Originally Posted by 16bore
The way I see it with the 6.5CM is that off the rack, it accomplishes a lot of schit I tried to do handloading for a 260 and 7-08.

Originally Posted by mooshoo
so does the 270 win, plus you can get ammo for the 270 at wallmart

^^^^^ This. ^^^^^

And you can get 6.5 Creedmoor ammo at WalMart and just about anywhere else, just like the .270 Win. You're not going to do that with the .260 Rem, 6.5x55, 7-08 or, sadly, the .25-06.

As far as the Creedmoor going the way of the SAUM or WSM, the WSM is doing OK, actually. The .300 and .270 WSM versions do quite well and are offered in a ton of factory rifles with good component and factory ammo supply. The SAUM is basically dead in the water with no current factory rifles offered in the only two commercial versions, the 7mm SAUM or 300 SAUM. But the Creedmoor isn't going anywhere. In North America, it currently outsells all the WSMs and SAUMs and 6.5x55s combined. In fact, some custom rifle makers are building more 6.5 Creedmoor rifles than all other cartridges (that includes the Big Five) combined. Ammo companies have gotten on board, as well.

It's here to stay, and has probably already taken its place alongside the Big Five, meaning we now have a Big Six: .243 Win, .270 Win, 7mm Rem Mag, .308 Win, .30-06 and .... 6.5 Creedmoor.


Last edited by seattlesetters; 02/26/18.
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