6.5 haters

[3chester]

21 June 1873, The grand international rifle match at Creedmoor- second day of shooting at 1,000 yards. So 150 years later, 6.5 Creedmoor's intrinsic accuracy, has now insured it's legacy for future decades. Would be hard to imagine how many tens of thousands of 6.5 Creedmoor barrels were sold during the covid checks, stay at home days. That article by Starline Brass, like preaching to the choir!

 

[Castro]

Oh dear God….this reminds me of my deceased great uncle, a man of few words and strong opinions, and not a particularly sensitive or compassionate person (though a good man make no mistake)

Back in the day his best friend went through an ugly divorce…and it was plainly obvious that this friend did this to himself, it was preventable, he didn't treat his wife very well so she had enough and left.

This friend is crying the blues to my uncle about how rough it all is and she's taking half his estate and he misses her and so on…

My uncle dead serious looks at him and says "Pete, if you're looking for sympathy you'll find it in the dictionary between **** and syphilis"

got to love Pete!

 

[ARlife4me]

I'm waiting to hear from the 25cal fans to weigh in. BTW, what mm is that? Is that the only caliber that hasn't gone metric yet

 

[ARlife4me]

6.4? I guess fir 25cal.

 

[Darryle]

I'm waiting to hear from the 25cal fans to weigh in. BTW, what mm is that? Is that the inly caliber that hasn't gone metric yet

Can you imagine the insanity if Hornady introduced the 25 Creedmoor first?

The quarter bore choir and the flatbill society all wearing white sunglasses and driving faux lifted 4wd Chevys with American flags flapping all while rocking out to Miley Cyrus and Wrecking Ball

 

[bultinkle]

They are all still waiting on their blackjack bullets that are gonna revitalize their caliber

 

[Pointman]

6.4? I guess fir 25cal.

6.35mm is the metric equivalent. I have both, a 6.5 Creedmore and a 25-06. Both are target rifles since the hunting days are over. Which win the accuracy nod, the 25 but it was rebuilt by my gunsmith for long-range varmints.

 

[yogibearmech]

Can you imagine the insanity if Hornady introduced the 25 Creedmoor first?

The quarter bore choir and the flatbill society all wearing white sunglasses and driving faux lifted 4wd Chevys with American flags flapping all while rocking out to Miley Cyrus and Wrecking Ball

I would like to see a 25 off the 277fury!!!

 

[ARlife4me]

Can you imagine the insanity if Hornady introduced the 25 Creedmoor first?

The quarter bore choir and the flatbill society all wearing white sunglasses and driving faux lifted 4wd Chevys with American flags flapping all while rocking out to Miley Cyrus and Wrecking Ball

It could be worse.....it could be Taylor Swift or Katie Perry

 

[3800fps]

6.4? I guess fir 25cal.

.250 of an inch = 6.35mm
A .257 bullet is 6.52mm.

So this 6.5 thingy has been around for well over 100 years…got reinvented several times…but this time around it's life as an internet cartridge celebrity has been elevated to messianic stature….I personally love bashing the **** out of it and it's zealots too young to own a 2506REM or a 270 Win Cooper or full custom.

(yeah I built an AR10 CM on an Aero5E upper…shoots just like every other tack driver 308 on an AR platform…yawn…I'm not impressed.)

 

[ARlife4me]

.250 of an inch = 6.35mm
A .257 bullet is 6.52mm.

So this 6.5 thingy has been around for well over 100 years…got reinvented several times…but this time around it's life as an internet cartridge celebrity has been elevated to messianic stature….I personally love bashing the **** out of it and it's zealots too young to own a 2506REM or a 270 Win Cooper or full custom.

(yeah I built an AR10 CM on an Aero5E upper…shoots just like every other tack driver 308 on an AR platform…yawn…I'm not impressed.)

I just like semi version over the ba's. As semi's go, the AR is easier/faster to build than a BAR type with more readily available components. Rebarreling a BAR or similar type firearm would be interesting, but limited on mag capacity.

 

[bultinkle]

I'm convinced there are few hobby groups more excited to push the next generation away than shooters. The amount of gatekeeping and grandstanding is truly incredible.

To be this annoyed about the next generation enjoying shooting, while at the same complaining about/worrying about the future of the 2a and gun ownership is impressive sometimes.

 

[justinp61]

Now……to get us back on topic! Not even the 6.5 CM can save America…..it's up to us to stop the evil that possesses America ! memtb

Say it ain't so!

 

[h_1ag]

.250 of an inch = 6.35mm
A .257 bullet is 6.52mm.

So this 6.5 thingy has been around for well over 100 years…got reinvented several times…but this time around it's life as an internet cartridge celebrity has been elevated to messianic stature….I personally love bashing the **** out of it and it's zealots too young to own a 2506REM or a 270 Win Cooper or full custom.

(yeah I built an AR10 CM on an Aero5E upper…shoots just like every other tack driver 308 on an AR platform…yawn…I'm not impressed.)

.270 is my go-to whitetail deer rifle. It obviously hits harder at closer range (huge case capacity advantage over CM).
But that's a long action cartridge, so I don't bother to compare it to CM. The fact that CM is superior in most ways at longer distances, despite a huge case capacity handicap is impressive.
I guess if you can't think beyond a neck size you could similarly say that large .30 caliber rifles have been around for over a century, but it'd be pretty ignorant to say that .300PRC is just some reinvention of .30-06.

Again- more of the same creedmoor hype straw man reference used as an excuse to throw shade. On this 30 page thread there aren't many (any?) ridiculous claims about its capabilities that would be considering it "messianic" (except joking). For a short action cartridge that can take medium game out to medium range and also double as a target round out to 1k, it's hard to touch it. Rem had their chance with .260, but they screwed it up and unimaginatively just necked down a .308; built and marketed it to be a light for caliber varmint round with a slow twist rate. Sure- guys in the custom world figured out how to address those shortcomings, but the damage was done- the response was DeMille and Emary built a better mouse trap.