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.260 all the way. last thing the world needs is another Creedmorian

Why not have several of each???

Again, why?

6.5Creedmoor has got more rifles available, ammo is EXTREMELY commonplace and it doesn't remind you that Remington is a hasbeen company.

Seems like you want to be talked out of .260, if so go with what you want.

I switched from .260 to 6.5cm years ago because it was clear the creedmoor was taking over the market. I like the option to run factory ammo, which is what I’ve been doing for a couple years since I moved and haven’t gotten back to hand loading. For resale purposes, a rifle chambered in 6.5 will sell much more easily than a .260. I personally agree with what’s already been said by Brad, only reason to go .260 is if you already have a .260.

My .260 was a tikka ctr, I sold it to get a ctr in 6.5cm. Both rifles were/are equally accurate shooting. If you want to try a tikka, and target shooting is the main objective, take a hard look at the CTR models. They aren’t too heavy to hunt with and would be better for target shooting than a lite or super lite. Not sure on LH availability though..

270 WIN






Sorry, Couldn't help myself.

Jerry

I'm grabbing the 6.5CM because that's the one I have. If I had a .260, I wouldn't get a CM unless I wanted something that is built correctly from the factory, with tons of factory ammo available and tons of components available if I was a reloader.

I'm grabbing the 6.5CM because that's the one I have. If I had a .260, I wouldn't get a CM unless I wanted something that is built correctly from the factory, with tons of factory ammo available and tons of components available if I was a reloader.

pretty much.

Valid point.

For strictly hunting, I would go 260 since you can push it a little faster and a 120ttsx or 130AB is perfect. If you're doing more range time and want to reach out, the 6.5cm can seat the longer bullets better like the ELMs and 156 Bergers. Harder to stuff those in 260.

I have a 260 with a custom chamber & mag box that no 6.5 CM can out perform. But I have sporters in 6.5 CM because they weren't available in 260, or, if they were, they weren't twisted correctly.

Premium brass is available in both.

In a factory rifle with standard chamber, standard mag box & a especially a 22" barrel, a chronograph might not be able to tell the diff. between the two, much less the shooter or the critter.

If buying factory ammo, the Creed definately has the edge.

6.5CM for the easy win. No good reason to do otherwise.

Since you're looking exclusively at a long action, and seem pretty set on reloading, might as well get a Swede.

That is the difference. The 260 can MATCH 6.5 CM with handloads and custom rifles, not with off the shelf rifles and ammo. If you're a loony who simply prefers to go this route do so and be happy. If you want to pick up a $350 Ruger Predator in 6.5 CM and a $13 box of hunting ammo you can kill anything you'd kill with a 270. Go buy a $30 off the shelf box of target loads and compete at 1000 yards with the same rifle if you're good enough.

The niche the 6.5CM was made for is to fit in a NATO length magazine (mostly those that are detachable) and like all shot shells it can be mated to a longer mag or action, but has no merits beyond the shells that would fit the lounger magazine in the 1st place and in nearly all cases is close but not as good as the longer shells.
So the
CM is a better fit for some guns and the 260 gives a bit more room for powder in other guns. Heck, if "faster" is important to you I would go back 80 years and look hard at a 6.5-06.

So the debate of CM VS 260 is not as much about the shell as it is the rifle you'd like. If the mag is too short to allow use of a heavier bullet you want to use, the 6.5CM wins the bid. If the mag will accept the long bullet AND those bullet loaded into a 260, the 260 wins.

Neither wins in a speed contest over a 6.5-06 --------or the old 264 Win mag if bore life is not too important to you.

The CM is the newest one and so it has all it's guns and ammo made on the most modern equipment and held to closer tolerances than many (but not all) older cartridges chambered in rifles of 25-95 years of are. That is the only real reason the CM seems to be "more accurate" but if you give any of them the same degree of precision in the making of the guns, ammo and barrels, the accuracy from all of them is excellent and probably every bit as good as the CM.

If new rifle 260 Rem offers no advantage over the 6.5 CM. On the other hand the 6.5 CM by way of case design offers better range of ballistics in any 2.85” SA turn bolt repeater. No use in owning a 6.5 mm SA unless you can utilize all potential to include the highest BC projectiles.

I have a .260 Remington, but if I was in the market for a new .264 cal rifle, I would buy one in 6.5 Creedmoor. As mentioned. lots more factory ammo. I am going to try reloading for my .260 Rem, and while I can easily find brass, etc., there are a lot more components and choices for the 6.5 Creedmoor. If I can't get the .260 to shoot worth a flip by this summer, it's finding a new home.

There’s gonna be a good used 6.5 CM market when the new iPhone comes out.

6.5 CM here. Easy to find awesome factory ammo, handloading is really easy, as most book loads do what they say they will do and just stack bullets. I could really care less about a 260/6.5 comparison, but the 6.5 CM case lends itself to less trimming if not ever and works excellent through any decent action.

I find the 6. Creedmore to be a reinvention of what already exists.
Recently bought a Model 70 XTR in 264 Win Mag for my uncle who lost his in a fire. Got me thinking about a Remington 673 in 6.5 Remington Mag. Should be a solid deer killer with low recoil. For a reloader, you can always load a cartridge down, but you can't stretch a 6.5 Creedmore into a 264 Win Mag.