Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Creedmoor, i don't get it

I don't get the fervor for these 6mm and 6.5mm Creedmoor's. Simply a 300 savage necked down, and an old wildcat. I get it in an AR platform but not in a bolt action.

Both of those are old wildcats. Newer powder turns them into a better round, but it does that across the board.

I especially don't get why the 6.5mm Creedmoor is so hot when the 260 rem seemed to have faded away. We already have the 243 Win.

Don't get it, just marketing hype I figure.

Try shooting a 6.5X47 Lapua for accuracy. You'll get it.

The 6.5's in general are the shiznet....get with the program.
And the 260 has not faded away.

I don't own one either, but I see some of the ideas behind them.

They all come with fast twists, intended for VLD-style long range bullets, and they usually allow seating the bullets out to touch the lands.

Even if you don't shoot at long ranges, they offer satisfactory performance on medium game, with mild recoil, and good accuracy.

No Creedmoor here but I do love me some Swede, rifle that is.

Of course Swedish chicks ain't bad either. Definitely couldn't afford the divorce that would come along with one of those though. Laffin'

Is the 6.5 CM a magic round that will outshoot every other round ever invented... Nope. The 6.5 is a VERY accurate round even with factory loads if the rifle is set up properly. Get ya some

I get the 6.5, 6 etc., but I have to agree that I do not know why the 6.5 Creed is so hot and the .260 doesn't get nearly the mention.

I like my .260 because of the availability of tons of .308 brass to use. It is essentially a ballistic twin to the 6.5, so it is a bit of a head-scratcher to me. I guess people just like different cool names or something.

I like 6.5. Love the Swede and have some .264 Win mags, too. Don't have a 6.5 Creedmoor, though it'd be neat in an ultralight rifle.

I DON'T see the point of the 6mm Creedmoor, though. It's just too easy and cheap to get goid .243 ammo to mess with something like that. Can anyone tell me a serious benefit of the 6mm Creed over the .243, BESIDES shorter COAL?? I DO have an old 788 in 6mm Remington, but I got that because it was a heck of a deal for my son (left handed rifle, left handed kid).

It's a fine round designed for competition shooting. Problem I have with it is that it doesn't match the 260 Rem. for hunting and has nothing on the 6.5x47 Lapua for competition. Hornady brass isn't even close to Lapua brass for toughness and consistency and Lapua makes both 6.5x47L and 260 Rem brass. Norma makes some 6.5 Creedmore brass but the primer pockets aren't much tougher than Hornady pockets so not a big gain there either. If I want a hunting rifle then the 260 is it and for competition the 6.5x46L is it for me.

Well then....don't get it.

Two big things set it apart from the 260 Rem, and some other 6.5's

- A case designed to work well with long bullets in the confines of a short action magazine.

- Standardized with a 1/8 twist right out of the gate, so it can actually use the high BC bullets.

Affordable quality near match grade ammo, that kills America's #1 big game animal with finesse - Deer.

Minimal bark and recoil yet deadly like it's grandfather born in 1894, the Swede. Anything comparable to a Swede and in 6.5 is not a bad place to be.

Quality ammo/loads in the 243 and 260 no doubt can do equal jobs in quality rifles.

Simply - it's just considered a better mousetrap.

If I had a great shooting 243 and/or 260, or Swede for that matter, I would not rush out to sell it to replace with a CM.

Me....I shoot the 47 Lapua Owned the others, all work just fine.

I like the 6.5x47L....and I GOT IT! I've had to replace the nut that holds this white plate on three times as it gets smacked a lot! 1000 yards 15 shots with a 130 gr. VLD Berger and only 38.0 grs. Varget! The white plate is 20" diameter.

15shot by Sharps Man, on Flickr

It turns coyotes wrong side out!!

I'm planning on a 6.5x55 26in barrel,they shoot for ever and penetrate like crazy

Actually, more like a .250 Improved necked up. Brass can be formed from .22/250 cases via the C.O.W. method, although with all the brass available now there's likely no need.

Most would consider the 6.5s as better rounds than the .243 for game larger than deer, I think, and at longer ranges due to the heavier bullets they can use.

BTW, the .250 and .300 are both based on shortened '06 brass, the .250 about 1915 and the .300 about 1920.

This is what separates it from the 260

There's a lot to be said for a catchy name.

OEM support from Hornady, and standardization of fast twist barrels is what made the Creedmoor what it is. Remington dropped the ball on the .260..but even at that, the Creedmoor is a better cartridge. Shorter OAL to allow for longer bullets is never a bad thing. Likewise, the 6 Creed will not displace the .243, but shorter OAL, and fast twist barrels will make it sell. My 8 twist .243 Ackley will get me by just fine, but if I were starting over, it would be hard not to go Creed.

The Creedmoor brass issue has been solved, Lapua will be releasing SRP brass very soon.

There is some truth to this. The Creedmore has marketing behind it that the 260 never did. That is one thing. But to the OP it is a truly worthy cartridge. To shoot it is to love it. Nothing wrong with the other chambers but this is the one that got the backing on a commercial scale...if it was just because it has the cooler name it doesn't matter much because it is a good one.

I started shooting this one when it was still, new, obscure, a solution looking for a problem, and now it is mainstream. Seems the only folks much bothered are those that feel a 260 should be the 'only' one.

You can even post pictures with said bullets next to the magazine box, and most of these guys will still be stumped.

Its marketing hype!