My G/ma taught me two sayings....
She was born in Lithawania
'Those that laugh last...laugh the hardest'
And.....
The sun shines on every dogs azz some day.....
Hornady & others develop these new whizz bang cartridges
People buy 'em......Hornady makes $$$$$$$
My thoughts.....6.5CM has nothing over the 125 YO 6.5x55
Only a newer case design
I'm a 6.5x55 kinda guy
A 6.5CM doesn’t have a thing over a 6.5x55 in a hunting rifle for someone that reloads. As a precision rifle cartridge it definitely has some advantages from a faster factory standard barrel twist to being able to seat long heavy for caliber bullets out in the mag box of a short action rifle if going to a long action than that leaves a lot of other options on the table for chamberings, shoulder angle ect. I like the Swede for a hunting rifle but for someone looking for the easy button and plentiful rifles and factory ammo that isn’t downloaded to old guns a 6.5 CM makes a lot of sense there too.
The 6.5 CM is popular today for the same reasons that the Swede was popular. Plentiful guns and ammo and similar ballistics and heavy for caliber bullets.
