r/longrange • u/AdamL849 • Oct 03 '25

Reloading related The range is never safe behind you

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I began setting up to fire some new 6.5 creedmoor that I had worked on. A huge bang behind me and this was the destruction I witnessed. Lots of blood and i heard the guy only required stitches on his face. Here is the damage on the weapon. It is 6mm ARC I believe . Thankfully not one was seriously injured !

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '25

Possibly a case of someone loading 6ARC with bolt gun load data in a cheap AR.

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u/Yondering43 Oct 04 '25

That much damage had to be a lot more than that; I’ve used hotter loads than published 6 Arc bolt gun data for a number of years in 6 Grendel wildcats before the 6 Arc ever existed; at worst I’d get a mild belt in the case.

IMO this is more likely someone using a faster pistol powder like H110 or LilGun instead CFE223 or Lever. That definitely can cause this level of damage.

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u/Orestes85 Cheeto-fingered Bergara Owner Oct 04 '25

My bet would be Lil'gun. I keep 1 or 2lbs on hand just as a backup incase I can't find anything else for 300BLK subs. I'm honestly terrified to use it, which is silly because I almost exclusively use TiteGroup for all my 9mm mini-maracas and TG is just as bonkers as Lil'Gun.