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From what I see at the local range, it seems as though some less sophisticated, more casual, hunters have come to believe that buying a rifle chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor will give them a short cut to MOA accuracy and compensate for a lack of shooting skills and practice.. Casual hunters/shooters are often over scoped, over gunned, and under practiced. At least it'll cure the over gunned part.
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Art Alphin was a true pioneer in heavy hitters and flat shooting cartridges. Remington’s political clout was their only advantage in getting the 260 Remington name and SAAMI spec. A- Square applied a full year and a half prior to Remington to SAAMI with the 6.5-08 A-Square, that what I call a screw job. However Remington is hanging on and A-Square is a distant memory. A-Square also has the 6.5-06 and 338-06 in their line up.
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Had a 6.5-06AI for awhile. If I get a creedmoor itch I'll scratch it with another.
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Hornady has a statement in their advertisement taking credit for "developing it". In reality the 6.5 Redding is virtually identical and at least thirty years older. They've certainly done a fine job marketing it, and it is a dandy little round but it certainly wasn't Hornady who came up with it.What's wrong with giving credit to who deserves it? Hornady legitimized/commercialized the 6.5 Creedmoor in the same way that Remington legitimized/commercialized the wildcat cartridges that became the 22-250, 244/6mm, 25-06, and 280. When a manufacturer legitimizes/commercializes a cartridge, they get to attach their name to it. 6.5 Redding - 6.5 Creedmoor/Hornady 22 Varminter - 22-250 Remington 240 Page Super Pooper - 244/6mm Remington 25 Niedner - 25-06 Remington 263 Express - 260 Remington 7mm-06 - 280 Remington 7.62x51 - 308 Winchester 260's gets it.........
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I've been out for a couple weeks. I'm not slamming the CM at all, it's a neat little round I just would like to see companies acknowledge where it's coming from. Maybe they honestly had no clue about the Redding case, or looked at others for inspiration. It just strikes me that the "new" 6.5 CM is so similar. With lighter bullets the Redding actually can outpace the CM, and loss of case capacity when going heavier is negligible. I have a few "wilcats" two now factory 25's, a .25-06 and a .257 Roberts, and a Varminter and am glad they're still around, maybe the 6.5CM will also stand the test of time.
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I've been out for a couple weeks. I'm not slamming the CM at all, it's a neat little round I just would like to see companies acknowledge where it's coming from. Maybe they honestly had no clue about the Redding case, or looked at others for inspiration. It just strikes me that the "new" 6.5 CM is so similar. With lighter bullets the Redding actually can outpace the CM, and loss of case capacity when going heavier is negligible. I have a few "wilcats" two now factory 25's, a .25-06 and a .257 Roberts, and a Varminter and am glad they're still around, maybe the 6.5CM will also stand the test of time. Like I mentioned before: It differs in the case length dimension, and that's where it counts. The shorter case of the Creedmore is what allows the long ogive, high BC bullets to be seated to fit in short action magazines and still have their ogives begin forward of the case mouths. This is where the Creedmoor differs from the Redding and same length 260 Remington.
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