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I AM a fan of the little 6.5 CM...... it’s a comfortable cartridge that allows shooters to perform at they’re best....

Mine wears a Leupold 2.5x8 with an M1 elevation turret, but will have a SWFA 3x9 as soon as they become available again.

, Leupold VX6 HD B&C

Tikka 3x blued with ss Tikka rings 3x9x40 Bushnell Trophy wide angle BDC .It's not the lightweight model this one has a 8" twist 24" barrel. Shoots nice doesn't seem in the least to be limited by the 25 dollar scope either. Savage M12 FV with a 20 moa rail and a 4x16 Vortex Diamondback Tactical ffp scope, heavy but accurate. I don't have as much money into really nice scopes as others do but I get results that satisfy me. Sometime in what is left of my life I'd like to see what difference there really is in really expensive equipment and stuff that gets the job done. In real life I seem to be around and know more guys who been successfully using the same old outfit that isn't any to new or hi tech to kill ok sized bucks and fill their freezers every fall off of public access or from a knock on the door asking permission to hunt. I don't think I qualify as a Creed lover but they both shoot better than my 260 and aren't quite as sweet as my fwt m70 Swede. MB

Bushnell LRTSi in 3-12x with the G3 Mil reticle. It's the most complicated reticle I own, but with my 143gr ELD-X load and a 200yd zero, the hash marks every half Mil line up nicely for fairly quick aiming points at 350, 400, 450, and 500 yards. They are at least "killing close" without having to turn a turret and they are useful at any power with the FFP setup. I like the illumination also.

My Christiansen Arms Mesa 6.5 CM wears a VX6 2-12 with windplex, red dot reticle. For me it’s a good combo for hunting from 10 to 500 yds.

Leupold VX 3i 3.5-10 CDS ZL. Don't shoot over 600yds very often but it is a very easy to use dial and the zero lock puts me consistently back on my 200 zero.

I have a Night Force 3-10x SHV (Force plex) on my Barrett Fieldcraft in 6.5 Creedmoor. A great scope on a great rifle!

Not sure I qualify as a 'lover. Wait, this is the Campfire. So this scope up here.

3-9x40 vx2 cds and am going to swap it out with a vx3 4.5-14x40 cds. Dial works good for me.

I guess I'm just not with it. A straight 6x FXII on one and a Nikon Monarch 2-7x on the other. Don't feel handicapped at all, and it keeps the weight down.

I mounted a VX3i 2.5-10x40 I bought earlier in the year that was just sitting in my safe.

My CA Mesa wears a VX-3i 3.5-10x40 with dial-a-distance knob in Talley one piece lightweights.

2-7x Leupold. My Creedmoor is set up for woods distance type hunting out to 200 yards max where I hunt. I have a 6.5/06 for my long range rig.

Not over a quarter mile or so, but I have a SWFA 2.5-10x32 on a Howa 1500, a SWFA 10x42 on a Remington 700 parts gun with a 26" varmint contour/weight barrel, a Leupold Mark AR Mod1 4-12x40 on a Vanguard2, a Vari-X Compact 3-9x33 on a Ruger Hawkeye, etc.

I have a Ruger MKII 6.5 CM med. heavy barrel Varmint/Target rifle that weighs in at 12lbs, and is much too heavy for hunting anything but paper, pd's or other game that would not require it to be carried too far. I have a Sightron SIII 8-32x56 scope mounted on the rifle. This is the most powerful scope I own and is an overkill for my needs. I probably could have mounted an SWFA SS fixed 10x42 scope (which I have on another rifle) and would have been just as happy.

"Creedmoor lover". Well, I don't know about that. Lets see what my creedmoors wear:


Nighforce, Nightforce, SWFA, Nightforce.


Nightforce


Burris. And yes, I've shot all of these past 500 yards. As per OP requirement..

da heavy one now wears a Tangent Theta LRH 3-15x50 MIL.

da light one will likely wear the 6x42 PMII as long as I have it.

Nightforce 2.5-10x32

4.5x14 Leupold