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I love Waffle House. Creedmore?
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Ha!
I predict the 6.5 Creedmoor will simply become known as the Creed (though even that will sometimes be spelled Crede, or possibly Cread). Nah, It'll be the 65 Seymour.
Old Corps
Semper Fi
Get off my lawn.
FJB
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I just don't see anything outstanding about the creedmoor. 1/8 twist and alot of media attention. Semd'em downrange with any other 6.5 and it equals or surpasses it. In the 70's I remember reading that the .284 was the optimum bullet diameter and now it is the .264, Ok , I will split the difference .284+.264 = .548 ÷ 2= .274...close enough to .277 for me. Merry Christmas. It’s the 1:8” twist. The other factory 6.5s are slower and don’t handle the long, high-BC bullets as welll. The Creed recoils less, too.
What could be a sadder way to end a life than to die having never hunted with great dogs, good friends and your family?
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Gunwriters have been claiming for decades that America won’t take to 6.5’s. I’m betting this one breaks the mold.
It’s been real hard for hunters to admit that recoil is not fun. The LR/tacticool community’s adoption of the round gives guys an excuse to quit the 300 mags.
And quite frankly, it has the SD to reliably take game larger than deer, something that cannot he said of 6mm and 25 cal rounds. In other words, guys shoot it well and it kills well.
My guess is it stays with force.
I probably hit more elk with a pickup than you have with a rifle. I have yet to see anyone claim Leupold has never had to fix an optic. I know I have sent a few back. 2 MK 6s, a VX-6, and 3 VX-111s.
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Maybe the cool name will help it survive!! The Page Super Pooper didn’t make it, so who knows 
Retired and Loving It!!
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Never underestimate the way that people will fall for a cool name. (Not to mention their indignant denial that they do so.)
Last edited by 5sdad; 12/28/17.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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now the rifles are cheap and so is the ammo.
wonder if it will overtake the .243?
Sycamore
...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....
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Campfire Ranger
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Never underestimate the way that people will fall for a cool name. (Not to mention their indignant denial that they do so.) What's even cooler is watching my 6.5 Tikka T3X, which cost me $560 at Whittaker's, print .25-.55 groups all day long with factory ammo, with mild recoil.
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
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