swavescatter
Pain in the butt!
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I think the mods are just trolling us with ChatGPT threads.
It’s just your observation.Maybe it's just my observation, but it sure seems that demand for the 6.5 CM (2007) has fallen off a cliff.
OP:Actually, it was specifically the question. Re-read the thread title, and see my answer. Which, is my opinion of the answer of the question in this discussion forum.
However, if your looking to play semantics-I'm not interested.
True. I'm getting old fast.Agree, except it isn't "new" by a long stretch.
Maybe it's just my observation, but it sure seems that demand for the 6.5 CM (2007) has fallen off a cliff. I'm thinking it has a lot to do with folks turning to other offerings to get 'just a little more' - whatever that may be.
I think this list is the SAAMI cartridges introduced since then (most of em anyhow).
- 6mm Advanced Rifle Cartridge
- 6mm Creedmoor
- 6mm GT
- 6.5-284 Norma - dying
- 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum- niche only
- 6.5 Precision Rifle Cartridge
- 6.5 Weatherby Rebated Precision Magnum-niche only
- 6.8 True Velocity Composite - dead
- 6.8 Western
- 7mm Precision Rifle Cartridge
- 7mm PRC
- 12 Gauge 1¾” - not relevant
- 21 Sharp - Niche
- 22 Advanced Rifle Cartridge
- 22 Creedmoor
- 22 Nosler
- 224 Valkyrie - Dead
- 277 SIG FURY- Dead
- 28 Gauge 3" - not relevant
- 30 Super Carry -not relevant
- 300 Norma Magnum - rare as a percentage of total sales
- 300 Precision Rifle Cartridge - not relevant.
- 300 HAM’R - not relevant
- 338 Norma Magnum -not relevant
- 338 Weatherby Rebated Precision Magnum - not relevant
- 350 Legend- not relevant
- 360 Buckhammer - not relevant
- 400 Legend - not relevant
- 429 Desert Eagle - not relevant.
What is your observation based on? It doesn't make sense.
It is trailing only 22 LR and 223 in online sales..
Edit to add: The 6.5 creed seemed like the first "LR competition" round to really get marketed to masses. I can see how after the intro of 6.5 PRC and such the folks looking to buy a "long range" rifle and who might have bought a creedmoor now choose that. But, i think the creedmoor has taken a lot of volume from the traditional 243, 7-08, 308 "mild recoiling" short action crowd for typical inside 200 yard hunting as well which is just as appropriate an application for it.
That must be a very localized phenomenon...Where I live now (southern Appalachian mountains), the local gun shops can’t move a 6.5 CM and ammo they stocked up on. Maybe the observation is from moving across the country, but I sure don’t see folks battling to pick one up anymore.
I’ve had a 6.5 CM on consignment (one of three I own l) at about 20% below cost for four months and can’t trick someone into buying it. Gun shop guys say everyone is back on 308.
There’s probably that one guy in town that gutshot 3 deer with a mono singing to high heaven that a .264 bullet won’t kill a deer.That must be a very localized phenomenon...
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Is it that 6.5 is out of style or that they don’t have competitive prices compared to the internet, plus the fact that thick woods don’t require any of the advantages that the creedmoor gives.Where I live now (southern Appalachian mountains), the local gun shops can’t move a 6.5 CM and ammo they stocked up on.
That must be a very localized phenomenon...
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And yet 6.5 creedmoor sales are still extremely high.Maybe so... but I see guys picking up 7 PRCs here. Maybe I'm wrong but I think the high BC market has been diluted quite a bit with other PRC and CM options. And other guys just turning the clock back to the basics of 223, 243, and 308. ^^shotgun also makes a point that's not too far off. Still a lot of hate on 'manbun,' 'needmore,' and 'my 260 is just as good' sorta talk. Also lots of guys in rural areas that don't have $2k binos and Sitka gear. Buddy of mine still uses a POS Tasco scope on a 50 year old rifle and whacks big mountain bucks each year wearing Walls coveralls from the 90s.