It works.

If I say yes, can we drop this question for a day or two?

Yes it does.

It works for the non-hand loader, and it is in the top three easiest cartridges to make shoot for the hand loader.

"Out performing" the .260 Rem is mostly false. They make identical ballistics if both are hand loaded. But the .260 will need about a grain more powder than the 6.5 CM, to make the same ballistics.

haha, great collection of memes.

I especially like the first one. Albeit I got my 308 before 6.5cm was big, back then it was between 308 and 260. Haven't regretted since even with the advent of the 6.5cm. And when it comes time soon to get my next rifle probably in some 6.5mm, I'm going to avoid the creedmoor only to be a contrarian. My brother's 6.5cm with a Kreiger barrel in an ar10 can shoot 1.5" at 300 yards on handloads. I'm totally hooked into reloading so 6.5x47 lapua just to do something different.

yes, it is the ultimate something!

Absolutely! If your looking for a mediocre 6.5 round then that's your ultimate choice.

Looking forward to the same ignorant posts as the other 175 threads on this same subject.........

I fear you won't be disappointed.

If you insist on shooting long range and do not want to put in the effort to reload them there is no comparison. I see zero other benefit to this cartridge.

The again if you can spend enough on factory ammo to become proficient, then you can afford custom loads for any other cartridge.

I hope not. This thread has real potential.

The ultimate troll! Well done sir!!

Definitely feed this troll.

I bought 2 for my kiddos because I didn’t want to hand load for their rifle. They shot so well with the hornady black $20 a box bullets it just wasn’t worth loading for. Then I couldn’t pass up a custom rifle one day that I saw for sale and went ahead and bought dies. It’s like any other caliber, I just happened to be tooled up for it. If I have a choice in the future I’m gonna go with a 22 dasher or 6 dasher.. leaning more towards the 22!

I just don’t want to be making/ fire forming brass for everything I own.

or


6.5 PRC

Or a 264 Win Mag, 6,5-284, 6.5 Rem Mag, 26 Nosler or 6,5-300 Weatherby.

Lol

Had there been internet forums in 1952, this exact same topic would have carried on about the .308 Win.

By now it would be 1966...

.308? No. .270 absolutely only because it is the finest hunting cartridge ever produced.

Notice I didn't say paper punching cartridge because seriously, who gives a squirt about what you can do against an inanimate object..

Had to save that one. The " You could say I'm a sniper now" comment is great.

If cavemen had internet I wonder if they would have beat the issue of plain spear or flint tipped to death like this? I have a 6.5 and like it but it's just a new fad phase pushed by money. So it kills critters, yeah so does a hammer if you are stealthy enough to get it swinging range.

Well I've had a 6.5-284 and a 264 Win Mag, almost got a 6.5-06 when ML Knowlton was still alive, I have no problem with the 6.5 bullet. I just don't have any use for an anemic little 6.5 round such as the Creedmoor, feel pretty much the same way about the 7mm08 and the 308. If I felt the need for another 6.5 it would be either the 26 Nosler or the 6.5 Weatherby, a 125 grain Nosler Partition running 3500 fps is a nice combo. Might need to move up to a 1-10 twist for that combo.

I have a Rem 700 Classic in 6.5x55 Swede that I can handload to do anything a Creed can do. Not sure why I would even need a Creed. The hype seems foolish to me.

Yes, the 6.5 creedmoor is the ultimate round, just like at least a dozen others.