Its very popular with a lot of people for this reason, consistent, nice on barrels and accurate as all get out
After I did a bunch of research, I found a bunch of interesting information that led me to this combination:
1) 6.5x47 is known as easy to load for, very versatile with different loads and very accurate. Even more so that Creedmoor.
2) 6.5x47 you can seat longer bullets with it than Creedmoor and still fit in mags.
3) 6.5x47 is relative cheap to shoot, at around $1 per shot for premium loads, thats hard to beat.
4) While Creedmoor has factory ammo available on the shelf here, I have bought factory in a very long time, so that makes no difference to me
300 norma vs 338 lapua
1) its cheaper to load that 338
2) barrel life is about the same
3) brass is cheaper
4) ballistically its basically the same as 338 with 250 gr bullets
So my loads for 300 will cost me about $1.45 per round where as 338 would put me at around $2-2.5, so why shoot a more expensive bullet with basically the same results?
I went kraken because now I can spend way more money that I should have on a nice scope and be able to use it on two calibers
