Post by: SkookumHntr on March 22, 2018, 09:10:50 PM
Post by: fish vacuum on March 22, 2018, 09:21:37 PM
Lookin at this caliber for my daughter, she's 12. Any reviews? Recoil? Range? Grouping etcIt's hard to find opinions and reviews on that one. Why are owners so tight lipped?
Post by: fishngamereaper on March 22, 2018, 09:24:42 PM
Post by: jrebel on March 22, 2018, 09:30:14 PM
Post by: CAMPMEAT on March 22, 2018, 09:33:38 PM
Post by: Rem14 on March 22, 2018, 10:07:10 PM
Post by: hunting4sanity on March 22, 2018, 10:26:37 PM
Post by: N7XW on March 23, 2018, 12:02:52 AM
Post by: addicted on March 23, 2018, 12:11:48 AM
1/2 inch groups. Not that I believe in one short action cartridge being inherently more accurate than another.
Post by: jay.sharkbait on March 23, 2018, 02:55:38 AM
Post by: headshot5 on March 23, 2018, 07:29:56 AM
It's great for those seeking a gender neutral solution.
:chuckle:
Post by: CAMPMEAT on March 23, 2018, 08:13:06 AM
Post by: X-Force on March 23, 2018, 08:14:21 AM
It's great for those seeking a gender neutral solution.
:chuckle:
Funniest part about that is that is why i want a Savage Storm 6.5 my wife, girls and i can all shoot it. :chuckle:
Post by: h20hunter on March 23, 2018, 09:09:50 AM
Post by: bobcat on March 23, 2018, 09:42:31 AM
Post by: theleo on March 23, 2018, 09:58:45 AM
The 6.5 Creed is right in middle of the 7mm-08 Remington and the 243 Winchester. Same case, with a bullet 2 hundredths of an inch smaller in diameter than the 7mm-08, and 2 hundredths of an inch bigger in diameter than the 243 Winchester.That'd be the 260 Rem, the practical choice since it can be formed from the 308 family. The Creed was built from the 30 TC, since that was a commercial hit...
Reviews are pretty universal, moderate recoil, usually accurate (that depends on the rifle as well), and good ballistics. Honestly it's a repackaged 6.5 x 55 Mauser with better off the shelf ammo availability.
Post by: SkookumHntr on March 26, 2018, 01:11:17 PM
Post by: Yondering on March 26, 2018, 02:06:05 PM
The 6.5 Creed is right in middle of the 7mm-08 Remington and the 243 Winchester. Same case, with a bullet 2 hundredths of an inch smaller in diameter than the 7mm-08, and 2 hundredths of an inch bigger in diameter than the 243 Winchester.That'd be the 260 Rem, the practical choice since it can be formed from the 308 family. The Creed was built from the 30 TC, since that was a commercial hit...
Reviews are pretty universal, moderate recoil, usually accurate (that depends on the rifle as well), and good ballistics. Honestly it's a repackaged 6.5 x 55 Mauser with better off the shelf ammo availability.
The Creedmoor can also be formed from the 308 family brass; same parent case but with the shoulder bumped back. Most of my 6.5 Creedmoor brass started as once fired LC 7.62 brass.
Post by: yorketransport on March 26, 2018, 02:20:46 PM
Well my daughter passed hunters safety Saturday and her new rifle is ordered!! Were getting the Ruger American Predator in 6.5 Creedmoor, paired with the Vortex Crossfire 4-12x44. Cant wait to hit the Range and clank some steel with this thing! :IBCOOL:
I think you'll be very happy with that rifle. I can't bring myself to own a Creedmoor, but I have had a couple of 6.5x47 Lapua's which are the ballistic twin. It's a great chambering which typically shoots very well, offers lots of great bullet options, a growing selection of loaded ammo and lots of information from people who won't stop telling you how great it is. :chuckle:
Post by: 257 Wby Mag on March 26, 2018, 02:40:08 PM
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Post by: fishngamereaper on March 26, 2018, 03:32:26 PM
Well my daughter passed hunters safety Saturday and her new rifle is ordered!! Were getting the Ruger American Predator in 6.5 Creedmoor, paired with the Vortex Crossfire 4-12x44. Cant wait to hit the Range and clank some steel with this thing! :IBCOOL:
Congrats. You'll enjoy that combo. Mine (my kids) likes Federal and Barnes ammo.
Post by: fishngamereaper on March 26, 2018, 03:34:06 PM
Ahhhhh another creedmoor thread. Haha
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Common, is that all you got. I think that meme has been used 100 times, there has got to be something new.
Post by: 257 Wby Mag on March 26, 2018, 03:37:00 PM
Post by: fishngamereaper on March 26, 2018, 03:38:05 PM
My bad, but I like it... if you don’t, simply don’t comment
Lighten up Francis...geez.
Post by: 257 Wby Mag on March 26, 2018, 03:39:20 PM
Post by: SkookumHntr on March 26, 2018, 03:44:14 PM
Post by: fishngamereaper on March 26, 2018, 03:49:26 PM
Dug up my old thread hope it helps.
Post by: X-Force on March 26, 2018, 03:49:54 PM
Who’s Francis?
Its from stripes
Post by: 257 Wby Mag on March 26, 2018, 04:06:52 PM
oh and when I go shoot this thing you guys will be hearing about it!! ;) :chuckle:
Don’t hear much bad about em, plethora of great ammo too.
