Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Why/How does the Creedmoor out run the 260 & 6.5x55?

Jerry,

My 6.5x55 beats your 6.5x55: FN Mauser commercial action, Gentry 3-position safety, Lilja 1-8 twist barrel, custom New Zealand walnut stock.

I also once owned a M70 like yours. Nice rifle, but it didn't shoot as accurately as a Ruger 77 Hawkeye, which also had a decent walnut stock. Neither shot nearly as well as my .260 Remington TIkka T3 Super Lite, one of the special run from Whittaker Guns with a 1-8 twist. And none of them shoot as well as my present Ruger American Predator in 6.5 Creedmoor. It's first 5-shot group at 100 yards measured .33 inch. I might just restock it in really nice walnut just to piss off 6.5 Creedmoor Antis. Then again, maybe not.