When Hornady and Ruger "made" the 6.5 Creedmoor on a chassis rifle FIRST it was to sell to the new and up and coming long range steel bangers not as a hunting rifle (you forgot that part).
I bought my 6.5 CM in the 2008-09 winter time frame and it is a Ruger 77 Stainless All-Weather hunting rifle. It was the first 6.5 CM rifle I had seen in a market area that has the newest items very quickly. This pic is the Ruger 77 Hawkeye which followed the original 77 Stainless All Weather, but they are pretty much identical in appearance. That was long before I ever saw a Ruger chassis rifle in 6.5 CM on a shelf.
It's official. I missed the selfie deadline so I'm Maser's sock puppet because rene and the Polish half of the fubar twins have decided that I am.
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