Originally Posted by Kaleb
Originally Posted by ChuckKY
Originally Posted by Pappy348
This is all just cold weather rumination for me. Ain’t buying either, or maybe any more at all. I am doing some optics uogrades on what I’ve got. That’s fun too.



I understand completely. I don't know how many times I've said I don't need another rifle, and here I am again. I know the 6.5 CM is frowned upon here, but this last C-A Mesa I bought has come as close as doing everything in a lightweight, low recoil and accurate rifle as anything I have ever bought. I may not buy anymore either, need to use what I have now more .


The 6.5 CM isn’t frowned upon here. It’s just the old people who rant the most make it seem that way. Most here understand it’s merits even if we don’t own one. I have a 1-8” 260 so I don’t have one at this time. I have recommended them to tons of family and friends because of the good design in a short action the properly twisted factory rifles and when ammo was available good quality ammunition at a decent price.

So don’t let a few loud mouths make you think the creedmoor chamberings are frowned upon here. Many like them but don’t feel the need to draw so much attention.



I started to do some reloading for the 6.5 CM this morning. To be honest, I'm having a hard time beating Hornady Gunner ammo with my reloads when I first started.I have gotten several 3 shot 3/8" groups at 150's with the Gunner ammo during barrel break-in. My rifle doesn't like to loaded on the faster end apparently. I checked the published fps on the Gunner ammo and slowed my reloads down below 2700 fps with 139 Scenars and that seems to be the sweet spot. Guess if I need faster, that's why they make the 6.5 PRC. Kind of amazing how Hornady finds the sweet spot in production ammo that works so well in so many different rifles. I'm no expert at reloading, just plugging along at this time. For what it's worth to anybody, I'm getting extreme spread fps deviation in the mid single digit numbers with Vihtavuori N555. I'm not above using any load data anybody has had luck with if anyone has any they don't care to share.