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My fav 7-08 is a SA M-700 with a Hart barrel, Rem std sporter contour, put together by Bobby Hart, wearing a Conquest with elevation turret, ballistic tape for the 140 gr. SGK HPBT load. Timney trigger.

McM Hunter's Edge was glassed, fitted, bolt handle slot filled and cut to carefully fit bolt handle. I got it unpainted, sent it back for paint after doing all that work.

Would be the last one to go. And, I have a very nice Creed with Shilen barrel in a McWoody with Conquest.

DF

Why not a 7mm Creedmoor? Move the shoulder a scooch further out so there’s no crush fit chambering in a 6.5 and have at it.

6.5 Creed!

If you shoot at a public range all the 6.5 brass you could ever use is free along with .308 and.223.

Hip

Good point.

And the Creed is king for a non reloader.

As a reloader I prefer the 7-08. If I wasn’t, the Creed would win out.

Both work well.

DF

7-08 would be my first choice if hand loading. If you’re interested in shooting the heavier bullets, you’d do well to do homework on mag length options to accommodate. 6.5 Creed is the easy button. Really no wrong choice though.

You could make a lot of 7-08 brass out of that free .308 brass.

Not agreeing, but heard one guy say the 7-08 was the .308 with the “suck” squeezed out.

I like my .308, too. It’s a Kimber Classic with 5C Broughton barrel. Just don’t use it as much. OEM barrel was a bust, shoots great with replacement.

DF

Don't lean to much you might fall over LOL. I love the 7MM-08 have two of them.

7 mm-08 and the 6.5 Creedmoor are both excellent cartridges , my vote would be for a 7mm-08 mainly because i built a custom Remington 700 action/ rifle in 7mm-08 5 - 10 years before anyone ever manufactured any rifles or ammo for this fine cartridge . the main reason i chambered a rifle to 7 mm-08 is i had so much once fired brass in 308 WIN. and in those days new 308 Win. brass was cheap to buy also .another shooter i knew Carl Gustason chambered his rifle in 25 caliber - 08 and called it 25 X his rifle was very accurate too but the chambering never did become a standard rifle cartridge as did a 7mm-08.

Has anyone run the data on how these two compare with heavy for caliber bullets in shorter barrel lengths? I’ve been meaning to sit down and put it into a program, but haven’t gotten to it yet.

I had a 6.5 Creed in a Savage Mod. 16 Weather Warrior. The rifle shot fine but was balky feeding which I attribute to the sharp shoulder angle. For that reason and the fact that the 7/08 would do what I need and is a proven round I would choose the 7/08.

Most of the cartridges based on the .308W are pretty good on accuracy. If you want a 6.5 maybe try the .260 Remington.

I doubt it. I’ve had several rifles chambered in 6.5 CM, and they’ve all fed smoothly and reliably, despite the shoulder.

I would say the feeding issues was from the gun alone. Just like the RAR's feed like schidt. Not because of what they are chambered for, but because they just feed like crap. I've seen that with some of my friends Savages with cheap mags, Tc Ventures, and other dollar store rifles. Its the nature of the cheap rifle beast. I've had Sako's, Tikka's (T3x and CTR's), and AR10's chambered for the 6.5 Creedmoor, and they fed flawlessly.

I have two different Americans. The 350L feeds from a steel dura mag and the 5.56 has the pmag. Both feed fine. Better to be lucky than good I suppose.

The Savage 16 Weather Warrior isn't exactly a cheap poorly made rifle. I have owned 2 different .308Ws and a .270 that fed and chambered just fine. It's not an expensive rifle compared to some but they are well made and accurate. It's understood my case was a sample of one. With disclosure I sold it to a lady deer hunter and it burned up in a house fire.

For me it would come down to what projectile I wanted to build around. 147 vs 180?

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I love my 7mm08, whether using 120gr NBTs, 140gr of various flavours or even Federal Blue box 150gr. That said, I'm seriously considering adding a 6.5 CM as well as the contrarian in me wants it because of all the hate it gets...
Flip a coin and get either and doubt you will be disappointed. Or, as wiser men than me have already suggested, get both!

Same here. Out of 3 safes full of rifles, the 7-08 Montana gets the nod for everything. It'll be hunting Canada moose this year in Alberta.