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Ping pong balls for the win.
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I played out this same dilemma and ended up splitting with the 6mm Creedmoor. I'm about 2months into a 6month wait at GAP. In hindsight I probably should have just gone .243win, but I heard the Creedmoor name automatically takes .2"s off the group.
Good luck, but I don't think there is a wrong answer.
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Fishnut, you did not tell us the platform.
Were I confined to a 2.8" mag box on a fast twist 6mm/6.5, I go with CM. If your running a 3" mag box, or detachable mag system with 2.9+ COAL, it makes little difference, but .243 will have the speed edge.
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For me anyways, I'd make sure I got a cartridge where I can buy ammo in little tiny towns. One time a guy drove into camp and set up his campsite. He accidentally had a box of ammo fall off his bumper and he ruined every cartridge. Lucky for him I had some 308 Winchester cartridges that he borrowed. He went to town and bought another box then he returned the cartridges to me. That little town had one store and they carried only the 243, 308 & 30/06. to me, this ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ is reason enough to decide on one
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Go with the Creed, you might get to go deer hunting sometime. I have both,like the Creed better! Right...because a 243 Win can't effectively kill deer... 
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I shot deer with the .243 and 6.5 Creedmoor this year. I honestly couldn't tell the difference in the two with high shoulder shots. That was a small survey of eight NC deer.
I can't imagine a 6 Creedmoor twisted right not putting the smackdown on whitetail sized game and down.
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This gun will rarely, if ever be used on anything bigger than an Antelope as I have a 25-06, 280, 30-06, 300 Weatherby, 338, and a 45/70 to hunt anything bigger with the .280 being my go to on most things, and also, I primarily hunt with a muzzle loader for deer here in Utah. Oh and by the way, my biggest Muley buck was killed with the lowly .243 many years ago, and was a bang flop.
I also have several .223s a .221 FB and 22-250 for the smaller stuff. I do love the .243 as a coyote gun on windy days.
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Fishnut, you did not tell us the platform.
Were I confined to a 2.8" mag box on a fast twist 6mm/6.5, I go with CM. If your running a 3" mag box, or detachable mag system with 2.9+ COAL, it makes little difference, but .243 will have the speed edge. This. Either way 6mm after reading your last post.
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.243AI 8 twist and don't look back! I have a 6.5 Creed and a 243 AI, and if you have the time to fireform the brass and develop a load, a 243 AI is hard to beat. The 6.5 Creed is good ammo off the shelf, and that's worth something.
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For years I shot 6.5x55 ended getting tired looking for components.
Back on the creed wagon now, but it's popularity makes it still a little scarce, I think that will eventually be over with. I am seeing more and more rifles out in 6.5 Creedmoor, and ammo flying off the shelves. I am surprised the 260 has not done better this endeavor was Jim Charmichael's pet that he pestered Remington about adopting to fill the shoes of the 6.5x55. Maybe this is why Remington is not quick to adopt the Creedmoor, with 260 numbers not the best in the world they may see the handwriting on the wall. Nothing wrong with .243 or .243AI.
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