Why is everyone in love with the 6.5 creedmoor?

[False_Cast]

Exactly! Anyone who looks at ballistics charts and compares the 6.5 with other calibers and rounds, and thinks it is in a class by it self, must be blind or high on something.

Or maybe they don’t get their recommendations from outdoor life, their grandpa, etc. Cite a delivery method for good bullets (equivalent bc & terminal effects) with lesser recoil (which directly correlates to target hits, in real life, not just glossy magazine pages). I’ll (not) wait.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

If it was an all around rifle, I wouldn’t question it. He stated he personally (I told him the creedmoor could kill an elk) wanted something bigger for elk hunting. Then said the 30-06 was too slow, which is when I found out he had no idea of the actual muzzle velocity of a 6.5 creedmoor

I’d take an 06 over a 6.5 for elk any day.

 

[Teaman1]

I agree

 

[False_Cast]

Cite your “numbers.” Or even better, your bullet of choice.

 

[Teaman1]

I used nosler ballistic tips with factory nosler loaded ammo and numbers they provide to keep it consistent since that’s what he likes and he doesn’t reload.
.243 90 grain
6.5 120 grain
.270 130 grain
30-06 165 grain

 

[tdhanses]

Any 150 grain cup and core bullet I’ve shot out of the 300 wsm has folded up every whitetail, mule deer, and antelope when placed right behind the shoulder. I’m assuming 3250ish FPS causes enough shock to do this because a 2900 FPS 180 grain out of the same rifle (same style bullets) does not drop them every time. Just a real world observation on animals I’ve taken in South Dakota

You’re only getting 2900ft/s out of your 300wsm shooting 180’s? I’m getting more then that shooting 215’s out of my 300wsm. My 6.5cm is getting just over 2700ft/s shooting 156’s, what’s your .308 getting with 150’s?

Only reason I have a 6.5 is for fun and my kids may get it after I’ve burned a few barrels up. Factory Hornady 147eldm ammo is deadly accurate out of it as well and only around $21 a box.

 

[Teaman1]

That’s just Winchester and nosler factory ammo with the 180’s. They actually chronoed in between 2850 and 2900, don’t remember exact numbers. Never chronographed the 308 as my dad sold it before I bought a chronograph

 

[Teaman1]

Only reason I shoot a 300 wsm is because my uncle talked me into buying one when I got my first job at 14 and was considering a 30-06

 

[Lawnboi]

All the hype aside. It throws an efficient bullet at marginal speed. It’s limited by weight. Chamber was made right, to fit in mags with heavy for caliber rounds. Tons of factory match ammo (Berger comes in Lapua brass) tons of components. Not the kind of energy of a mag or even long action but I personally wouldn’t buy another short action non magnum cartridge for hunting at this point. Well I guess a 6 creed would be a nice deer gun too.

Rokslide gets a lot of magnum love. Maybe one day I’ll come ful circle. Until then I’ll plug away with my creed and 223 cause I can afford to shoot the rifles enough to actually learn them.

 

[Teaman1]

All the hype aside. It throws an efficient bullet at marginal speed. It’s limited by weight. Chamber was made right, to fit in mags with heavy for caliber rounds. Tons of factory match ammo (Berger comes in Lapua brass) tons of components. Not the kind of energy of a mag or even long action but I personally wouldn’t buy another short action non magnum cartridge for hunting at this point. Well I guess a 6 creed would be a nice deer gun too.

Rokslide gets a lot of magnum love. Maybe one day I’ll come ful circle. Until then I’ll plug away with my creed and 223 cause I can afford to shoot the rifles enough to actually learn them.

