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Well Said...

The list of cartridges I don’t shoot is long and distinguished. The Creedmoor just happens to be one of those.

By not using the Creedmoor or any of those cartridges on that list doesn’t make them worthless, just not necessary as I have killed everything I ever wanted with the short list of cartridges I already have…

The 6.5 Creedmoor seems like the 1st cartridge developed where the rifle manufacturers and the ammo manufacturers got together and said:

"Let's get the rifling twist, chamber, magazine confines, and factory ammo sorted out properly for the up and coming crop of high BC projectiles." "Let's start this new line of thinking with a mild-recoiling cartridge, that lower recoil should appeal to a wider swath of shooters."

"I just bet the shooting public would appreciate a cartridge that didn't have to trade BC for powder capacity in either direction, they'd rather have both."

"While we're at it, let's NOT put a short action cartridge into a long action, nor create some proprietary one-off magazine or action length to give shooters both BC AND powder capacity, let's design the case to work with what we've already got."

Born out of this beyond the Creedmoor family, is the PRC and ARC families.

Seems like the answer from the shooting public has been:

"When you guys mate the rifle and the ammo properly, we'll buy new rifles so-chambered and we'll shoot them a lot more."

I don't own a 6.5 CreedMoor. I did recently have a Kimber re-barreled to 22 CreedMoor.

I eagerly await the arrival of a commercialized 1:7-ish 223 AI using ~2.5"-2.6" magazines, internal or removable. Yes, I can shorten a spacer, ejector, and bolt-stop on my own, but it'd be nice not to have to.

I don't care what name the marketers use.

This ^^^^^^

I’ve owned mine since 2017. Used on a deer and elk every year since, plus one ph. No sweat…..
It’s a sweetheart to shoot and has great bullets. For most first time buyers, this is my idea of the easy button.

Some people can’t take a joke.

Completely off topic, but that’s nothing new here, one of your photos shows (I believe?) flechette rockets on their way to the target. How much use did they see and how effective were they?

A Brokeback Mountain cowboy with nothing that goes together!!

I really think the 6.5 CM really shines in long range shooting training. It's accurate, affordable, easy to shoot and carries the distance to 1,000 + yards with high BC bullets. When it comes to training, low recoil and high performance go a long way in helping people to become better marksmen. As hunting cartridge, it's fine, just like the 260 Rem and others before it. I have one and another barrel on the way for my Terminus Zeus QC but if I were only interested in hunting, I'd still choose a 270W.

Here is a little saying. You don't know, what you don't know.

People who are "Left-Handed" always emphasize (Left) not sure why. Must be a left-handed thing. I'm Ambidextrous, I have a daughter who is left- handed and a son who is right-handed. They must have gotten their traits from me.

now do elk at 1200 yards with the 6.5 crud, I've done 60+" moose in 2014 with the 338 Edge

The only thing you "do",is fill out Brokedick Professional Victim Hurt Feeler Reports. Hint.




Just sayin'.................