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Well hell, you sold it short. You failed to extol it virtues as a cartridge that will enable rank novices to bang out sub 1/4 MOA 10 shot groups at 800 yards. When handloaded to its fullest potential it leaves a 6.5x55 handloaded to its fullest potential far behind and is much more accurate. Not only that, but with 139 grain Scenars it'll break both shoulders on a musk-ox leaving a volleyball sized exit hole. The list goes on. I haven't even touched on its tactical attributes.

PaulBarnrad: I could NOT make heads or tails out of your posting - so I am not sure if you are/were serious.
I do know this - I have been tasked by friends with mounting scopes on and sighting in 2 (two) Rifles in caliber 6.5 Creedmoor!
Both of those Rifles shot EXTREMELY well with factory ammunition!
One was an $1,100.00 clunky piece of crap para-military metrosexual conglomerate made by Ruger - it shot so extremely well that at the end of that sight in day I was actually considering buying one!
I have several friends who have become seduced by the 6.5 Creedmoor "fad/craze" and their Rifles ALL shoot quite well accuracy wise.
I am sure that their trajectory performance will be pleasing for those that choose to shoot at the extended ranges - so be that.
I think this 6.5 Creedmoor is a good thing in many ways.
I can't tell at all if you think the same?
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PaulBarnrad: I could NOT make heads or tails out of your posting - so I am not sure if you are/were serious.
I do know this - I have been tasked by friends with mounting scopes on and sighting in 2 (two) Rifles in caliber 6.5 Creedmoor!
Both of those Rifles shot EXTREMELY well with factory ammunition!
One was an $1,100.00 clunky piece of crap para-military metrosexual conglomerate made by Ruger - it shot so extremely well that at the end of that sight in day I was actually considering buying one!
I have several friends who have become seduced by the 6.5 Creedmoor "fad/craze" and their Rifles ALL shoot quite well accuracy wise.
I am sure that their trajectory performance will be pleasing for those that choose to shoot at the extended ranges - so be that.
I think this 6.5 Creedmoor is a good thing in many ways.
I can't tell at all if you think the same?
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

LOL. Seems 50% of the dudes in gun shops have the 'Creedtard' effect on me to be honest. My tactic is similar to the no pic it didn't happen. When 20 YO manbun starts squaking about 1000 yds ask him "at what range to do you shoot 1000 yds at?" In Ohio your lucky to shoot 200 yds. 99% of the time you'll get a mumbled mush mouth response. Same as the 'elk hunters' that are 100 lbs overweight and claim you need a magnum to kill and elk and my 308 Win. will bounce off.. "How many elk have you killed".....mumble mumble

I bought my first 6.5 Creedmoor many years ago before the chambering developed a cult following. As its cult status has developed and gained momentum, so too have the legions of idiots that rally around it. Seems everywhere I go there are fawning sycophantic roundmouths spewing bile about it. It has really gotten so bad that I have divested myself of all three of the 6.5 Creedmoors I had previously enjoyed.

I know that sounds extreme, but in casual conversation with some decent, educated rifle loonies I'd mention my Creedmoors. The look of abject fear on their faces said it all. A good chat would come to an uncomfortable close. They'd switch topics. They'd pull out their cell phones and pretend they had an urgent text. A look on their face would say "Dear God, please don't let this guy talk to me."

I was standing at the gun counter in Cabelas asking to see the Tikka T3X in 6.5 Creedmoor. The counter clerk immediately begins telling me about what an awesome 1000 yard caliber it is. I asked him if there seemed to be a lot of demand in our area for 1000 yard deer rifles. He was prepared. He mentioned a few power lines and gas lines a couple parishes away, saying that with a good Vortex Strike Eagle you could dial the drop right in to connect. I asked how much a 140 grain bullet would drift in a 10 MPH crosswind over the course of the 1000 yard flight. He he stuttered and stammered a bit before muttering something unintelligible, then turned his attention to a skinny jeans wearing 20 something year old with a Grizzly Adams beard and a man bun who had walked up and stood close enough that his flannel shirt was touching me. Their conversation started with Mr. man bun remarking that he had heard the 6.5 Creedmoor was the flattest shooting round ever developed. That was months ago. They are probably still talking.

It's everywhere. The lunacy is pervasive and contagious. Last night on Facebook my bud posted a pic of a 3 shot group he'd fired with his new 257 Weatherby. He had sighted it in 2 inches high at 100. Never mentioned what bullet, what bullet weight, whether or not it was a handload or what velocity. Not that it really matters relative to the Creedfag's comments that followed. Here are the Creedmagic fan club member's comments for you to enjoy.

"2 inches high at 100 yards would make it way high at 300 yards. Should have bought a 6.5 creedmoor"

My bud responded by posting a trajectory table with a 200 yard zero. That elicited this this jewel:

"I have shot mine over 1000 yards. Not worried about ballistics."

The guy was serious too. Sadly his affliction is not at all uncommon. I can only pray that the cockweasles don't start rallying around the 6.5 PRC.

...then why are you still talking about it.

It's feeling like I may have struck a nerd.

Don't hate the Creed, hate the idiots..

Should I have mentioned that it smelled like he had been hugging a woman drenched in patchouli?

I agree. Last thing I'd ever do is get rid of a round I like due to what anyone else, even in multiples, says or claims.

Peer pressure gotcha, and adult grown man. LOL

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