Need help deciding which cartridge

Which cartridge?

  • 260 Rem

    Votes: 5 6.2%

  • 260 AI

    Votes: 7 8.6%

  • 6.5 creed

    Votes: 30 37.0%

  • 308 win

    Votes: 39 48.1%
  • Total voters
    81
  • Poll closed .
Ruger007

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I have a Rem 700 308 that needs a new barrel. Seen 3-4 thousand rounds. Some times the barrel got way too hot. As towards the end of the life i didn't really care about it.

My leads are toast. My loads that always preformed aren't cutting it anymore.

So I want to screw on a Remage barrel!

I have narrowed it down to these
All will be a sendero profile and 26"

1) 260 Rem 1-8 twist. Simple
2) 260 AI 1-8. Ackley can't be wrong.
3) 6.5 Creed 1-8. I'm trying not to get on this wagon! But...
4) 308 win 1-10. Old faithful.

Will be obviously reloading.

Will be uses for range time and possibly deer. Long range plinking.


Can't decide.
 
If you wanna go .308, then have at er, I quite enjoy shooting .308.

As to the 6.5mm choices, honestly, they aren't hugely different. I guess it depends what you prioritize. I like 6.5 Creedmoor for a few reasons: it performs well and good factory ammo is easy to source which is nice in a pinch as well as when breaking in the barrel to get a benchmark of the barrel's accuracy potential. The difference, performance-wise between 6.5 Creed and .260 is pretty much splitting hairs and as far as .260 AI, I'm not particularly interested in fireforming and if I wanted more performance out of a 6.5mm, I'd do up a 6.5 PRC.

6.5 Creedmoor is just the easy button for a 6.5mm...
 
Is the current barrel accurate enough for hunting?

If so, my fave cartridge right now is the 22 Creedmoor. The ballistics to 1450yds is very impressive.

If you had to get a dual role barrel, then the 6.5 Creedmoor.... or maybe a 7-08????

Jerry
 
Ruger007 said:
I have a Rem 700 308 that needs a new barrel. Seen 3-4 thousand rounds. Some times the barrel got way too hot. As towards the end of the life i didn't really care about it.

My leads are toast. My loads that always preformed aren't cutting it anymore.

So I want to screw on a Remage barrel!

I have narrowed it down to these
All will be a sendero profile and 26"

1) 260 Rem 1-8 twist. Simple
2) 260 AI 1-8. Ackley can't be wrong.
3) 6.5 Creed 1-8. I'm trying not to get on this wagon! But...
4) 308 win 1-10. Old faithful.

Will be obviously reloading.

Will be uses for range time and possibly deer. Long range plinking.


Can't decide.
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308 it's that simple, there is a reason it's held on for all these years while the new ones fade away.
6.5 Creed is the most popular now but 10 years the 260 Rem was all the rage, that's where the 6.5 Creed will be in a couple of years when something else comes along.

JJ
 
Been looking at a Remage 260 barrel myself, 6.5 Creedmoor and 308 are great cartridges so you won't go to far wrong whichever you choose. One thing about the 308 though, it has been said it is a great target round but anybody that hunts with one would also fornicate with sheep. ;)
 
dead meat said:
Been looking at a Remage 260 barrel myself, 6.5 Creedmoor and 308 are great cartridges so you won't go to far wrong whichever you choose. One thing about the 308 though, it has been said it is a great target round but anybody that hunts with one would also fornicate with sheep. ;)
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Why not hunt with 308?
 
I obviously have a boat load of 308 brass and 168gr bullets. Brass is easy to come by for all of them.

I have gum boots and velcro gloves...
 
6.5 cm is the way to go,way easier to get better groups than .308 and will take the same animals.
I would like to try the 6mm though as I've read lots of good stuff about it,and I've seen plenty of moose taken with the .243.
 
.308 is, of course, outstanding.
Past 5 or 600m, the 6.5s do start to pull away, perform better in the wind. Flatter trajectory at longer ranges, too.
I went with .260.
You may be able to size your .308 brass down to .260 without neck thickness becoming an issue.
 
Hitzy said:
My next target gun is going to be a 6mm Creedmoor, I like the twist/ballistics/barrel life.
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6 Creed is an awesome caliber, I have a few barrels on a few different rigs. Ballistics (especially with 110/115s) are awesome, no recoil, super flat, etc. You can also pretty easily get 2000 rds of accurate barrel life, contrary to what the internet tells you. My 1st barrel only opened up from 0.5 to about 0.8 at the 2500rd mark and it was abused early on (110s going 3150, haha). If you run a mellow load, 6 Creed will last a decent while.
 
I thought about the 6mm creed. But i have a couple of 6mm Rem's that do alright.

6.5X47L looks good to. A bit exotic for brass though.
 
If you’re going custom rifle you’ll want to reload,
If you’re reloading you’ll want Lapua or Peterson brass anyways!
And both manufacturers cover the 6.5x47L.

My only gripe with 6.5x47L, and others may disagree, is reload die availability.
They can and I have custom ordered them.
 
I would avoid the 6.5x47L until brass is available with large primers.

38 grains of powder is the upper limit of what can be consistently ignited by a small rifle primer especially in the cold. We all know a small primer is only good for a small powder charge and this round has too much powder for a small primer to be anything other than cause for concern.

This is the part where buddy jumps in and says that because you aren't using primer x... and thank you for making my point. If the round only works reasonably well with some specific primer and powder combination in the summer time when it's warm... you cannot rely on it not to hang fire in cold weather or at least suffer from wild velocity swings in cold weather.

This is the part where buddy jumps in and says he never noticed and velocity problems with my 6.5x47L or 6x47L. Well good for you if you don't have a chronograph or don't use it and lack the diagnostic ability to validate the problem, particularly in cold weather. Go make the effort and test large primer cases against small primer cases and report back with results.

Okay, so you can form 6.5.47L cases from large primer brass if you are that committed to it. You can form cases from 22-250, 6 XC or even 243 brass if you want... So the problem can be corrected if its worth it to you.

Okay, so lets forget the 6.5x47L and move along...

Between the 308 and 6.5 Creed, the 6.5 Creed is superior in all respects, but does that matter if if the 308 s good enough?

The 308 is by far the most common and it does perform very well so you cant go wrong with it.

If high BC bullets and reduced recoil are key to the decision, then the 6.5 Creed is worth consideration, but dont ignore the cost of reloading equipment and supplies. 6.5 Creed is better, but unless you shoot long range, it wont much matter.
 
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