Love Francis
Post by: Biggerhammer on March 26, 2018, 11:07:46 PM
The 6.5 Creed is right in middle of the 7mm-08 Remington and the 243 Winchester. Same case, with a bullet 2 hundredths of an inch smaller in diameter than the 7mm-08, and 2 hundredths of an inch bigger in diameter than the 243 Winchester.
The 6.5 Creedmoor walks all over the 7-08 across the board. Hundredths matter :tup:
Post by: bobcat on March 26, 2018, 11:17:08 PM
The 6.5 Creed is right in middle of the 7mm-08 Remington and the 243 Winchester. Same case, with a bullet 2 hundredths of an inch smaller in diameter than the 7mm-08, and 2 hundredths of an inch bigger in diameter than the 243 Winchester.
The 6.5 Creedmoor walks all over the 7-08 across the board. Hundredths matter :tup:
I don't think so. Maybe if you're a target shooter who shoots out to 600 yards and further, it might have a slight advantage. But if you're a hunter who wants to shoot deer out to 300 yards, I seriously doubt there's any significant difference between the two.
Post by: swanny on March 27, 2018, 12:32:45 PM
Well my daughter passed hunters safety Saturday and her new rifle is ordered!! Were getting the Ruger American Predator in 6.5 Creedmoor, paired with the Vortex Crossfire 4-12x44. Cant wait to hit the Range and clank some steel with this thing! :IBCOOL:
That's the exact package I've been looking at for my wife who just passed her test a few weeks back. I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. :tup:
Post by: magnanimous_j on March 27, 2018, 05:56:09 PM
The 6.5 Creed is right in middle of the 7mm-08 Remington and the 243 Winchester. Same case, with a bullet 2 hundredths of an inch smaller in diameter than the 7mm-08, and 2 hundredths of an inch bigger in diameter than the 243 Winchester.
The 6.5 Creedmoor walks all over the 7-08 across the board. Hundredths matter :tup:
I don't think so. Maybe if you're a target shooter who shoots out to 600 yards and further, it might have a slight advantage. But if you're a hunter who wants to shoot deer out to 300 yards, I seriously doubt there's any significant difference between the two.
I think he was joking.
There are so many calibers available now, there is a ton of overlap. It reminds me of when I was shopping for a motorcycle. I would stress over these horsepower maps and spec sheets and eventually realized that under real world conditions, any one of the five bikes I was considering would be just fine. The factors the ended up influencing my decision were the market availability and most importantly, how I fit on the thing. If the one I didn't choose had 5 more horsepower at 7000 RPM, I never missed it.
I had a .308 which was my do-it-all rifle. That's a great idea on paper, but I realized that I get so few days in the field, and I think about hunting so often, that buying 2 rifles really pencils out long term. 6.5 Creedmoor is marginal on elk, at best. But the .308 isn't much better. So I decided to get the 6.5 for deer and under and a .300 winmag for anything more than that.
Out of all the intermediate options, I picked the Creedmoor for 3 reasons. One, my buddy had one he wanted out of, so he made me a great deal. Two, it's just a great cartridge within its limits. Three, the ammo is cheap. Good bullet construction drops in price over time. It seems that raw material cost doesn't. So eventually, a high tech bullet will be cheap, but brass, lead and powder seem to only ever get more expensive.
Post by: Magnum_Willys on March 27, 2018, 06:04:38 PM
Post by: rudysts on March 28, 2018, 03:54:10 PM
The 300 win mag is all you need for deer or elk. But dang all this talk I’m really feeling a need for a 6.5 Creedmoor. Gonna happen.
6.5 Creed with the SRP brass and RL16 is the ticket the speed with a 140 Berger is crazy fast topped out at 2980 fps on a ladder test. my accuracy node is at 2890 with sub half moa.
Post by: Magnum_Willys on April 11, 2018, 09:20:39 AM
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Post by: b23 on April 11, 2018, 01:32:01 PM
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.
Post by: Jonathan_S on April 11, 2018, 02:00:55 PM
Really I just wanted to utilize the potential of the bullets with an additional 300-400 FPS but for a young shooter, the CM would probably be great. No better than the 243, 260, 7mm-08 in my mind but certainly no worse.
Post by: Goshawk on April 16, 2018, 09:22:45 PM
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.
Post by: 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.
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.
Post by: Yondering on April 17, 2018, 09:51:00 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.
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.
Post by: magnanimous_j on April 17, 2018, 10:23:45 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.
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.
Post by: 2labs on April 18, 2018, 05:40:21 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.
120 year old Swede beats it also :dunno:
Post by: Jonathan_S on April 18, 2018, 06:05:31 PM
Post by: mountainman on April 18, 2018, 06:53:25 PM
Besides, I don't have enough hair left on top for a man-bun anyways☺
Post by: Biggerhammer on April 18, 2018, 10:07:01 PM
Some pitched the 6.5x47 for years before the Creedmoor’s arrival and members here ate it up. What’s the difference? I like shooting everything. Depends on my mood. Nothing wrong with super magnums, some just can’t drive them. Nothing wrong with a 6x45. They all kill stuff.
Post by: SkookumHntr on April 19, 2018, 10:59:31 AM
Post by: mountainman on April 20, 2018, 07:03:26 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.Yup, in agreement. Don't think anyone here thinks its a "bad" cartridge, just that its no worse, but no better then other mid power 6.5 rounds. Kinda like arguing 257 Imp over 25-06 over 25/284. Not that much of a gap in performance between the lot. Those that aren't on fire" for the Creedmore are more against the "fanboy" mentality from advertisers driving the popularity. But some are easily led in that regard😉
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.
Some even lurk here👍