There have been more than a few PRS wins and top ten finishes with factory Hornady match ammo in both 6mm and 6.5 Creedmoor. Perhaps one can eke out a couple tenths with some inanity such as sorting cases, and weighing every powder charge, etc...or you can go shoot.
I dont even own a 6 or 6.5 Creedmoor...but one has to be quite dense not to comprehend the attraction for those who dont, or cant, reload.
They sure as hell didnt win anything with cheap factory ammo. My whole beef was with the statement that all you need for the creed is "cheap factory ammo". As you go up in price, the ammo quality gets better, but the cheap stuff sucks. Hornady makes some of the worst cheap factory ammo. Out of about 10 boxes of Hornady creed and 708, I got 3 misfires, and one etched bolt face. Compared to one misfire, and zero bolt face etch in over 20k handloads using cci br4 and cci large mag primers.
I really don't get why anyone who shoots more than a few boxes of shells a year wouldn't reload. All you need is a couple of Wilson hand dies, a rubber mallet, a beam scale, and a few plastic bits to make better ammo than most reloaders out there do. If one looks around, it would cost much more than $100.
