Was the 6.5 cm really a necessity?

[MudRunner2005]

I have an XP100 R that I bought new back in the 90s. It's chambered in 260rem. It's crazy how accurate it is. I used to shoot it often but ammo started getting harder to find. I'm about to buy a bunch of new 260 brass that I found online at a really good price. I really like the 260 and I never could figure out why everyone else didn't like it. I have a friend with an AR10 in 260. He says ringing steel at 1000 yards get boring with it. I have another friend who hunts with a bolt gun chambered in 260. He claim he's yet to have a deer not drop with it. The 260 is an excellent cartridge. It just doesn't seem to have a very big following.

I would recommend buying the Lapua brass. They've been making .260 Rem brass for several years. Much better than the other brands.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1009933341/lapua-reloading-brass-260-remington-box-of-100

 

[MudRunner2005]

To many odd ball rounds.

Welcome to the matrix. In my hand I have 2 pills. The red pill will open your mind to all that is rifles, cartridges, bullets, ballistics, custom parts, and wildcats... The blue pill will send you back into the world you previously knew of factory ammunition and factory rifles, and you will wake up with no recollection of this conversation.

Would you like the red pill...Or the blue pill?

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

Welcome to the matrix. In my hand I have 2 pills. The red pill will open your mind to all that is rifles, cartridges, bullets, ballistics, custom parts, and wildcats... The blue pill will send you back into the world you previously knew of factory ammunition and factory rifles, and you will wake up with no recollection of this conversation.

Would you like the red pill...Or the blue pill?

Well, now isn't that a silly question.............

 

[SaulReichman]

I love niche cartridges and I love the Creedmoor. Nothing bucks the wind and slays sheep/goats like a Creedmoor.

 

[soundwaves]

nothing is nessasary. one all round callibre is all you need. for me that is 7mmRM. and maybe a varmit cal but lm not in to varmit hunting.

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

nothing is nessasary. one all round callibre is all you need. for me that is 7mmRM. and maybe a varmit cal but lm not in to varmit hunting.

7mm rm can be a varmint round...... 120s at 3600 would be a sight to see!

 

[soundwaves]

never tried the 120s. 3600fps seems like a great idea on deer too

 

[MAGA]

I like the 308 for hunting and the 6.5 Creed for target shooting.

 

[Predator 22]

One gun would sure get boring to me.

 

[dmoon]

One gun would sure get boring to me.

In time it would be like your wife

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

One gun would sure get boring to me.

I own 7 and its still boring! Only 2 center fire rifles though.

 

[Canhunter35]

Now that I've finally been shooting my 6.5 at 800,900,and 1k, it's ridiculously easy caliber to load for and shoot...I like my 308 and 257wby for deer guns, but by next year I'll be taking the 6.5. When I make first round shots in the wind there is no denying it's advantages

 

[Predator 22]

I own 7 and its still boring! Only 2 center fire rifles though.

The cure is more center fire rifles. I have to take two or three when I shoot prairie dogs.

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

The cure is more center fire rifles. I have to take two or three when I shoot prairie dogs.

Unfortunately prairie dogs are scarce in my neck of the woods. My next center fire will either be a magnum to push the 7mm 180s or a 22 cal like a 223 AI or a 22-250 AI