Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Tired of the 6.5 Creedmore

Maybe the 6CM will get into that same niche, over the 243, but I still think the 6.5 pills lend it to being a better all-around cartridge, where the 6CM might be better for everything if hunting versatility isn't an overriding priority. It's nice to have options for new/young/small shooters....or anyone tired of recoil involved with wanting to shoot all day. Sure....tacticool LR fads aside.

Darrik,

Actually, I don't expect the 6.5 Creedmoor's popularity to drop much anytime in the foreseeable future. It took a decade for many "average" hunters to realize that it was the most commonly-available moderate 6.5, not only in rifles but ammo and brass, but now many do.

But for some reason it pisses other people off. Dunno why, as all it was designed to do was reproduce the ballistics of the 6.5x55 and .260 in a cartridge fitting easily into the modern "short" magazine. That sort of mechanical adaptation has been happening to smokeless rifle cartridges since they were first developed over 130 years ago. It's also happened to other products outside the shooting industry, and is simply the way mechanical stuff changes due to manufacturing trends. But apparently a bunch of shooters get so wrapped up in "their" cartridges that they see the 6.5 Creedmoor as a personal insult.

Yea, I think I missed the mag release when I posted that.

Wonder when a regular stainless 6.5 Creed is coming?

Which has me asking, other than a Kimber Hunter, what else is out there for a lightweight hunting rifle?

Howa Alpine Mountain. Browning X-Bolt. Savage has a few. Barrett Fieldcraft

It also looks like there are some vendor exclusive Tikka 3x superlights out there. Sportsman's warehouse has one listed for $800 and Cabela's has a camo stocked version for $930.

Re: Best New cartridge in 20 years. I might answer 6.5x47 Lapua.

Granted you don't find many factory rifles and affordable ammo.

Jeff - you said "HBR" - guessing you have an MBA?
DC223 - 130 NABs work well. Not that others might not have an edge.

GA Boy - indeed. Folks finally thinking as I did 20+ years ago. 6.5's. Smaller rounds that beat your shoulder and ears up far less.

Take a look at the 47, and if you want to take it a step further - a 6.5BR or Grendel.

My complaint is, how is the 6.5 Creedmoor any different than a 6.5 jap. or a 6.5 carcano, or a 6.5 manlicher. Those old cartridges had fast twist barrels, modest velocity, low recoil, heavy for caliber bullets. What Hornady did wasn't rocket science. Hornaday took an old idea and made it there own.

I'm going to build a Creedmoor. I don't need/want a 6.5 Magnum of any kind.

Forget what it's called, or what the cool kids think of it. It's just a 6.5mm that fits in a svelt SA, is built on the 250 Savage case, blown out with a 30* shoulder. It's miserly with powder, and like its parent has mild recoil, killing out of proportion to its kick.

IMO, one of the finest cartridges of my 56 years. Really, it's about ideal for the average American hunter that shoots 20 shots a year. OR for the guy that shoots 2,000.

Scratching head here...