6.5 Creedmoor vs .270

[Lou270]

The 270 has a larger frontal area and more impact velocity (generally). I am not sure if that is what he was getting at but those two factors would likely lead to what he is getting at.

Yep. The 6.5 cm is a nice cartridge. I have a Legendary Arms works 6.5 cm and used it for several years as my main hunting rifle. Killed whitetail, mule deer, antelope and pigs with it using 143 eldx, 140 fed fusion, and 140 Berger vld. Killed fine but all the animals ran a ways and in general lived longer than used to with a centerfire. So I have rethought my bullet choice and now loading 120 btips to higher velocity, but not killed anything with them yet

I will note that my buddy uses 139 scenars using a load or rl26 that touches 270 velocity and gets great resulrs but I am more conservative loader and generally don’t exceed published loads though I will give the scenars a try some time

Lou

 

[KenLee]

How much of an issue have you had selecting projectiles?

For example I went down the A-tip rabbit hole to only realize they aren’t made for 270


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If you aren't shooting over 500 yards, the factory superformance sst ammo are reliable accurate killers. I can't speak about over 500.

 

[Southern Lights]

If you aren't shooting over 500 yards, the factory superformance sst ammo are reliable accurate killers. I can't speak about over 500.

I have shot a ton of 130 SST Superperformance in 270. It is 3155fps in my Blaser 270 barrel. I have shot wallabies out to 800m with it and it's as accurate in my rifle as match loads are in my other calibers. It basically is 6.5PRC performance at any reasonable hunting ranges.

 

[Southern Lights]

Explain “hits harder.”

I have shot animals with the 6.5x55 Swede doing ~2700fps with 140ELDM and he 270 doing 3155 with 130 SSTs and the 270 noticeably puts animals down harder than the Swede which is slightly faster than 6.5CM velocities (my 6.5CM putters along at less than 2600fps with Hornady match).

They are both highly frangible bullets, but the 270 is nearly 500fps faster and I can see the difference on impact. Also it shoots much flatter limiting ranging errors at hunting distances.