bsa1917hunter, that's my point....the 6.5 Creedmoor offers, in my opinion, one large advantage and one small advantage over the .260 Remington. The ability to seat VLD bullets to correct length and still have the shank of the bullet in the neck, and a slightly sharper shoulder. With more conventional bullets there is not much difference to the hunter who stil thinks 400 yards is a long shot. On game, I'm one of those, and seldom shoot at game over 300 anymore. The hypothetical 7mm Creedmoor would offer the same advantages to the 7..-08, but are they important enough to create demand for a new cartridge? Probably not, but if there are those out there who want to load long for caliber, high BC bullets......
My bet is the 7mm-08 is with us a long time, as it is almost an ideal deer cartridge. But, I said that about the .260 when it came out (still think so), and look what happened.
