Rifles in 6.5mm Creedmore is about all that has been available around my area. They must have been really cranking those out. I’ve been trying to get my hands on 30.06 for a gift in a few months but didn’t find what I want yet.
I was firmly in the I hate creedmore camp having never shot one simply because of all the constant bleehing by the gun rags and every shooting blog and board. Then I stumbled on a cheap as in under $300 complete supper in 24” flutted stainless for one of my AR 10s so I was like ok I’ll bite. I can say I don’t shoot 308 any more out of that AR. The 6.5 is quarter sized 150m groups off the bipod and so little recoil you can watch the hits in the scope. I’m a convert plus ita super easy to reload and so far after 5 reloads I haven’t trimmed the brass only neck sized. Accurate, effectively zero recoil in a heavy bench weight gun, easy to reload and easy on brass with a flatwe trajectory than any 308 due to nearly double the BC for equivalent weight bullets. 150grs in each. Mine is a 1:6 twist so it can shoot the heavys I liked the 6.5 so much I got the grendal version for the smaller AR 15 platform it’s also a shooter having replaced both the 7.62x39 and 300 Aac as my treestand sub 200m deer blaster.