Geez, I kind of want to go out and buy a 6.5 CM after reading this thread. But I do wonder how it would compare to my 270 Win. with 140 Accubonds at 3100 fps? Obviously recoil would be much less with the 6.5, but when hunting I normally only need to shoot one time. Without running the numbers I'm pretty sure my 270 will do better in the wind.