Originally Posted by Theoldpinecricker
The biggest factors haven't been mentioned. Those are the 6.5 creeddmooe was very well marketed and it came about when the internet was mature enough to take advantage of online forums and campaigns. That's a big deal.


Actually, the 6.5 Creedmoor did NOT get promoted much in 2007, when it appeared, in mainstream magazines and hunting sites on the Internet, because it was designed as a target round, a relatively specialized market.

Instead, it started getting discovered by hunters around 2010, and only after word-of-mouth started getting around did articles and ads specifically directed at hunters start appearing.

But yes, the 6.5 CM has gotten better press than the 7mm-08 did at first, for the reasons stated in previous posts. One biggie was that factory ammo was almost always very accurate--and pretty inexpensive. I've fooled with around eight 6.5 Creedmoors, from the cheapest factory rifles to customs costing 10 times as much, and the WORST accuracy from factory was three shots in an inch at 100 yards. Most shot a lot better.

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