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I seriously doubt that anyone knows if any cartridge has been negatively affected. You'd have to sit in at the board meetings of the various companies for a statement of annual sales.
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I think that these are the best replies in the thread.

The smart ones, the people who are looking to buy a rifle that approximates this power factor, should take a copy of this thread to their local gun shop. Scour the used rack. The 243 and 270 seem to be the ones most people have suggested are hurting. If you agree with this pronouncement, you have a golden opportunity to get an exceptional price on a VG or "as new" 243 or 270. Show them this thread. There must be a lot of dusty, grimy examples you can buy cheap. Your LGS doesn't want to be stuck with rifles that are hard to sell, so help them out and offer to take one of these obsolete cartridges off their hands. From what I read here, they will be motivated sellers.

Of course, you have to actually believe that a 243 or 270 is capable of harvesting game. Regardless, I want to thank the Creedmoor buyers for creating these opportunities. In my own case, I got a VG condition 1943 M38 6.5x55mm Swedish Mauser Sporter for $190 US.



I don't hate the 6.5 Creedmoor at all, and I don't believe that it's hurting any cartridge. It's another option. The 6.5 Creedmoor is the latest in a growing number of cartridges whose makers claim is the end all, be all of the hunting/competition crowd. I wonder how many people will jump off a bridge when it is usurped by the next, greatest offering?

Even as I type, ballisticians the world over are hard at work, developing the next, best cartridge.