6.5 creed bubble popped?

[ProStaffSteve]

Going off this thread a bit. Noob here who is bumming a rugar 30-06 off is buddy with this new scope. If 6.5 CM are out of favor but still cool I’d be interested in buying one. What brands are top of mind? Same with 300 WM. What price range would get me a good used one of these? I’m looking for something “kinda flashy”

 

[Gutshot007]

PRC mania . Its lost its sexiness and joined the boring 30.06, 270 and 308 (all good calibers)

 

[wind gypsy]

It is a Ruger American Predator. Definitely nothing special. The shops are full of CA, browning, tikka etc...

What are they offering for it? Couple hundred bucks?

 

[Thinkingman]

If there's reduced demand it's because everyone already has one.

This.
I don't think 6.5 Creed is going away.
It's just the laws of supply and demand.
Not to insult the OP, but some rifles regardless of chambering are going to have stronger secondary market appeal than others.
It feels like you could sell a Barret Fieldcraft in 32-20 right now for full price.

 

[wind gypsy]

Going off this thread a bit. Noob here who is bumming a rugar 30-06 off is buddy with this new scope. If 6.5 CM are out of favor but still cool I’d be interested in buying one. What brands are top of mind? Same with 300 WM. What price range would get me a good used one of these? I’m looking for something “kinda flashy”

Can get a new stainless tikka 6.5 creedmoor for $740ish. They are selling just the actions for that and cant keep them in stock.

 

[AZ_Hunter_2000]

I own 3 of em and make fun of Creeds because of the vast # of newbies who think buying one instantly transforms the shooter into a sniper.

And having a WKY moniker makes someone a deity?

 

[ProStaffSteve]

Can get a new stainless tikka 6.5 creedmoor for $740ish. They are selling just the actions for that and cant keep them in stock.

That’s a good looking rig! People complain with 6.5s in general bc they can pass through the animal without knocking it down too well, correct? I’m still interested

 

[ProStaffSteve]

And having a WKY moniker makes someone a deity?

It does

 

[Desk Jockey]

I like mine. drawing from the few gun shops I have passed through in these last couple of months, they are all stuffed to the gills with gun inventory and ammo is starting to catch up. Specific to creed ammo, I bet there was a lot of people clamoring for it during the shortage but unlike a 223 nobody is buying 1000 round Cases of creed So it is accumulating.

 

[LongWayAround]

They don't want to buy your gun because there is not enough money for them to make in that deal.

 

[Fatcamp]

Not everyone can handle the power of the 6.5, sorry to see you leave the club.

 

[LongWayAround]

That’s a good looking rig! People complain with 6.5s in general bc they can pass through the animal without knocking it down too well, correct? I’m still interested

6.5 Creedmoor/260 for Deer, Elk, and whatever else.....

Seeing that the 223 thread is such a success, I thought maybe I would start one for the Creedmoor/260. Seems like people are asking a lot about using them and various bullets, especially for elk. I've used mine for the last few years almost exclusively. I have some pics of bullet damage, albeit...

rokslide.com

It seems to knock things over pretty well.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

That’s a good looking rig! People complain with 6.5s in general bc they can pass through the animal without knocking it down too well, correct? I’m still interested

Please do yourself a favor and read the 6.5 kill thread and the scope testing subforum before buying something.

 

[Macintosh]

Gun shops all have their niche. I have had gun shop owners turn down a gun or offer me short money many times because THEY dont have that customer…and I was able to sell that gun for a fair price at a different shop or online. Just because a given shop doesnt have that customer, it absolutely does not mean that customer isnt out there somewhere else.

 

[ProStaffSteve]

Please do yourself a favor and read the 6.5 kill thread and the scope testing subforum before buying something.

I would but my name isn’t “researchingstuff” jk, I’ll give her a deep dive. As a non-gun nutt I seem to struggle about giving a damn until I have a tag in my hands and I can’t hit what im shooting at. Working to overcome this hindrance

 

[KenLee]

And having a WKY moniker makes someone a deity?

That in particular doesn't make me anything. I've been a sarcastic asshole for bout 40 years running

 

[MHWASH]

It is a Ruger American Predator. Definitely nothing special. The shops are full of CA, browning, tikka etc...

These sell pretty quick around here. Maybe try a local gun/hunting forum, or here on Rokslide.

 

[roosiebull]

I have been attempting to get rid of a 6.5 Creedmoor rifle and have taken it to all the local gun shops. They are all telling me the same thing which is that there is ZERO demand for those rifles and ammo. I cannot find anyone to give me CLOSE to what it should be worth. Local shelves are absolutely stuffed with 6.5 CM ammo.

Is this what you guys are seeing locally as well?

Glad to hear there is ammo around, we need to get some for my wife’s rifle

I assume that they haven’t lost popularity, but there are tons of them out there, and probably not most people’s favorite rifle.

I’m still a fan, and still my 6.5 of choice if I were to pick. I have yet to be disappointed in their performance on critters, and have been impressed a couple times. I think anything that grows in popularity that fast will have a small crash at some point… a lot of people wanted to see what all the fuss was about, and then they realized they were not in fact magic, just a soft shooting rifle with plenty of capability, but they are slow (relatively) and are what they are.

I feel like it’s almost identical to a 7-08 in practical terms, and I have always liked that cartridge too, but they aren’t very exciting, just easy to shoot well and hell on critters

 

[Axlrod]

It's because they can buy that same gun brand new wholesale for less than you want for it. And make more money.

 

[TagEater]

It's because they can buy that same gun brand new wholesale for less than you want for it. And make more money.

This has less to do with the value they assigned to my gun and the reality of tons of rifles and ammo on the shelves locally that are not moving