I got one back in May. I have sighted it in and anxiously await a feral hog and then whitetail.
Shouldn’t be an issue at all.
I’ve used both the 7mm-08 and .260 Remington for whitetail in the past without issue. 6.5 Creedmoor and the 260 Remington are fairly close ballistic-wise. IMHO, shot placement is more important.
The 6.5mm Creedmore has received a lot of attention lately and I am sure it is a great cartridge.
Still for the ordinary shooter, the .308, .243, 6mm Remington etc. would do just as well.
One of the reasons I chose the .270 was that it shoots real flat. One less correction.
Same article that was published a month or so ago. Looks like the author learned how to write in the interim.
Other than drain my wallet, what does the 6.5 do that my .308 won’t?
Still not a reason to put away your .308, .270, 7mm-08, .30-30, or .30-06.
I have four. Coyotes, deer, elk, moose, bear, all no issues.
Know where to hit, use a good round (ELD-X, nosler accubonds etc) and you can do real great. 300 win mag performance at 1000 yards without all the boom and fuss.
I’ve been on this cartridge since 2008, and I won’t even look at 308s anymore.
6.5 caliber? That’s less than half the size of most air rifle pellets, isn’t it? Must be 6.5 MM.
And the 6.5 Creedmoor isn't really "new" either. It's basically the .250 Savage Improved (which has been around since FDR was president), necked up a whopping 0.007"...