6.5 CM is better than .308...

[Hoosker Doo]

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This article popped up in my news feed about SOCOM acquiring more AR-10's for the military in 6.5 Creedmoor rather than 7.62x51, and I was surprised at this claim that is made:

"SOCOM found that when using rifles chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor, soldiers had twice the likelihood of hitting targets at 1,000 meters, or 1,093 yards"

Twice as likely is a pretty huge difference, and with no more specifics or data were given, it made me wonder why.

Better ballistics and easier wind adjustment, less recoil (shouldn't be much), placebo effect, or just that creedmoor voodoo magic?

I'm proud to have a 6.5 creedmoor as one of my 3 go to rifles, but I would have thought hit rates would be similar.

 

[bojangles808]

duh

 

[Fujicon]

Dontcha know? It's magic!
Just like anything that ends in PRC, Nosler, Backcountry, and Western, all be magic!
Least that's what gun writers keep implying...

 

[Koda_]

Better ballistics and easier wind adjustment, less recoil (shouldn't be much), placebo effect, or just that creedmoor voodoo magic?

My guess is better bullet selection of higher bc bullets, faster twist rates for more flight stability.