Well the honest answer is that the Emperor really is naked.
The CM is an excellent shell.
Nearly as good as the 2 older shells it's trying to match.
(the 6.5 Swede and the 260 Remington)
The people trying to sell you products know the CM is new so it won't be made in weak actions. So running at high pressures is not problem for them.
All 3 shells have the same size head.
All 3 have the same size bores.
All 3 shells can be loaded to the same pressure if all are in modern actions.
All 3 shells can have the same twist.
All 3 shells use the same bullets.
If all 3 shells are put into the same action (say a Ruger 77 just as an example) and loaded to the same pressures the biggest (the Swede) is fastest, the middle shell (the 260) is in the middle and the CM is the slowest.
From the slowest to the fastest there is not enough difference to matter in the real world. There is no scenario on earth where XYZ ballistics are perfect, but 75 FPS less is just not enough.
So from a standpoint of use, there is no difference in any of them.
But loading the CM to a much higher pressure and telling people it's "better" is just a man saying the Emperor has beautiful clothing and that only "real experts" can see them. It's just a way of deceiving the public into buying the product and convincing them it's "better" when it is certainly not. The CM has only one advantage. It will take long bullets and still fit in a NATO length detachable magazine.
But in many (if not most) of the guns it's being offered in, those that do not use NATO mags, it's actually a small step backwards.
Nothing wrong with that.......but don't believe the lie that it's the most advanced and best set of ballistics ever made. The Swede has been doing the same thing just a slight bit better, for many dozens and scores of years. The 260 is much younger, but is still a bit better shell for most bolt actions.
So as I said............the Emperor really is naked.
