6.5 CM is the hottest thing since sliced bread. Best invention since the fork. Or is that the .260?
When's the next great thing coming out?
.17 Hornet was a good one too. Glad to see Hornady making good stuff. Give them some credit. You wouldn't have much to talk about if it wasn't for them.
COAL and fitting into a magazine with long/heavy bullets is something a lot of calibers don't do well.
Fitting into and feeding from a magazine with VLD type projectiles with a "jump" to the rifling that isn't the internal ballistic equivalent of the Grand Canyon makes it worth the price of admission.
Now, does anyone need to go replace rifles with 6.5CM rifles? Nope. But, if you are buying and are not already heavily invested in other calibers, choosing a caliber that's effective, has good bullet selection, has accurate factory ammo readily available, and recoils so little that man-bun having soy-latte drinking skinny jean wearing "men" can shoot it well probably isn't a bad idea......
