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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1629795" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>Well, <u><em>"It's fun to hear the close-minded folks bash the 6.5 CM.",</em></u> I'm not sure where I would like to go with this. I AM not a fan of the 6.5CM, and I will certainly make my thoughts on it well known. But.....because of that does it qualify me as a "close-minded folk??" How we got here from a <em>Savage 99 to a .308 Winchester vs a 30-06 and a 6.5 Creedmore baffles</em> me; especially when someone adds in a statement about Creedmore bashers being close minded. Just because a person is opinionated doesn't mean they are closed minded. I believe as you have stated that the right rifle for the right game PERIOD. If one believes that there is one cartridge that will kill everything at all ranges and strike the hammer of Thor, I believe "that" person is extremely close minded.</p><p></p><p>I am sick of the biases that people project about the Creedmore, not the cartridge or its capabilities. And....I am tired of people poking fun or ridiculing a person for believing that the "ole school" cartridges are worthless compared to the new stuff that is being put out, lauded, advertised, marketed and jammed down our throats. And....if a person does not agree with the marketing BS, then that person is ridiculed and put down. I am not sure if you remember the .280 Ackley Improved, when it first came out. The 280 AI was the 6.5 Creedmore of 2007. The 7mm bullets were the greatest, fastest, deadliest, and most accurate cartridge on the market!! What happened to that cartridge, the articles and all the hype are no longer around or recognized; all the marketing BS on the .280AI is now diluted and the focus is on the Creedmore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1629795, member: 69192"] Well, [U][I]"It’s fun to hear the close-minded folks bash the 6.5 CM.",[/I][/U] I'm not sure where I would like to go with this. I AM not a fan of the 6.5CM, and I will certainly make my thoughts on it well known. But.....because of that does it qualify me as a "close-minded folk??" How we got here from a [I]Savage 99 to a .308 Winchester vs a 30-06 and a 6.5 Creedmore baffles[/I] me; especially when someone adds in a statement about Creedmore bashers being close minded. Just because a person is opinionated doesn't mean they are closed minded. I believe as you have stated that the right rifle for the right game PERIOD. If one believes that there is one cartridge that will kill everything at all ranges and strike the hammer of Thor, I believe "that" person is extremely close minded. I am sick of the biases that people project about the Creedmore, not the cartridge or its capabilities. And....I am tired of people poking fun or ridiculing a person for believing that the "ole school" cartridges are worthless compared to the new stuff that is being put out, lauded, advertised, marketed and jammed down our throats. And....if a person does not agree with the marketing BS, then that person is ridiculed and put down. I am not sure if you remember the .280 Ackley Improved, when it first came out. The 280 AI was the 6.5 Creedmore of 2007. The 7mm bullets were the greatest, fastest, deadliest, and most accurate cartridge on the market!! What happened to that cartridge, the articles and all the hype are no longer around or recognized; all the marketing BS on the .280AI is now diluted and the focus is on the Creedmore. [/QUOTE]
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