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.260 vs 6.5 Creedmore
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<blockquote data-quote="Ronald W Schaefer" data-source="post: 1945476" data-attributes="member: 109378"><p>I shoot both...I think its important to remember both were designed as high performance target shooting rounds capitalizing on the superior ballistics coefficient and SD of the new, heavier 6.5 bullets. and the "efficiency" of the .308 Win case/interior ballistics. Then we discovered that also because of those bullets there was the potential for significant energy remaining down range even if started at modest muzzle velocities. That then translated to low muzzle blast and recoil and we discovered that was great for medium sized game at extended range. That happened at about the same time as the Long Range hunting fad. If you reload, you can really get more performance out of the .260 Remington. If you don't, you can buy (usually) better ammo for the 6.5 CM. That said, if you really want a LR game killer in 6.5, I really like the 6.5 PRC. A bit more jack, can handle the big bullets better and still a moderate in muzzle blast and recoil in a mountain rifle. Not as much of a fan of those other "barn burner" 6.5s.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ronald W Schaefer, post: 1945476, member: 109378"] I shoot both...I think its important to remember both were designed as high performance target shooting rounds capitalizing on the superior ballistics coefficient and SD of the new, heavier 6.5 bullets. and the "efficiency" of the .308 Win case/interior ballistics. Then we discovered that also because of those bullets there was the potential for significant energy remaining down range even if started at modest muzzle velocities. That then translated to low muzzle blast and recoil and we discovered that was great for medium sized game at extended range. That happened at about the same time as the Long Range hunting fad. If you reload, you can really get more performance out of the .260 Remington. If you don't, you can buy (usually) better ammo for the 6.5 CM. That said, if you really want a LR game killer in 6.5, I really like the 6.5 PRC. A bit more jack, can handle the big bullets better and still a moderate in muzzle blast and recoil in a mountain rifle. Not as much of a fan of those other "barn burner" 6.5s. [/QUOTE]
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