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Anyone familiar with the 6.5 Creedmor?
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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 972871" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>I have looked very closely at the 260 Rem. v.s. the 6.5 Creedmoor. There was an excellent article on the 6.5 cartridges in Shooting Times' "Guide to Long Range Accuracy" issue (Feb. 2013). Basically there is not much difference in the two cartridges <em>given average velocities</em>.</p><p> </p><p>I went with the 6.5 Creedmoor round because that's what Ruger was offering in their Predator version of the American rifle. Also I know that if I really need the extra range and velocity I can go with Hornady's excellent "Superformance" high velocity rounds. </p><p> </p><p>To quote the Shooting Times article, "The biggest problem with the 260 (Rem.) was its short throat. You get a lot of case intrusion with the bigger bullets. While the Creedmoor gives up 2.5 to 3 grains of case capacity, it is a much more efficient case design and works better with long match bullets."</p><p> </p><p>With that in mind, and competition my main use of the Predator, I settled on the 6.5 Creedmoor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 972871, member: 54178"] I have looked very closely at the 260 Rem. v.s. the 6.5 Creedmoor. There was an excellent article on the 6.5 cartridges in Shooting Times' "Guide to Long Range Accuracy" issue (Feb. 2013). Basically there is not much difference in the two cartridges [I]given average velocities[/I]. I went with the 6.5 Creedmoor round because that's what Ruger was offering in their Predator version of the American rifle. Also I know that if I really need the extra range and velocity I can go with Hornady's excellent "Superformance" high velocity rounds. To quote the Shooting Times article, "The biggest problem with the 260 (Rem.) was its short throat. You get a lot of case intrusion with the bigger bullets. While the Creedmoor gives up 2.5 to 3 grains of case capacity, it is a much more efficient case design and works better with long match bullets." With that in mind, and competition my main use of the Predator, I settled on the 6.5 Creedmoor. [/QUOTE]
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