In order:

.243 Win
.25-‘06 Rem
.260 Rem
7mm-08 Rem
.270 Win
.308 Win

Truth be known, the .243 is getting pounded by both Creeds, 6 and 6.5.

The .25-‘06 and .260 don’t sell many units anyway, so it doesn’t take much Creed competition to tske a sizable percentage of sales.

The 7mm-08 is the most logical competitor, and the 6.5 Creedmoor just does quite a bit better in factory rifles and ammo.

Folks are finally figuring out you don’t need a .270 to kill deer.

The .308 is getting hurt in both the target market and especially for “long range” hunting where it went from darling to being hardly even talked about in that space.

There are others, like the 6mm Rem, .257 Roberts, 6.5x55, 7x57 and .280 Rem/.280 AI, but those sell so few new rifles as it is (and was before the Creedmoor) that a percentage of nothing amounts to nothing so their old fans will keep these cartridges about where they already were.


What could be a sadder way to end a life than to die having never hunted with great dogs, good friends and your family?