freddiej
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270-264 Win Mag. I am necking down 7MM Rem Mag cases to .275". no other modifications.
Good article on why everyone either loves or hates the 6.5cr
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Copy! BJD has a .270-300 WM (https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/270-300-win-mag-now-feasible.155307/).
Just get one so your friends can relax and you can still shoot the other 26 rifles you own
Muddyboots
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I won a 6.5CM in a raffle and it was absolutely perfect to fund my new .270 1:8 twist barrel build so I do appreciate 6.5Cm's from that perspective. Savage Axis and it sold it locally so it was great cartridge for me.
CBH Australia
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Oh, so that's the attraction to the Creedmoor.,
I still like my plain old 7mm-08
If there is a 7mm Creedmoor and all things being equal it will surpass expectations and be a better hunting round than the 6.5cm
Did the dod adopt 6.5creedmoor?
Deputy819
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SOCOM is giving one of its sniper rifles a 6.5mm facelift
U.S. Special Operations Command is looking for modify one its sniper systems to chamber the command's new 6.5mm intermediate precision round in a push to enhance operators' range and hit probability
taskandpurpose.com
Hornady Awarded 6.5 Creedmoor Military Contract - RifleShooter
Hornady has been awarded a military contract with the U.S. Department of Defense for 6.5mm Creedmoor sniper rounds.
www.rifleshootermag.com
You keep saying that but where is the data? The Creedmoor is shooting 140gr bullets at 2800 so for the 260 to be shooting 300 fps faster it would have to be 3100 fps which is hot 6.5 PRC loads and with a 15gr handicap you would have to load the 260 to stupid hot pressures with a 30" barrel to get even half of that.
HARPERC
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My favorite thing about the creedmoor is I just read all 18 pages of this, and for 30 minutes I didn't think about my back pain. Headache yes back no.
I admire the capitalist process Hornady took to achieve this, that team deserves a raise.
I hate the tradition outdoor writers have of feeling they need to call out as uneducated, stupid, hillbilly or other derogatory terms, to make themselves superior. It goes back decades, and shooting really doesn't need Petzal, Spomer, Barnes, Oconnor etc.
I think almost any new case may be most beneficial to the wildcatters. I think while I don't have the 6.5 and won't, a very good shooter and smith pointed out the 6mm, and the most serious predator hunter I know is very positive on the .22.
Will either completely eclipse other cartridges in their class, it's unlikely but generally choose based a lot on rifle platform vs subtle cartridge differences.
Availability drives my decision, I bought a .260 not based on superiority, but because 6.5's were scarce at the time, and it came available. I would have bought a 6.5x55 if I found a package I liked. Went home to think on a 6.5x55 No.1, and it sold while I was thinking. Should have jumped on it.
We have our quirks, I can't stand not having a .30-06 in the safe. If the Creedmoor is this generations pick, I hope we keep it going so the next generation is able pick.
I also want a 6.5x65R turned into a rimmed version of a Sherman, but don't expect anyone else to do more than scratch, or shake their head about it, although some will go farther than that to express their disappointment in such a project, It's for me, and the feelings of others will sway me not.
You'll shoot your eye out kid doesn't stop with BB guns.
I admire the capitalist process Hornady took to achieve this, that team deserves a raise.
I hate the tradition outdoor writers have of feeling they need to call out as uneducated, stupid, hillbilly or other derogatory terms, to make themselves superior. It goes back decades, and shooting really doesn't need Petzal, Spomer, Barnes, Oconnor etc.
I think almost any new case may be most beneficial to the wildcatters. I think while I don't have the 6.5 and won't, a very good shooter and smith pointed out the 6mm, and the most serious predator hunter I know is very positive on the .22.
Will either completely eclipse other cartridges in their class, it's unlikely but generally choose based a lot on rifle platform vs subtle cartridge differences.
Availability drives my decision, I bought a .260 not based on superiority, but because 6.5's were scarce at the time, and it came available. I would have bought a 6.5x55 if I found a package I liked. Went home to think on a 6.5x55 No.1, and it sold while I was thinking. Should have jumped on it.
We have our quirks, I can't stand not having a .30-06 in the safe. If the Creedmoor is this generations pick, I hope we keep it going so the next generation is able pick.
I also want a 6.5x65R turned into a rimmed version of a Sherman, but don't expect anyone else to do more than scratch, or shake their head about it, although some will go farther than that to express their disappointment in such a project, It's for me, and the feelings of others will sway me not.
You'll shoot your eye out kid doesn't stop with BB guns.
Thank you for the very simple but clear rational approach.
DOD, in general, is not precision oriented. If they prefer the 260, so be it. I ran the gun club at a Marine Corps base for a couple years back before ARs were good enough to compete at 600. There was a real search for a better Match rifle (bolt action) ctg but back then the ARs were just starting with the 69 gr match king. From a competitors standpoint, the CM or the 6.5x47 is preferable to the 260, but the X ring don't care what made the hole. And neither is preferable to a 6mm.
You just need to pick the best chambering for what YOU want to do. No ones taking 6PPC deer hunting.
2 MOA@ 200 yards was the criteria while I was in
