6.5 Creedmoor

Wyoming Drifter

Wyoming Drifter

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Has anyone toyed around with this caliber ? I guess Hornady had a brain storm and came out with it a couple yrs ago.

Definatly not a Yote round, but for longer paper punchin it might be something a little differant than the good ole 260, .308 ect.

Seems like all the gun manufactures are searching for something that's just not there , except , our money lol.
 
I have a friend who is sponsered by Hornady and uses this caliber in competition sniper matches to at least 1000 yards. He loves the round.

If you like the .260 Remington then you will like this caliber also. Its a great caliber that produces .300 mag balistics without the kick.

I have used the .260 on Ram and deer and the 6.5 creedmoor is about the same round.
 
I read a review in one of the gun rags a year or so ago. They had a marine sniper testing the rifle. When questioned about it's performance the marine said something to the effect of "it does everything the 260 will do, only better". They tested the round on an AR platform.
 
I'm not really sure what the parent case is. I actualy think that Hornady has developed this from scratch. All I know is it has pretty good reveiws. And like I said all I want it for is for paper at longer ranges.. Just to "shoot".
 
The case is a necked down 30 cal Thompson center. The 6.5 creedmoore is a great round! It offers the non reloader affordable match ammo that will shoot circles around the 308. I have two 6.5Cm and really enjoy shooting them out to 600 yards. Thats all i can shoot safely in this area. I have one rifle set up in a tacticool rifle and the other is getting put together as i type this. It will be a match rifle with a custom Lawton 7500 series dual port action. It will be set in a McMillan F-class stock. the barrel will be a straight 1.250 contour. It will be used for 1000 yard f-class shooting. Dies are affordable and the brass is as well. The brass for the CM is only provided by Hornady and the quality is good. Its not Lapua quality but it is better than remchester brass any day. Barrel life is good or at least better than a 6.5x284. Some will argue that the 6.5x47 is a better chambering but the only thing i see thats any better is the Lapua brass. At least with the hornady brass i dont cry when i loose a piece, like i do when i loose a piece of 6x47L. Its a great thing the creedmoor is!!!!!! Lee
 
So Skeet, have you checked the run-out on the Hornady brass ? Have you had to do much for case prep ?
I have a top notch Smith here by Yellowstone named Randy Selby. Anyone who's shot Benchrest would know the name. Anyway, just for fun I'm going to have him build me a Creedmoor. I've got most all the hunting type rifles I need, just looking for something differant to punch some paper.
 
Originally Posted By: Wyoming DrifterI'm not really sure what the parent case is. I actualy think that Hornady has developed this from scratch. All I know is it has pretty good reveiws. And like I said all I want it for is for paper at longer ranges.. Just to "shoot".

From what I've read you're correct. It was a new cartridge. I believe you can form brass from the 30TC and possibly 22-250/250 Savage.

Gotta believe that would be one heck of a long range rifle for speed goats and/or deer.
 

The purpose of the round is to allow for 160 grain bullets to be loaded in
a .308 length mag, keeping it legal in military spec. disciplines. With the long
high bc bullets it stays supersonic out to 1300 yards, so they say. I don't think
it offers any gain over the other 6.5's except for the shorter length. It may
prove to be more accurate given time do to a bit less powder/recoil. I really
like the fact that hornady publishes it's factory loads and we can duplicate
them. I haven't paid too much attention to what barrel length all of the different 6.5's do their respective best at so it may not shine as bright in a
22 or 24 inch barreled hunting gun.
 
I have been doing a lot of studying on this cartridge. I am looking at a Cooper in the Varmnint Laminate stock. The 3 cartridges I am considering are the 260 Remington, 6.5 Creedmore, and the 6.5X55 Swede.

There are pros and cons to each cartridge. With the exception of wide acceptability it seems like the Creedmore is the best choice of the three.

Brass is less cost for good quality brass. Good brass is unavailable for the 260 unless you want to spend over $1 a piece for Nosler brass, and Hornady sells loaded ammo for that price with a good 140 grain bullet in the 6.5 Creedmore.

From what I can find it seems that the velocites attainable are pretty close in all 3 cartridges. But from what information I can find the Creedmore seems to attain those velocities with less pressure. So that is a plus.

All this is just opinions. I have no first hand knowledge. But I am leaning toward the Creedmore. Tom.
 
I dont have any issues with runout with the brass i have. Some have reported weak brass with primer blow by, but this isnt the case with mine. I run the 130gr berger bullets pretty hard, and I dont have any brass problems with 5 loads now on my brass. Lee
 
I'm not sure if this round will catch on or not but, I'm sure it's not intended for a hunting caliber although I dont see where it would be much differant than a .267 win. or 7 Mag considering the ballistics. Supposably it's one flat shootin sucker.
I have a seasoned gunsmith out here where I live named Randy Selby and we're talking of throwing one together based off a 700 action. Just have to see how the project unfolds.
 
Considering the fact that these days finding components can be a challenge like no other time in our recent history, I'd fail to see any reason to pick a Creedmor over a .260 Remington.
One can be made up from .308 brass with one stroke the other can be made up from difficult if not impossible brass to find. The choice is pretty simple to me. In any thing but an AR15 format I'd think it a waste of materials.
 
Brass is not a problem, I just received a hundred new ones yesterday. 6.5 tips are plentiful. Components are not the problem, heck you can even buy factory ammo for this caliber in Billings right now, seen it myself. The brass looks good too ! Run-out is minimal, not sure how it will hold up though.

SOO , I dont see what your point is skb.?

There hasn't been many calibers lately that have caught my eye. I'm not into the big stuff thats a pain to shoot or the idy bidy plinkers that barely has the oomph to poke a hole through a marsh mello at a couple hundred yds.

It's just something new , and I wanna try it ! LOL
 
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