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Was the 6.5 cm really a necessity?
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<blockquote data-quote="TX Badger" data-source="post: 1375562" data-attributes="member: 95235"><p>Sorry if this repeats something that was buried in the 8 pages of replies, but I think the fact that that the Creed. does not have Remington in the name helps a lot. Savage and Ruger have really pushed the out of the box precision rifle market and as they launched new guns I bet they would rather not market something with Remington in the name. Hornady not being a gun manufacturer is an advantage if you want a cartridge to take off. Their marketing worked hard and got in bed with a bunch of gun makers to properly blitz the market. I'm not saying there are not advantages to the Creed. design, but like so many things marketing is often more important than the product. </p><p></p><p>That being said I am building a Creed. for a friend who doesn't reload bc it is not going anywhere so factory ammo should be easier to find than many of it's competitors for a long time. It's a great cartridge, why fight it? You can debate what cartridge is best, but with Lapua now making brass I see no reason not to go Creed. unless you simply want to be a contrarian. (I shoot a 260AI, minor act of rebellion) I learned this lesson the hard way fighting for the 25-06. Someone in one of the early replies said that the Creed. out performs the the 25-06 at range which is kind of true. Actually high bc 6.5 bullets outperform low bc .257 bullets, but unless I buy a bullet company I cannot win that fight, so I build a 260 ai and work with what the market supplies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TX Badger, post: 1375562, member: 95235"] Sorry if this repeats something that was buried in the 8 pages of replies, but I think the fact that that the Creed. does not have Remington in the name helps a lot. Savage and Ruger have really pushed the out of the box precision rifle market and as they launched new guns I bet they would rather not market something with Remington in the name. Hornady not being a gun manufacturer is an advantage if you want a cartridge to take off. Their marketing worked hard and got in bed with a bunch of gun makers to properly blitz the market. I'm not saying there are not advantages to the Creed. design, but like so many things marketing is often more important than the product. That being said I am building a Creed. for a friend who doesn't reload bc it is not going anywhere so factory ammo should be easier to find than many of it's competitors for a long time. It's a great cartridge, why fight it? You can debate what cartridge is best, but with Lapua now making brass I see no reason not to go Creed. unless you simply want to be a contrarian. (I shoot a 260AI, minor act of rebellion) I learned this lesson the hard way fighting for the 25-06. Someone in one of the early replies said that the Creed. out performs the the 25-06 at range which is kind of true. Actually high bc 6.5 bullets outperform low bc .257 bullets, but unless I buy a bullet company I cannot win that fight, so I build a 260 ai and work with what the market supplies. [/QUOTE]
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