ok we get it, LRH doesnt like the CM. i've owned a 6.5CM in an LR308 platform for about 5 years now. prior to the pandemic or other media induced panic, i could get 6.5CM at any big box store near me for $15-$40 a box with several load choices. only cabelas carries 260 and it was $35+ a box with only one choice. i dont have the time or the space to reload some fancy cartridge. i plan to once we move to a bigger house and i dont have 3 tiny humans running around breaking everything and eating anything they find on the floor.
Why i like my 260 rem so much now that there is no ammo over the 6.5 cm
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QuietTexan
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I was generalizing in terms of the hate that they get. The 1997 Escort is a perfectly serviceable car (and the same year the 6.5-308 wildcat was legitimized), but they're old and not new, which is the argument Creedmoor fans make against the 260 Rem.
260 Rem fans say the new fangled gizmo is new and annoying, so they grumble about the new fangled-ality of the thing, and say their old stuff is better.
Meanwhile in common sense land, the ballistics between the 6.5 Creed and 260 Rem are almost identical. If anyone cares about the 1gr of water capacity the Creed gives to the 260 then there's the 6.5x47, 6.5PRC, 6.5-284, 6.5x55 that are all faster than either of them. Barrel twist is a useless argument because you can chamber either in whatever twist you want.
Comparing chamberings on the availability of factory ammo in a reloading forum doesn't make a lot of sense. We are not the people who only have 2-6 boxes of factory ammo on the shelf.
We're all aware this is the reloading sub-forum, right?
260 Rem fans say the new fangled gizmo is new and annoying, so they grumble about the new fangled-ality of the thing, and say their old stuff is better.
Meanwhile in common sense land, the ballistics between the 6.5 Creed and 260 Rem are almost identical. If anyone cares about the 1gr of water capacity the Creed gives to the 260 then there's the 6.5x47, 6.5PRC, 6.5-284, 6.5x55 that are all faster than either of them. Barrel twist is a useless argument because you can chamber either in whatever twist you want.
Comparing chamberings on the availability of factory ammo in a reloading forum doesn't make a lot of sense. We are not the people who only have 2-6 boxes of factory ammo on the shelf.
We're all aware this is the reloading sub-forum, right?
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I have really liked the ackley improved version of cases as well. I have a 280 AI, 243 AI and a 257 AI. In my opinion it makes a good cartridge great. I have also considered a 7mm-08 AI. Might be what I build my kids as their first hunting rifles.
Ain't got nothing against creeds just an Ackley fan
QuietTexan
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The 6.5 is the 260's hipster son. The old man doesn't get the skinny jeans, and the son doesn't get why dad can't tuck his ***-crack back into his pants.
I'm an old man haha. But I can recognize when so something is done right the first time. Remington just necked down a 308. Guys were already doing that. Hornady designed a new round from ground zero. Shorter case longer neck. 30 deg shoulder. Long bullets dont go past the neck. Hell they even used a commercial powder and printed the data on the box. It's been a home run for Hornady. All the haters are usually 260 or Swede shooters lol.
RAGGED EDGE
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Local stores order stock based on demand. Creedmoor is definitely more in demand.
OCHO505
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I like both have no issue getting either just currently the availability is all. I could of bought 50 plus boxes of 260 right now. I am a fan of both!
corsair4360
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Buying ammunition if you shoot much does not make sense to me... but I have been reloading ammunition since the early 1970's. I have boxes of brass. bullets, powder and primers for my 223, two 6xc rifles; 6.5x284, 270 WSM; 30-06; and my two 338 Winchester Magnums. Long story how I came to have all of them... I shoot the 6xc's the most, when the snow is gone... and in Northern Utah that appears to be awhile yet. I also have several 22lr's and lots of ammunition.
Red Brandy
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BUT the 6.5x55 blows off the 260 and creed and there no shortage of components.
VLD Pilot
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Popularity issue at that point. No doubt the 6.5CM is more popular. Ask any young (non-reloader) hunter if they have ever heard of the .260 Rem. Chances are they haven't. The 6.5 CM is on every hunting/shooting show on TV.
