6.5 creedmore rifle questions

[Bear44]

I want to try one at some point. A lot of people like them over the .308 ballistics. I'm up to my elbows in .308 rifles.

They give you about 300 yards more supersonic flight with less recoil than a 308. My attraction to a 6.5 Creedmoor, over something like a 300 Win Mag, is that under the right conditions and using a muzzle brake, you're supposed to be able to watch your own vapor trail at long range. I'll find out if this is true in about a month when I take mine to Arena.

 

[WarAJEagle]

I'm between a new 6.5 or .270 for deer season myself. Actually between all the same guns and the Mossberg Patriot.

 

[Hayata]

Look on u-toob. Ruger Predators doing crazy long range stuff with the 6.5...

 

[Kman]

They give you about 300 yards more supersonic flight with less recoil than a 308. My attraction to a 6.5 Creedmoor, over something like a 300 Win Mag, is that under the right conditions and using a muzzle brake, you're supposed to be able to watch your own vapor trail at long range. I'll find out if this is true in about a month when I take mine to Arena.

Damn, that's impressive!

 

[Bear44]

I'm between a new 6.5 or .270 for deer season myself. Actually between all the same guns and the Mossberg Patriot.

270 wins hands down for deer hunting.

 

[Bear44]

Damn, that's impressive!

Sure would help walking rounds in.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

I don't see any use for a 6.5 Creedmoor as a normal-distance hunting or casual target shooting round.
If you aren't going to take it out to 800, 1000, or 1200 yards, you might as well use a 7mm-08, a .25-06, a .260 Rem, or a .270 Win.
(That's assuming you want to fire bullets that are slimmer and lighter than the .308, and with less recoil than a .308 or .30-06).

If you want to take that 6.5 mm round out to 1000 yards, you'll want to spend a lot more than you've budgeted for the gun, and then you should spend even more on the scope.

 

[Bear44]

I don't see any use for a 6.5 Creedmoor as a normal-distance hunting or casual target shooting round.
If you aren't going to take it out to 800, 1000, or 1200 yards, you might as well use a 7mm-08, a .25-06, a .260 Rem, or a .270 Win.
(That's assuming you want to fire bullets that are slimmer and lighter than the .308, and with less recoil than a .308 or .30-06).

If you want to take that 6.5 mm round out to 1000 yards, you'll want to spend a lot more than you've budgeted for the gun, and then you should spend even more on the scope.

^^^What he said^^^

The 6.5 is an outstanding target/tactical round, but for hunting purposes there are better choices.

 

[Twitch2120]

They give you about 300 yards more supersonic flight with less recoil than a 308. My attraction to a 6.5 Creedmoor, over something like a 300 Win Mag, is that under the right conditions and using a muzzle brake, you're supposed to be able to watch your own vapor trail at long range. I'll find out if this is true in about a month when I take mine to Arena.

I did it at 700 on Monday. Not hard to do prone. Just remember the atmospheric conditions have to be favorable

 

[YOTESHOOTER]

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savages model 12, heavy set-up is dynamite, and then the new Tika T3, if you can find one is simply a great gun also, however cheap does not cut it if you wanna play, you gonna have to pay the piper to play... When playing with really good guns $$$$, ain't the only consideration...

The savage has a two stage bolt, almost all of the other brands only use a single stage bolt...

just a simple suggestion to very strongly consider..

Good luck in your new gun buying quest...