No hate for the 6.5 CM here. I see it as optimized more for target sports than hunting but that’s more gun nerd than anything else. I have one 6.5 CM. A heavy barrel profile Rem 700 action, factory rifle other than than an aftermarket stock and a Timney trigger set up for midrange paper punching and gong gun for fun and spinning turrets. It hasn’t disappointed at all. It’s a 0.5 MOA five shot group rifle out to three hundred yards with almost any 140’ish grain factory ammo I’ve run through it and only opens up slightly at 600 yards (likely operator error). Picking off golf balls more often than I miss at the 300 yard berm is lots of fun.
