Not that it's the same, of course, but growing up in Brooklyn, I always associated "Creedmoor" with the insane asylum.
I have been holding off on getting a Creedmoor caliber rifle. I think I want one, but I have enough on my plate perfecting my long range shooting, DOPE data collection, and reloading of my other large caliber rifles.
At some point I will probably get one. I know its improved over .308, but with a .308, 300 Win Mag and a .338 Lapua available, I am not sure what I would gain by it other than more bragging rights at the range.
Not that it's the same, of course, but growing up in Brooklyn, I always associated "Creedmoor" with the insane asylum.
I thought this was about an earthquake and was ready to look up where Creedmoor is. :)
From everything I have read, no actual experience, it is a fine cartridge.
It will fit in the AR platform which I think is it’s sole reason for existing. Other than that it is no better than the 6.5 Jap, 6.5 Greek, 6.5X55, 6.5 Carcano and others.
Newer powders allow it to reach high velocity in a smaller case but all the others can be loaded hotter.
Shhhh. Don’t tell all these millennials that the 6.5 Swede was doing 125 years ago what their beloved Creedmoor is doing now. The kids’ Creed also duplicates the performance of the but 20 something year old .260 Remington. There really is nothing new under the sun and certainly not in firearms cartridges. I suspect that had the .260 Remington been given a sexier name like, 6.5 Doombringer or 6.5 Brainsplatterer or even just 6.5/08 it would have been more popular. I don’t think I’ll ever own a 6.5 Creedmoor.
I recently bought a new rifle and had to choose between .308 and 6.5 Creedmore. I choose the .308 because there is no advantage to the Creedmore until you get past 500-600 yards and I don’t shoot that far. Also .308 cartridges cost about half that of the 6.5 Creedmore.
The CM has great inherent precision and easily get to spinal tap 10.
6.5PRC is a pretty decent cartridge as well, with the capability to go to 11! :)
If you actually look at the dimensions of the 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge case, you'll find that it's essentially the old .250-3000 Savage Improved, necked up a whopping 0.007", and with the shoulder pushed back a hair. Hornady could literally have named it the 6.5/.250 Improved, but they were obviously more interested in marketing and sales, than history (for good reason). But the "new hotness" is basically a slightly modified version of a century-old cartridge...
I know out west hunters who love this round....claim it’s the be all round for anything below Wapiti
It’s got impressive ballistics especially lack of drop
It’s basically a 308 necked down to a .264 .....yes I know technically it’s .30TC
it’s step sister to the once popular .270 which in my view does slightly more but of course with more powder needed proportionately
Btw
Ammo and gun makers have to come up with new cartridges especially in hunting
Buy a new gun
otherwise I’d still be on my grandads winchester model 100 308
Or dads bar 30-06
Or his 243 mannlicher
Or my first 30-30
Best all around North American hunting rifle for me if money is no object is 300 weatherby mag
My son hunts deep cluttered woods for whitetail....and hates tracking em so he uses his 45-70
It’s like a big muzzle loader....bam...deer ain’t far away