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Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 05:00 AM
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 12:22 PM
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 12:42 PM
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If I say yes, can we drop this question for a day or two?
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 01:36 PM
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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.
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 01:48 PM
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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.
I'm a dude who likes long barrels!
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 02:07 PM
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yes, it is the ultimate something!
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 02:20 PM
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Absolutely! If your looking for a mediocre 6.5 round then that's your ultimate choice.
Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 02:22 PM
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Looking forward to the same ignorant posts as the other 175 threads on this same subject.........
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 02:36 PM
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Looking forward to the same ignorant posts as the other 175 threads on this same subject......... I fear you won't be disappointed.
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 02:52 PM
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 03:04 PM
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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.
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 03:44 PM
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Looking forward to the same ignorant posts as the other 175 threads on this same subject......... I fear you won't be disappointed. I hope not. This thread has real potential.
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 03:54 PM
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https://web.archive.org/web/20170223065011/http:/www.rrdvegas.com/silencer-cleaning.html
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 06:03 PM
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The ultimate troll! Well done sir!! Definitely feed this troll.
LETS GO BRANDON
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 06:09 PM
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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.
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 07:15 PM
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SPACE FOR RENT
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/15/21 10:05 PM
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Or a 264 Win Mag, 6,5-284, 6.5 Rem Mag, 26 Nosler or 6,5-300 Weatherby.
Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/16/21 02:57 AM
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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...
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/16/21 07:02 AM
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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..
LETS GO BRANDON
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/16/21 01:44 PM
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The ultimate troll! Well done sir!! Definitely feed this troll. Had to save that one. The " You could say I'm a sniper now" comment is great.
Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/16/21 02:42 PM
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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.
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/16/21 03:05 PM
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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.
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Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/16/21 03:10 PM
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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.
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Re: Is 6.5 Creedmoor the ultimate round ?
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01/16/21 03:51 PM
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Yes, the 6.5 creedmoor is the ultimate round, just like at least a dozen others.
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