncing around folded in a side by side.  For the last few months,  Walter has hunted throughout the west for Blacktail, Mule Deer, Bear and Wild pigs and had great results. Paired with a versatile scope like the Maven 2.5-15 and a lightweight suppressor like the Scythe Ti,  Walter has a package that he wouldn't trade for twin-turboed Countach and Bonny sitting shotgun.   The barrels are now up on Noveske's site, get them before they're gone.