what does a 6.5 creedmore do that a 6.5 x 55 doesn't?

sherlockbonez said:
Just showed up to this thread. Just looking through the last page and it smells just like the 375 thread. Lol
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Is that the thread where one cartridge is superior based on internet chit-chat. However the proponents have never actually shot anything with it?
That smells alright...b:
 
Buckmastr said:
Is that the thread where one cartridge is superior based on internet chit-chat. However the proponents have never actually shot anything with it?
That smells alright…b:
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Why would one have to shoot anything with the 6.5 creedmoor or the 260 rem to figure out which one will kill any better when the ballistics are the same? One of the cartridges has a better design for shooting long bullets for long range precision shooting.
 
Exactly, the same or similar. Not better. And this is the hunting thread. I didn’t see any 1000 yrd groups from anyone as it would be irrelevant here.
 
A young woman drew a highly coveted bighorn sheep tag this week. Her husband bought her a new rifle chambered in the wonderful 6.5 Creedmoor. Bartell gets load development duty. Yeeeooooo
 
pete dobinson said:
So if you want to do both hunting and target then the creedmoor has the advantage.
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Are you suggesting either of these calibers would be a good long range hunting choice?

Where would the best 6.5 bullet still be retaining the 1000 or 1200 lbs of energy usually considered sufficient for deer? If you were moa from the bench, what would be you accuracy in the field? The question is were is the intersection of caliber capability, shooter ability, and personal ethics?
 
My 6.5x47 shooting 130 Berger hunting at 2980 fps still has 1027.8 ft-lbs of energy at 700 yds. Velocity is still 1887 fps which should expand the Berger. My gun is half MOA or better off the bench and if I am not off on wind calls it carries half MOA out to 910 yds. Far as I can shoot on my property. As far as Caliber capability, shooter ability, I feel the X47 has what it takes to take deer size game out to 700 yds under the right conditions. The 260 and Creed should also be very similar depending on load and bullet. If anything they should have a bit more velocity because they have more case capacity than the 6.5X47. Hope that shows nowarningshot what the smaller 6.5's can do. All data pulled from my Shooter program. Elevation of 1500 ft and I ran a temp of 32F and 40% humidity.
 
I too shoot a 6.5x47 and switched to the 129gr able which is supposed to open down to 1300fps and gives a bit more wiggle room than the berger eldx ~1800fps.
 
nowarningshot said:
Are you suggesting either of these calibers would be a good long range hunting choice?

Where would the best 6.5 bullet still be retaining the 1000 or 1200 lbs of energy usually considered sufficient for deer? If you were moa from the bench, what would be you accuracy in the field? The question is were is the intersection of caliber capability, shooter ability, and personal ethics?
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Most big game hunting cartridges are capable of taking game farther out than most of us are capable of shooting accurately. I would say the 6.5 Creedmoor is capable of taking deer size game out to 500 yds or maybe more. That doesn't mean the guy behind the trigger is capable of it though. We would have to start another thread on ability and ethics. Myself, if the conditions were right, 400 yds would be a long poke. I hunt deer with a 270 win. I save my long shots for paper targets. Too much can go wrong at long range IMO. The cartridges I hunt with are capable of taking game cleanly at longer range than I'm comfortable shooting at.
 
pete dobinson said:
Most big game hunting cartridges are capable of taking game farther out than most of us are capable of shooting accurately. I would say the 6.5 Creedmoor is capable of taking deer size game out to 500 yds or maybe more. That doesn't mean the guy behind the trigger is capable of it though. We would have to start another thread on ability and ethics. Myself, if the conditions were right, 400 yds would be a long poke. I hunt deer with a 270 win. I save my long shots for paper targets. Too much can go wrong at long range IMO. The cartridges I hunt with are capable of taking game cleanly at longer range than I'm comfortable shooting at.
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Well said - It also sums up my attitude towards long range shooting at game.
 
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