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Totally agree, however i dont see myself buying one. Maybe if the right deal comes up. Tend to like older wood guns though. Getting set up to start reloading. Also tend to avoid trending rounds.
Why do we start to Hate some calibers?
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Totally agree, however i dont see myself buying one. Maybe if the right deal comes up. Tend to like older wood guns though. Getting set up to start reloading. Also tend to avoid trending rounds.
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No, the .260 is a bit more powerful with it's slightly larger case. The 6.5 CM is nothing more than a .250 Savage Improved necked up. Like the .250 it has very mild recoil and as such people tend to shoot it well.
It seems that most of today's new shooters don't want to learn how to master recoil and want light recoiling cartridges and/or muzzle brakes on everything.
Why not? Ballistically it is the equal of the 6.5x55 Swede which has performed well for over 120 years..............
I never could warm up to the 308 despite owning a few and harvesting some game with them. The 280 Remington I had never impressed me either and I shot a few deer and moose with it to. Both of these are good cartridges but I prefer the 30-06 to both of em.
40 years ago I listened to the 270 is great debates. Yup good enough I guess only 7 thousands less diameter than a 280. Lack of bullets was the biggest issue way back when, not so much now.
It kills stuff dead with one well placed shot just like a 7mm or 30 cal. I personally just thought it was over hyped at the time and I guess that pointed me elsewhere. It was an outstanding round when introduced in 1925, still is, even better now as bullet construction has come a long way in the last 95 years since it’s introduction. If I bought A .277 it would be another 270 WSM.
It kills stuff dead with one well placed shot just like a 7mm or 30 cal. I personally just thought it was over hyped at the time and I guess that pointed me elsewhere. It was an outstanding round when introduced in 1925, still is, even better now as bullet construction has come a long way in the last 95 years since it’s introduction. If I bought A .277 it would be another 270 WSM.
The .30-06, way to common and boring. I’ve only ever owned two .30-06 and never shot any of them. One was turned into a .35 Whelen, which I still have, the other was sold after sitting in the safe for a year.
That being said, if a new hunter would ask me for a recommendation for a chambering for his new rifle for deer, bear, elk and moose hunting, I’d probably recommend him the .30-06.
That being said, if a new hunter would ask me for a recommendation for a chambering for his new rifle for deer, bear, elk and moose hunting, I’d probably recommend him the .30-06.
I have chosen less common cartridges over the years to have something a little different than everybody else. But also to broaden my experience through using these other cartridges.
While I have owned 308's, 30-06's and 270's over the years and successfully harvested game with them, they were just a little less interesting than the others. Don't hate them. Know that they are are good cartridges, very capable and served thousands of hunters, shooters and soldiers well over the years since they were introduced. And yes, I still have a 30-06...but more for the rifle than for the cartridge. But boring does not equal hate or meaning a cartridge is bad.
And I think many would agree that the firearm that the cartridge is chambered in, does have an impact on the person's experience with that cartridge.
I liked the 6.5x284, but could not warm up to the stainless synthetic Savage it came in. So down the road it went.
I did not have a 6.5x55 at the time the 6.5 CM was introduced, so was intrigued and bought a Ruger Hawkeye chambered in it to try. Liked the cartridge, but ultimately sold the rifle to a friend who wanted to experience it, and rebarrelled a LH Browning X Bolt to the CM to have one. Nothing wrong with the Ruger, just came across the X Bolt I wanted first. Like the CM for what it is, and again have a 6.5x55, now in a LH Sako, so am a happy guy again! Won't be getting rid of the CM though, as it is a lighter rifle and will be used for hunts with more hiking or climbing.
While I have owned 308's, 30-06's and 270's over the years and successfully harvested game with them, they were just a little less interesting than the others. Don't hate them. Know that they are are good cartridges, very capable and served thousands of hunters, shooters and soldiers well over the years since they were introduced. And yes, I still have a 30-06...but more for the rifle than for the cartridge. But boring does not equal hate or meaning a cartridge is bad.
And I think many would agree that the firearm that the cartridge is chambered in, does have an impact on the person's experience with that cartridge.
I liked the 6.5x284, but could not warm up to the stainless synthetic Savage it came in. So down the road it went.
I did not have a 6.5x55 at the time the 6.5 CM was introduced, so was intrigued and bought a Ruger Hawkeye chambered in it to try. Liked the cartridge, but ultimately sold the rifle to a friend who wanted to experience it, and rebarrelled a LH Browning X Bolt to the CM to have one. Nothing wrong with the Ruger, just came across the X Bolt I wanted first. Like the CM for what it is, and again have a 6.5x55, now in a LH Sako, so am a happy guy again! Won't be getting rid of the CM though, as it is a lighter rifle and will be used for hunts with more hiking or climbing.
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The 6.5 Creedmor is nothing more than a 6.5x55 Swede which was invented over 100 years ago.
It is the biggest sh!t stain in the history of firearms.
On old cartridge "tweaked" slightly....has "mystical" power to kill game and a "fancy" name.?”
So what it is a tweaked x55 or 260? Why’d you delete that?
That’s a good thing either way, the post and the case tweak, try seating the same high bc bullets and you lose case volume with the 260, it has a purpose and fill its role well. Have you seen them side by side? You guys can’t seem to get over the fact its popular not so much what it does ballistically better but how/ and in what it’s able to achieve those results. It boggles my mind that the x55 gets so much love as an amazing hunting round(deservedly so) yet we’re handed an optimized modern short action version and because it’s a huge hit it’s a “#### stain” or a “hipsters cartridge”, so ####ing dumb it hurts, It’s a brass tube I don’t get it? Then again I’m a grown man and tend to not let what others think or like influence my personal preferences or purchases. Then again maybe I will get one
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pete dobinson
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I think you hit the nail on the head with your last sentence. Maybe this thread should have been, "Which cartridge would you recommend to a new hunter" then maybe it would be a whole new ballgame.
I don't hate any "cartridge," I like them all, I just prefer some cartridges over others. Recent generations dislike the good old 30-06, I happen to love it! It's a proven cartridge which is most adequate for all North American big game, and for most African plains game. As for the 6.5 Creedmoor, it's a really nice little cartridge, however it's not part of my "preferred" cartridges, moreover, the hype on social media and other informative sources is a bit overwhelming.
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I also for some reason dislike 303 for no reason. Never even had one. Wonder why you start to hate some calibers?
There’s something wrong if you don’t like the ole .303 lol.
