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I have had a 260 since 2003. As a guy that hunts and rarely shoots beyond 200 yards, and also handloads, I do not see any advantage of the Creedmoor over my 260. If I had to buy factory ammo, I may be tempted to go the Creedmoor route due to the many types of ammo available. Same here... but make that since 1998 in my case... but I do have a couple of 6.5 x 55s and my favorite round.. a 6.5 x 57... Love the 6.5 bore, but the Greedmoor doesn't offer me anything I don't have in spades with the other 6.5s... a Grendal might be fun to play with....but then I can load down a 260 to those specs also... so really why? Plus this past week over at our local range.. I've come home with a total of almost 200 cases of once fired 308 brass... one pass thru the 260 die and I have 200 new once fired 260 cases.... haven't brought home ANY Greedmoor brass from the range... probably half of it or so, I'll resize to 7/08 brass...got a Howa for cheap last year on sale at Sportsman's just to play with..
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I had my Ruger .243 rebarrelled late last year to 6.5CM as I never shot it. I tend to favour mild low recoiling rounds and the little Creedmoor case got me. I have five .25 cals and three 7mms and a 6.5x55 as well but I still wanted a 6.5 Creedmoor. I couldn't give two hoots if my cartridge choices over lap. I want a 6.5x57 as well but they are quite hard to find. Maybe another rebarrel job coming up.
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Thinking about one in a Christensen Arms Mesa but undecided.
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I don't own a Creed because I really like owning/shooting cartridges with history behind them as well as performance.
My center fires for hunting deer and above with approx year of introduction:
6.5x55 Swede: 1891
30-30: 1895
30-06: 1906
375 H&H: 1912
My hunting buddy does not reload and wanted my help/suggestions in getting him into a rifle for Eastern Washington.
I immediately had him buy a 6.5 Creed, because I think it has multiple advantages over many cartridges made "way back when".
His Creed shoots sub MOA, is light in recoil, and fits his long-range hunting area to a "T".
To each his/her own.... But for me, I'll shoot the historical old-timers.
Cheers
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Well put, and not crabby at all.
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Don’t need or want one, I shoot a 270.
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I have four, currently:
-Fieldcraft
-Custom that I built on a Defiance action
-Ruger Hawkeye FTW
-T/C Compass (free gun)
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Two. A rebarreled Sako Forester (Hart, 1:8, factory contour) and a full custom 99 Savage with Shilen 1:8 barrel.
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Av, I think that’s one of the finest photos ever posted on this forum...
There's so much right with this photo! Congrats.
+2 +4 and that could sell a Ridgeline or two. Big congrats to your son!
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Rumor is Shrap has one...in his closet..
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Maybe I should, but have zero interest in one. Do I have to turn in my card?
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Eventually... as I progress towards my firearms goal of "one of each." 
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Had a .260 before they came out, see no need to mess with them.
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It is a well thought out cartridge, but I don’t need it. I have an accurate 243, 260 Rem., 280 Rem., 280 AI, and a 7mm Rem. mag. In its work zone, my needs are already covered. CP.
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I had all those bases covered very well before the CM was even thought of.
The 6.5 CM is a very good cartridge, but the ballistics are nothing new. The old 6.5 Swede did all the same things ,plus about 2% more, and has been doing it for a VERY long time. Given equal quality in the rifles, the 260 rem. 6.5 Swede and the new 6.5 CM are all about the same, especially if the 260 is made in a rifle with a magazine long enough to take the longer bullets. The Swede has been able to take them all along.
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If we live long enough, we all have regrets. But the ones that nag at us the most are the ones in which we know we had a choice.
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Got an ot6 and a 8mm
Dont need one...
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Nope. I have a .243. Close enough.
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I now own one. Think I’ll use it deer hunting this year. Shoots Berger factory ammo with the 135 classic hunter into tiny groups. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/jdSWq0tq/C4945-AA9-B839-4-A5-B-9778-7469-B174749-E.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/H0IaGPj.gif)
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