I bought one because Whitakers ran a Howa 6.5 CM on sale for less than $300. Was floored by how accurate it was, and that was with just about every bullet and load I tried. A local kid found out I had it and begged me to sell it to him. I priced it up there pretty good, and he bought it. So, I bought one of those junky Remington 700's in 6.5 CM, and I'll be damned if it didn't shoot just as well as the Howa did.
I've got someone wanting to buy it, and if they do, I'll buy another one, probably a 700 Mountain rifle, in the Creed. It's a perfect deer cartridge as far as I'm concerned.........high on performance, low on recoil. What's there not to like?
I'm sure a 260 would work too, and I know a Swede would, because over the years I've had several 6.5X55's. I've actually killed more stuff with the Swede than with the Creedmoor, but SA versus LA is a no brainer for me.
It's not the be all, end all, of cartridges, but in it's class it's a pretty dang good one.
