Why all the hate with 6.5 Creedmoor

[Buckmastr]

I bought into because after I studied it I believe it is the Best REAL SA non magnum 6.5 caliber cartridge made ! Name of cartridge=me@ns nothing . JMO. RJ

Anyone who used a 260 for hunting prior to the 6.5 Creedmoor showing up, needed no convincing. Good thing the marketing was there to wake up the others.

 

[ChromeArty]

It's just fun. I don't think the hate is legitimate.

My good friend loves his 6.5 Creedmoor and I use a 7mm08. We will always make fun of each other for our choices of caliber, but it's all in jest. They both kill deer.

 

[pathfinder76]

Well it is obviously… look how many have bought into the 6.5Cm because of it.

Stupid Lapua.

 

[AlbertaJohn]

Well I bought a 6.5cm for myself last Christmas and I don't care what the haters say...

I'm taking it deer hunting this fall.

 

[remington jim]

It's just fun. I don't think the hate is legitimate.

My good friend loves his 6.5 Creedmoor and I use a 7mm08. We will always make fun of each other for our choices of caliber, but it's all in jest. They both kill deer.

I have both the 6.5CM and 7-08Rem - if i had to choose it would be the 7-08 Remmy ! RJ

 

[Unholysavage]

These threads are always funny.
Use the words "6.5 creedmoor" in a hunting forum and all the 260, 6.5x55, 7-08 guys get sandy Vs.
Go into a long range forum and it's the exact opposite. The creed is aight and the 308, 7-08 and 260 are worthless short range FUDD cartridges.
Hate the creed all you want, but its marketing brought alot of new shooters into the sport. Some of which might even dip a toe into the hunting side. We need more of that, not less.

 

[ChromeArty]

I have both the 6.5CM and 7-08Rem - if i had to choose it would be the 7-08 Remmy ! RJ

Ha!! Well now I gotta screenshot this and send it to him lol!! He's the town Gunsmith too, which makes it that more fun as we ballbag each other in front of the clientele continuously!

My main rifle is a little Kimber Adirondack in 7mm08. It weights 6lbs scoped, with sling and loaded. It's got a nice short barrel for the tight brush we hunt in here. I have never shot a deer past 100 yards here. (Coastal BC). I feel the short barrel also assists the cartridge by slowing it down a bit! I know that seems odd, but the shots are usually so close that good quality ammo can behave like a fmj. It's actually better to use the cheaper ammo with it.

I used to rock a Ruger M77 in 7mm08, but that was over 9lbs... and got tedious on long stalks through the woods. Love the Mauser action though.

 

[pete dobinson]

7-08 makes a good doner rifle to rechamber or rebarrel to 284win

 

[ChromeArty]

7-08 makes a good doner rifle to rechamber or rebarrel to 284win

Lol! I like your style man

 

[remington jim]

7-08 makes a good doner rifle to rechamber or rebarrel to 284win

Pete - Only if its a Tikka T3 action for the proper lenght ! Unless you want to machine a Remmy for a Wyatt box - M70 has a 3 " box i THINK ?? so it would work ! RJ

 

[remington jim]

Ha!! Well now I gotta screenshot this and send it to him lol!! He's the town Gunsmith too, which makes it that more fun as we ballbag each other in front of the clientele continuously!

LOL Thats GREAT ! My 6.5 CM is a Custom M7 weighing in at 5 3/4 lbs with a 3.5-10 Leo on it and ONE of my 7-08's is a Tikka T3X Super light with a WCat stock and Leo 30 mm 4.5-14 x 40 on it weighting in at 6 3/4 lbs

2 totally different rifle but i LIKE them Both ! RJ

 

[conor_90]

Are you gonna change your handle to “tikka Jim”?

I says we all chip in a handful of cash and get Todd Bartell up to Nunavut for “ pussy plinkers and polar bears”

 

[remington jim]

Are you gonna change your handle to “tikka Jim” ?

I only have 4 Tikkas right now BUT looking for a 5 th one to build a 284 Win on ! RJ

 

[pete dobinson]

Pete - Only if its a Tikka T3 action for the proper lenght ! Unless you want to machine a Remmy for a Wyatt box - M70 has a 3 " box i THINK ?? so it would work ! RJ

I've been told by a respected gunsmith on this forum that a M70 short action will give you a little more length than a Remington.

 

[ChromeArty]

Ha!! Well now I gotta screenshot this and send it to him lol!! He's the town Gunsmith too, which makes it that more fun as we ballbag each other in front of the clientele continuously!

LOL Thats GREAT ! My 6.5 CM is a Custom M7 weighing in at 5 3/4 lbs with a 3.5-10 Leo on it and ONE of my 7-08's is a Tikka T3X Super light with a WCat stock and Leo 30 mm 4.5-14 x 40 on it weighting in at 6 3/4 lbs

2 totally different rifle but i LIKE them Both ! RJ

Oh baby!! Those sound fuggin fantastic!!

 

[ALBERTA BOY]

It's nothin' Charles Newton didn't already do in 1913 with the 256 Newton. Or, you know something else in 1891...

 

[remington jim]

I've been told by a respected gunsmith on this forum that a M70 short action will give you a little more length than a Remington.

Yes thats right as the Remmy is 2.825 - RJ

 

[iron cat]

It's nothin' Charles Newton didn't already do in 1913 with the 256 Newton. Or, you know something else in 1891...

I doubt very much that the 256 Newton won't work in a short action.
Cat

 

[Slimbo]

I've been told by a respected gunsmith on this forum that a M70 short action will give you a little more length than a Remington.

3.10” for a Winchester short action.

 

[pete dobinson]

3.10” for a Winchester short action.

My Browning A-bolt is 2.800, so almost a 1/4" longer, which to me is long enough in a hunting rifle. I do realize in a long range hunting rifle using long for caliber bullets a long action is the only way to go.