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Originally Posted by JohnBurns
Originally Posted by Mule Deer
Originally Posted by JohnBurns
Originally Posted by reivertom
Marketing

Plus SAAMI specced 8 twist factory barrels and throats that promote great accuracy from factory loads.

John,

Not exactly. The 8-twist barrels and SAAMI throats helped, but the big "marketing" push didn't occur until several years after the 6.5 CM appeared, as I noted in a previous post--and was primarily due to hunters finding out how well it worked, not Hornady's limited early promotion as a target round.

A good example of this is one of my magazine editors, who maybe 4-5 years ago told all the staff writers that he didn't want any more articles involving the 6.5 Creedmoor. Then a year or two later he changed his mind, because so many READERS were demanding more info in the magazine....


JB,

Simply saying that marketing won't turn a sow ear into a silk purse and there is a big list of cartidges that were marketed heavily but failed due to poor design.

I think we are pretty much on the same page.

Fun fact but Wayne V killed the first elk with the 6.5 CM and I set the rifle up and was the spotter.

Wayne won't admit it was at 600yds. grin

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