That’s due to less intrusion into the powder space from the long bullets, and because the SAAMI Mean Average Pressure for the 6.5 Creedmoor is 62,000 psi, while the. 260 Remington with the same weight bullet, even though the. This matches almost exactly the muzzle velocity of the. The muzzle velocity for the 140-grain factory load is 2,710 fps. 308 off the throne as king of the short action, long-range cartridges. A 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge (left) compared to a. That allowed the long 6.5mm, 140-grain, high-ballistic coefficient, VLD and ELD style bullets to extend from the case rather than being seated deep inside, which eats up powder space. There is almost an inch of difference (.905) between the case length and the overall cartridge length. The overall cartridge length is 2.825 inches. It has a 30-degree shoulder and the case length is 1.920 inches. 473-inch diameter case head, the same as the. Our solution was to go to a 6.5, firing a lot higher BC bullet, and not have to push it as hard to get what they wanted.” Another shot of the author’s custom built 6.5 Creedmoor rifle. They were running these things at very high pressures to try to get the performance they need to compete. According to Emary, “People were having a lot of problems with functioning the 6mms. Emary and DeMille thought it would be great if there was a cartridge that followed current popular design, was accurate enough to win, and was available from a commercial ammo manufacturer using SAAMI (Sporting Arms and Ammunition Institute) guidelines and standards.Įmary and fellow Hornady engineer Joe Thielen put their heads together, and the result was the 6.5 Creedmoor. The trouble with wildcat cartridges is too many shooters think they can come up with a formula that will beat the laws of physics, and problems start to happen. It was shot with a custom rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor and American Eagle 140-grain BTHP ammo. That left Spieth to play the final 14 holes by himself.This 100-yard group measures. Rose, who had just taken a 9 on the third hole, said he woke up in the morning with the spasms. Justin Rose, who teed off paired with Spieth for the third round, withdrew from the tournament after hitting four shots on the fourth hole because of back spasms. His tee shot landed to the right of the green, he chipped to the front of the green and two-putted for birdie to tie for the lead at that moment. Rory McIlroy, playing a hole behind DeChambeau, stopped and watched the shot.Īs it turned out, DeChambeau hit the tee shot so well, he could have taken an even more aggressive line and driven the green. He stopped on his walk to the green to watch the tee shot, pointing to his caddie, Michael Greller, to note where the ball landed with a look of marvel. Jordan Spieth, who played the first two rounds with DeChambeau and said publicly that he was bummed out he didn’t go for it on Thursday or Friday, was playing No. The spectators weren’t the only interested observers. I caught it pretty solid and was like, ‘Go.’ ’’ It’s kind of the feeling I had, it was like, ‘Oh, I did it.’ I got the same chills and feeling when I saw it clear and there was no splash, it was like, ‘Yes.’ I gave the fans what they wanted.Īrnold Palmer would have loved this incredible day of golf “It was exciting - especially when you pull it off. “Oh, man, I felt like a kid again,’’ DeChambeau said. In Saturday’s third round, though, DeChambeau gave everyone what they wanted, taking an aggressive line over the lake and landing his tee shot to the right of the green, a tee shot that traveled an ungodly 370 yards.Īs soon as the ball left the clubface of his driver, DeChambeau knew he had nutted it, and he raised both arms in victory. Bryson DeChambeau hits a shot from the third tee during the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament Saturday. The wind wasn’t helping enough in the first two rounds for him to give it a go on Thursday and Friday, despite heavy spectator urging every time he got to the sixth tee. In his Wednesday practice round, he twice tried it and came up short in the water into the wind.
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Today’s long-ball fascination in golf is trained on Bryson DeChambeau, who drew a lot of attention last year for bulking up, increasing his swing and ball speed and length.Īll this week in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, DeChambeau had teased about his intention to try to drive the green over a large lake on the 531-yard, par-5 sixth hole. Punched holes in a panel from an SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber are visible in wreckage resting on the floor of Truk Lagoon near the main debris site. Then Tiger Woods came along and went longer than anyone else. Years ago, John Daly drew so many eyeballs to his game because he hit it farther than anyone in the game. Everyone loves the long ball.Įighty-yard touchdown passes in football. Koepka’s fiancée celebrates his ‘Match’ win over DeChambeau How Bryson DeChambeau came back from the brink of quitting golf - with Chris Pratt’s help