6.5 Creedmoor vs .270

[Okiboy098]

270 is the way to go


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[bradmacmt]

While we all like to hear ourselves talk, I doubt the OP cares what any of us think...

 

[SROK]

While we all like to hear ourselves talk, I doubt the OP cares what any of us think...

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That’s a shame, but a good discussion/ good info opinions being shared for the rest of us!


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[nagibson1]

This is nonsense. By that definition, every new model year truck would make the previous year “obsolete”.

Yeah the 270 is an old school cartridge, but it is still being produced, used, and effective every day! It is far from obsolete, or useless.

Maybe they don’t have the flashiest packaging or a cool new name, but it is still very much alive and well.

Really? I'm not sure the word 'outmoded' is any more definite than obsolete.
For those that have rifles already, the idea that you'd get rid of a270 to get a creedmore seems odd.
If you're buying now, marginal differences can be decisive.
I think of obsolescence as a design so far behind that it is no longer competitive on the same grounds.
If you put a 270 in one guys hands and a creed in another's which would you bet would bag a mule deer?
The answer is you would have no idea with that info. The competitive difference is so marginal it has no predictive weight.
Thus i beli theseeve 'highly marginal improvement in some ways' is closer to the truth.
The Creed has a little lighter recoil. The 270 hits a little harder.
If the advantage is twist rates, that's not really a cartridge problem.
You might say the creedmore has better market support right now. But the cartridge improvement obsession isn't over.
Remember when the .260 Remington was going to be the last and greatest cartridge?

 

[NDHUNTER24]

I have both and use the 6.5 cm the most. Both rifles shoot excellent. My 270 sits in the safe. If I were to shoot monos id probably pick the 270.

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[Cdnance]

Really?

Yes really!

From everything you just said I can’t tell if you are agreeing or disagreeing!

 

[nagibson1]

Yes really!

From everything you just said I can’t tell if you are agreeing or disagreeing!

Sorry. I meant to quote TMK saying:

"You and Cdnance would benefit from reading the definition of obsolete:
"Outmoded in design, style, or construction"

You and i agree. I did a cheap tikka build this year. It was a .270.

 

[TreeDog]

While we all like to hear ourselves talk, I doubt the OP cares what any of us think...

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Living up to his name

 

[D Lee]

OK, so I'm the last one to this discussion. Hopefully the OP made his decision.

Here's mine.

I own 3 rifles. In those 3 cartridges. My favorite? Not the '06. Not the 6.5C. By FAR.......the .270 Win. Why? True, ballistics differences definitely matter. That said, the reasons I reach into the safe and carry my 270 go far beyond ballistics. Newbies here may not understand that. And that's OK. You are welcome at my fire well up on the mountain.

Cheers.

 

[Southern Lights]

Times have changed. Did you know that there is a new 6.5 Creedmoor steel cased cartridge that can hurl a 130gr projectile at an astounding 3100fps!

Now tell me, how can the 270 keep up with that?

 

[eamyrick]

Times have changed. Did you know that there is a new 6.5 Creedmoor steel cased cartridge that can hurl a 130gr projectile at an astounding 3100fps!

Now tell me, how can the 270 keep up with that?

I’m waiting on 270 peak!!

 

[Mtslackcountry]

The winner here is the 6.5 prc. The new federal 6.5 creed ammo does not match my medium spicy 6.5 prc with a slow tikka barrel. It is cool that you can shoot slow low recoiling 6.5 creed ammo then jump up 150-200 fps to hunt with a 6.5 creed. Interesting time to be alive.

 

[KenLee]

Times have changed. Did you know that there is a new 6.5 Creedmoor steel cased cartridge that can hurl a 130gr projectile at an astounding 3100fps!

Now tell me, how can the 270 keep up with that?

Hornady 270 SST Superformance 130gr factory ammo at 3200 fps the last 20 yrs.
How bout that???

 

[Southern Lights]

Hornady 270 SST Superformance 130gr factory ammo at 3200 fps the last 20 yrs.
How bout that???

Yeah I was just making fun.

My 270 130 SST Superperformance is 3155 in my rifle. Hornady 145 ELDX ammo is 2900-2950 which is no slouch either and shoots well.

The BC in the 6.5 is better, but inside 4-500 yards it's really marginal in many situations if it matters. I say this as someone that owns a 6.5CM and like the cartridge along with the 270.

 

[DangerRanger]

It doesn’t matter. The gun rags have convinced us it does but it doesn’t

 

[shwacker]

I'm just reading the latest mystery novel by John Sandford, and the killers (Russian hit team) use a .277 fury. The main detective says something like ".277? Never heard of that." Haha! Obviously you're not a golfer. A few game animals have certainly heard of it!

 

[UnckleBob]

The winner here is the 6.5 prc. The new federal 6.5 creed ammo does not match my medium spicy 6.5 prc with a slow tikka barrel. It is cool that you can shoot slow low recoiling 6.5 creed ammo then jump up 150-200 fps to hunt with a 6.5 creed. Interesting time to be alive.

Making up data about a new load from Federal you have never shot. Good job.

 

[Mtslackcountry]

Making up data about a new load from Federal you have never shot. Good job.

Plenty of marketing. And other content showing velocity’s of the new ammo. Not hard to find Bob

 

[UnckleBob]

Plenty of marketing. And other content showing velocity’s of the new ammo. Not hard to find Bob

Every velocity number i have seen published has been in line with what they claimed.

Obviously, I haven't shot it either. I just have a 7BC that is hitting the velocities I was promised.

Thus, I think they'll hit the promised numbers with 6.5CM. If they don't, they lose a lot of goodwill.

 

[Mtslackcountry]

Every velocity number i have seen published has been in line with what they claimed.

Obviously, I haven't shot it either. I just have a 7BC that is hitting the velocities I was promised.

Thus, I think they'll hit the promised numbers with 6.5CM. If they don't, they lose a lot of goodwill.

Never said it doesn’t meet advertised speed. I simply said that it doesn’t beat a very modest hand load in 6.5 prc. I also said it was really cool that 1 gun can do 2 different things.

The marketing that it will match or beat a prc doesn’t work for me. I know I’m comparing apples to oranges here. Handloads to factory