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6.5 creedmoor reviews??
Goshawk:
I've enjoyed shooting the guns I've handled in it, not because it's the latest fad to trip down the 6.5 line but because I do like to see these middle ground calibers making a comeback. There was a time when the concept of "enough gun" was understood. Now like jacked up trucks with golf balls in gloves, if you don't have a hard kicking caliber with a brain numbing muzzle break you're just not a real shooter.
The 6.5 along with the 7x08, 308, 270win puts holes in targets, game animals down and is a pleasure to shoot.
Unless you're going after big bears, there's really nothing to dislike.
BigGoonTuna:
the thing i notice (and what makes me slightly upset) about the 6.5CM is for how new of a cartridge it is, it is really inexpensive to buy good ammo for. i'm talking sub-$20 a box.
i saw remington cor-lokt ammo rolled out in 6.5CM for something like $18.99 a box advertised. don't see why they'd do that, when they charge around $30 for .260 and nearly as much for 7mm-08. it's almost like they want their own offspring to fail.
i remember when i was shopping for a "nice" hunting rifle in 2009, ruger was making the M77 in 6.5 creedmoor. it looked attractive to me but it was such a new chambering at the time, and you'd maybe see one ammo offering on the shelf. i ended up going with a 7mm-08 instead. things seem to have exploded in the past year or two, now it's everywhere.
Yondering:
--- Quote from: BigGoonTuna on April 17, 2018, 04:30:03 AM ---i saw remington cor-lokt ammo rolled out in 6.5CM for something like $18.99 a box advertised. don't see why they'd do that, when they charge around $30 for .260 and nearly as much for 7mm-08. it's almost like they want their own offspring to fail.
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That's called economy of scale. Price per individual unit is lower when you're making them in higher volumes. 6.5 Creedmoor is being produced and sold in much higher volumes than .260, 7/08, etc, so the ammo is cheaper. Same reason why 9mm ammo is usually cheaper than .380 Auto.
magnanimous_j:
--- Quote from: BigGoonTuna on April 17, 2018, 04:30:03 AM ---the thing i notice (and what makes me slightly upset) about the 6.5CM is for how new of a cartridge it is, it is really inexpensive to buy good ammo for. i'm talking sub-$20 a box.
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https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/656_2081_10000778/products_id/18132/Hornady%20American%20Whitetail%206.5%20Creedmoor%20129g%20InterLock/
These are what I shoot. I haven't used on on a deer yet, but I've got faith they should perform. Less than $.9 a round.
2labs:
--- Quote from: b23 on April 11, 2018, 01:32:01 PM ---I have nothing against the 6.5 Creed and they all seem to shoot pretty well but it's no secret I'm a big fan of the 6.5-284 so I don't see myself jumping ships any time soon. Even loaded to short action OAL's, the 6.5-284 out performs the 6.5 Creed.
IMO, the real winner, with regard to the 6.5 Creed, is the marketing department because they've taken a ho hum middle of the road performing cartridge and turned it into a superstar.
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120 year old Swede beats it also :dunno: