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6.5 Credmoor vs 7mm-08
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<blockquote data-quote="Hondo64d" data-source="post: 1260761" data-attributes="member: 1390"><p>Of the two you mention, I would go with the 6.5 CM. Do you handload? If not, the CM has the advantage of reasonably priced match accurate factory ammo. If you do handload, the CM has a shorter case, making it easier to seat bullets to touch the lands and still function through a normal 2.8" factory magazine box. The CM was designed to run VLD type bullets out of a common 2.8" magazine box and still be close to the lands. Very forward thinking on Hornady's part. If you are going to shoot long range, the VLD type Bullets are the order of the day and reaching the lands with, say a 168gr VLD in a 7mm-08 when loaded to magazine length is not going to happen unless you have a custom throat. Many folks don't realize that those long VLD type bullets need a shorter throat, not longer.</p><p></p><p>As far as the discussion of the 6.5x47 vs the CM, Wild Rose is correct that when loaded to the same pressures, the larger case capacity will always win. But, it is also true that if you load the 6.5x47 to pressures they are normally being loaded to, say 70 to 72k, its primer pockets will hold up. Load a .260 or CM to the same pressures and you'll have loose pockets pretty quick. Been there and done that. So, if you load the 6.5x47 to its max potential, it stays really close to the .260 and CM. It just does it by operating at a higher pressure.</p><p></p><p>John</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hondo64d, post: 1260761, member: 1390"] Of the two you mention, I would go with the 6.5 CM. Do you handload? If not, the CM has the advantage of reasonably priced match accurate factory ammo. If you do handload, the CM has a shorter case, making it easier to seat bullets to touch the lands and still function through a normal 2.8" factory magazine box. The CM was designed to run VLD type bullets out of a common 2.8" magazine box and still be close to the lands. Very forward thinking on Hornady's part. If you are going to shoot long range, the VLD type Bullets are the order of the day and reaching the lands with, say a 168gr VLD in a 7mm-08 when loaded to magazine length is not going to happen unless you have a custom throat. Many folks don't realize that those long VLD type bullets need a shorter throat, not longer. As far as the discussion of the 6.5x47 vs the CM, Wild Rose is correct that when loaded to the same pressures, the larger case capacity will always win. But, it is also true that if you load the 6.5x47 to pressures they are normally being loaded to, say 70 to 72k, its primer pockets will hold up. Load a .260 or CM to the same pressures and you'll have loose pockets pretty quick. Been there and done that. So, if you load the 6.5x47 to its max potential, it stays really close to the .260 and CM. It just does it by operating at a higher pressure. John [/QUOTE]
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