6.5mm Creedmore Cartridge. Thoughts/experience???

Most folks shooting CM are reloading, so ammo is not an issue... Nor is brass or bullets or powders... More and more companies are chambering for the CM, so it will be around for a good long while.
 
Right... Because everyone knows that if you don't shoot Lapua brass the bullets never reach their target...
 
Buckmastr said:
If hornady brass is the only option I would avoid the creedmore. why bother with sub-standard components when you could run a 260/6.5x55/6.5x47 without the headache.
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It's new, it's fun and they all seem to shoot well....some incredibly well. Sometimes just having something new is reason enough to get one. Nothing wrong with the ones you listed as well....I suspect they all pretty well do the identical job, I just wanted to give something new a try....no regrets so far. Haven't reloaded any brass more than three times so far so maybe my opinion will change but so far all I've had to do was trim.
 
Buckmastr said:
So, even with other options, you would go out of your way to use hornady brass?
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My most accurate gun is my .260 Rem with Win Brass, right behind it is my CM with Hornady brass and then my 6 BR with Lapua brass... It is the management of the brass, sorting, trimming and the load, followed by the platform that ring the ding.
 
hoytcanon said:
My most accurate gun is my .260 Rem with Win Brass, right behind it is my CM with Hornady brass and then my 6 BR with Lapua brass... It is the management of the brass, sorting, trimming and the load, followed by the platform that ring the ding.
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Im not discounting how you "ring your dings" but when you get Hornady brass that looks like this, impossible to prime:


And loaded Hornady rounds like this 204 Ruger, seated a bit too deep...


You have to question their quality control. No?
You're right, maybe it was how I sorted it. Should have been in the garbage.
 
Buckmastr said:
Im not discounting how you "ring your dings" but when you get Hornady brass that looks like this, impossible to prime:
And loaded Hornady rounds like this 204 Ruger, seated a bit too deep...

You have to question their quality control. No?
You're right, maybe it was how I sorted it. Should have been in the garbage.
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I have seen that sort of thing with just about every manufacturer... I had to return an entire batch of Lapua 6BR brass last year... It was so bad as to be unuseable... But I still shoot Lapua brass as well as Win, Rem, Hornady, Nosler... My point was only that if I wanted to shoot the CM, using Hornady brass woud not be the deciding factor...
 
two-dogs said:
my oldest son set out from home to buy a Savage Light Weight Hunter in the Creedmoor, but was advised by the Savage rep at the gun counter to go for the 260 Rem instead. Reason being, the little savage was not the best rifle for the Creedmoor to perform real well in and nothing would be cheap about shooting the Creedmoor. So, he bought the 260 and is very happy with his little hunting rifle.
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a friend of mine has an 11 Lightweight Hunter in 6.5CM, shoots very very well with 120gr Gmx factory ammo & 140gr Amax factory.
 
I asked roughly the same question regarding the Creedmore last year.

6.5-Creedmore

My train of thought was a long range Yote/Deer/Precision rig, using the excellent BC of the 6.5mm family as a foundation. That led me over to 65creedmoreDOTcom & several discussions via PM with members there as well as here suggesting to seriously look at either the 6.5 Swede or .260Rem also. Not that there was anything those members said was lacking from the 6.5 Creed overall, but to make sure It was certain it was the right cartridge to suit my needs/want requirements. It would seem the 6.5C, 6.5Swede, 6.5x47 or .260Rem are all close in relative terms & it's just a coin toss for the individual to make.

The Creed, Swede or .260Rem do have my attention in the future to fill the void between .243Win & .300WSM however. For now, this idea sits on the back-burner.

For the record, I also use Hornady brass in .204R, .223Rem & .243Win for my reloading purposes, so far no issues yet.
 
todbartell said:
a friend of mine has an 11 Lightweight Hunter in 6.5CM, shoots very very well with 120gr Gmx factory ammo & 140gr Amax factory.
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that may be, but at the time, something like 2+ yrs ago approx., the reasoning by the Savage rep was that the CM was more of a long range target cartridge at that time rather than a venison getter and in the lil Savage rifle, it wasn't the very best rifle for the CM to perform in."if" you can somewhat possibly savy that, what the Savage Firearms Rep said! Perhaps you know more than he?
 
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For god sakes man the creedmoor and the 260 are two peas in a pod pressure wise velocity wise long range capability and every other thing. If the rep said that he's on glue.
 
two-dogs said:
that may be, but at the time, something like 2+ yrs ago approx., the reasoning by the Savage rep was that the CM was more of a long range target cartridge at that time rather than a venison getter and in the lil Savage rifle, it wasn't the very best rifle for the CM to perform in."if" you can somewhat possibly savy that, what the Savage Firearms Rep said! Perhaps you know more than he?
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I'd say pretty well everyone in this thread knows more than him if that's what he really said. The 260 and CM both go boom when you pull the trigger and that boom sends a 6.5 projectile downrange at relatively the same speed. How could one be a target gun and the other a hunting gun? It's not like your son got a bad chambering but he did get some questionable advice.
 
Mystery solved...the Creedmoor is a hunting cartridge.....
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Are there any advantages to the CM vs the .260...I mean other than doing something different? Seems to me the performance is about the same but the CM is greatly limited with brass whereas the .260 gives you lots of options.
 
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