Originally Posted by Jordan Smith
Just to be clear, the differences between the 6.5 CM and 7-08 are pretty minor. I’ve owned and shot multiples of each, and they are both about as much bang as you can get for the recoil/powder buck.

Yep, about the same dang thing. I bought a pair of Howa Alpines in 6.5 and 7mm-08 for my kids. The 6.5 has a slight advantage in recoil with equal weight bullets, but for normal hunting ra ges they are effectively the same thing.