Topic: 6.5 Creedmore

[Nealio]

I'm still at the tire kicking stage in my quest for a 6.5mm rifle, but I read some good stuff in the latest guns and ammo about the  6.5 Creedmore.
If I was starting from scratch would this be better than a .260 Rem? What would be the down side? Brass?
Anyone can chime in.

[fj40mojo]

I'd stick with the .260. History has shown that offspring of the .308 have faired well. The Creedmoor seems to faltering in popularity. Long term I think the .260 will have more staying power.

[J Mack]

I believe both rounds are similar enough that it would come down these minor things.
Better big box store support for factory loads on the Creedmoor and slightly better performance potential and component selection with reloading the .260.

For me the decision would come down local support from the guys I plan shoot with, DOPE can have a difficult learning curve particularly if this is you first long range rifle and you don’t have all the support equipment Crono, weather station, ballistic calc, spotting scope, etc etc. If you know guys that shoot the Creedmoor that will lend a hand I would lean that way or as you know I’ve built seven .260’s in everything from a 10LBS hunting rifle to a 21LBS tactical rifle that we have shoot 1000’s of rounds out to as far as 1840 Yards and I’m happy to share our DOPE if you decide on the .260 
 You won’t regret your decision on the 6.5 either way!

 

[EDGE]

I recently purchased a 6.5 Creedmoor.  So far I'm really happy with it.  Sportsman's and Cliff's carry ammo, although it seems to fly off the shelf fairly quickly.  They both have brass too.  I'm thinking that Cabela's will be carrying it in the future.

As for brass, I've been happy with the newer runs from Hornady.  The older runs they were doing something that made the brass a bit soft (I remember reading an article on it somewhere), but the newer stuff seems to be good. 

Lapua is now making brass for the .260 as well as the 6.5x47.

One nice thing about the 6.5CM is the match grade ammo from Hornady is cheap, although sometimes it is hard to find locally.

After shooting .308 for years, the 6.5 is just better all the way around.  Longer range, better BC bullets, better against the wind, etc.

In a bolt gun, any of the 6.5's (6.5CM, .260 and 6.5x47L) are great.  In a semi-auto, I wouldn't bother, because they don't really give much more advantage over a .308.

[J Mack]

And the Creedmoor would be a better choice if you were going to build a 6.5 simiauto or limited to a 2.80 OAL box magazine.

If you’re using the long 139+ grain bullets with the 260 seated at 2.80 OAL it forces a lot of bullet to be seated in the case and the base of the bearing surface to be down past the neck shoulder point further than ideal negating any advantage it might have.

[Nealio]

J Mack,

Are you running your .260's in a long action?

[J Mack]

J Mack,

Are you running your .260's in a long action?

My personal rifles are built on the Badger M2008 short actions but they are a bit longer than a Rem short action or similar clone, I also use AW magazines that let me load the .260 out to 2.830+ without issue. On the rifles I built on Rem style actions I had to modify the bolt stop slightly to allow the bolt to move to the rear far enough to chamber the longer rounds and use the Wyatt’s box.

I wanted to hotrod my .260 and shoot the heaver bullets so I ordered my chamber reamer to have .100” free bore.
I talk about it on the first page here: http://www.boiseshooters.com/index.php/topic,10348.0.html