6.5 Creedmore?

This chambering is proving very popular in the US with high power and tactical shooters. Big reason, decent factory ammo with receipies they can reproduce with off the shelf stuff.

(yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. Every cartridge can be reproduced using off the shelf stuff)

the biggest selling feature is that is will fit into stubby 308 mags "better" then the 260Rem, Swede and 6.5X284.

Better of course open to debate.

It offers nothing that a bunch of other chamberings don't already do.

Jerry
 
Have you used any Hrn brass let alone the Creedmore?
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Tried some 223 Hornady brass while waiting for my Lapua brass to arrive,and it varied in weight by quite a bit from case to case .As a result,I don't plan on using any more.
 
Is every manufacturer trying to re-invent the mouse trap? 6.5 Creeedmore,
6.5 X 47L, .260 remington, 6.5 x 55, it goes on and on.....:cool:
 
I find the hornady brass quite good actually, I jumped on the 204 bandwagon back when Hornady was all I could get, still using the same brass some of it 10 times or more. I do weigh my brass not much variation in the couple thousand pieces I have...
 
stubblejumper said:
Tried some 223 Hornady brass while waiting for my Lapua brass to arrive,and it varied in weight by quite a bit from case to case .As a result,I don't plan on using any more.
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Did you ever shoot the brass?

Weight in cases can vary from the machining of the extractor groove. This of course has zero affect on the ability of the brass to make great ammo.

Weight is not a reliable indicator of case volume in case that was what you were after.

I have a few guys building rifles specific to use Hrn brass. That is alot of time and effort to spend on crap brass.

Jerry
 
Did you ever shoot the brass?
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Yes I did,I fired about 100 Shots out of those cases.When I weighed the brass,and sorted it,after the first couple of range sessions,the groups did shrink slightly.I now have Lapua brass to load up as a comparison when it warms up a bit.By the way,weight may not be an accurate way to determine case volume,but the 223 Lapua brass varies by much ,much less than the 223 Hornady brass.Somewhere in the manufacturing process.Lapua is being more consistent.
 
I have used pretty much all the brands on the market and the US stuff definitely shows a tendency towards weight variation BUT when the volumes are compared, don't seem to have much if any variation

And groups have been comparable.

There is no doubt that Lapua is more durable but pretty much the same as Win.

However, a manf can vary their alloy specs and make their brass perform like anything else - ie Nosler.

Jerry
 
However, a manf can vary their alloy specs and make their brass perform like anything else - ie Nosler.
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My Nosler 280AI brass is actually the most consistent brass that I have ever weighed or measured.Neck thickness is very,very consistent.However,it is a little softer than most.
 
lyle1 said:
Is every manufacturer trying to re-invent the mouse trap? 6.5 Creeedmore,
6.5 X 47L, .260 remington, 6.5 x 55, it goes on and on.....:cool:
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Since the swede is over 100 years old, I guess everything else is a copycat. The big deal for most of the others is that they will function through a short action, where the 6.5x55 won't.

Mark
 
Look at all the good stuff that was created in the 70's and you will see pretty much all the hot new cartridges there.

IMHSA family by Elgin Gates pretty much tweaked every 22/250 derivative we now call new. Other like the 6mm International, HLS, 308BR, etc tried a host of case design theories that we are reinvestigating today.

Jerry
 
Let me guess without having to look it up. A 22/250 case derivative necked up, different shoulder and maybe slightly shorter or longer? Sounds like another 6.5 case around 1 3/4" long. Yep, been around for a long time. Amazing how the original .250 Savage case has spun a plethora of new designs. ;)

I'm with Obtunded on this one. 6.5x47L is the way to go for a short 6.5 case top quality. Shorter yet is 6.5 Grendel depending on your needs, but not sure on brass quality or supply there. Got my eye on those cases along with the classic 6.5x55.
 
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