I’m still fairly young and learning at 30 and used to suffer from magnumitis haha. I’m actually coming around in the other direction where I’m starting to appreciate the .270 and 30-06.
My current two that I’m messing with are a 325 wsm (which I love) and a new to me 35 whelen
There may be hope for me to convert to the 6.5 creedmoor down the road, but for now it just sticks out as a fun cartridge with low recoil. I’m a bit of a softy and hate to see any animal suffer so I use a slightly bigger gun if I think it will make the death quicker because head shots are not always possible haha

 

[Lawnboi]

I’m still fairly young and learning at 30 and used to suffer from magnumitis haha. I’m actually coming around in the other direction where I’m starting to appreciate the .270 and 30-06.
My current two that I’m messing with are a 325 wsm (which I love) and a new to me 35 whelen
There may be hope for me to convert to the 6.5 creedmoor down the road, but for now it just sticks out as a fun cartridge with low recoil. I’m a bit of a softy and hate to see any animal suffer so I use a slightly bigger gun if I think it will make the death quicker because head shots are t always possible haha

I was fed magnums my whole life up till a few years ago. I now shoot more and better. I told myself I will buy a magnum one day when I can utilize it to its potential. Last yearI was stuck with a 243 after shooting 300s my whole life. 7 deer with 95 grain bullet did all of what the 300s did and then some. I think the creed will be fine if I keep an eye on impact velocity. I’m 100x more confident in my guns now, that I can afford to shoot them. I have more rounds on my current 6.5 cm this year than I ever put on my 300wsm over the course of 8 years

That said I’m in the process of building a 3006 throated for heavy bullets here soon for elk.

 

[Teaman1]

I believe the thing that got me hooked on the magnums was big exit wounds and instant death (cool to a kid haha) a 6 pound 338 taught me that I’m not immune to recoil though so I understand that some people may not even like a 30-06.

 

[EastMT]

I believe the thing that got me hooked on the magnums was big exit wounds and instant death (cool to a kid haha) a 6 pound 338 taught me that I’m not immune to recoil though so I understand that some people may not even like a 30-06.

I was raised on 30-06. There was nothing that would work except a 06. Due to that, I refuse to have one and now use 308 mostly, there’s no excuse for it. We all have reasons we want a certain caliber or don’t, most of them are not reasonable.

 

[Dobermann]

... the 6.5 manbun ...

This is not fair, relevant, or seriously helpful to this obviously very important debate ...

But it still made me project a caffeinated liquid onto my typing instrument.

You owe me a new keyboard, MidGA!

 

[brsnow]

This is not fair, relevant, or seriously helpful to this obviously very important debate ...

But it still made me project a caffeinated liquid onto my typing instrument.

You owe me a new keyboard, MidGA!

That would seem to imply those that need a magnum are compensating for a short action of their own...

 

[Fatcamp]

I’m still fairly young and learning at 30 and used to suffer from magnumitis haha. I’m actually coming around in the other direction where I’m starting to appreciate the .270 and 30-06.
My current two that I’m messing with are a 325 wsm (which I love) and a new to me 35 whelen
There may be hope for me to convert to the 6.5 creedmoor down the road, but for now it just sticks out as a fun cartridge with low recoil. I’m a bit of a softy and hate to see any animal suffer so I use a slightly bigger gun if I think it will make the death quicker because head shots are not always possible haha

My Creedmoor has dispatched everything I have shot with it quickly. Location is everything.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I believe the thing that got me hooked on the magnums was big exit wounds and instant death (cool to a kid haha) a 6 pound 338 taught me that I’m not immune to recoil though so I understand that some people may not even like a 30-06.

when I was growing up it was all magnums all the time other than the 270 I had, there was no way you could kill elk or take long shots on mullies without a 300wm or 300wby, and a 340wby was even better.

I was shocked when I moved to AK and the vast majority of people I met and still know used 270, 308, 30-06 etc. now I only own a few magnums and they don’t get taken out much these days.

 

[Teaman1]

when I was growing up it was all magnums all the time other than the 270 I had, there was no way you could kill elk or take long shots on mullies without a 300wm or 300wby, and a 340wby was even better.

I was shocked when I moved to AK and the vast majority of people I met and still know used 270, 308, 30-06 etc. now I only own a few magnums and they don’t get taken out much these days.

Hard to believe my wife will be taking a 270 Winchester with 150 grain partitions when I get a moose hunt lined up for her

 

[Teaman1]

That would seem to imply those that need a magnum are compensating for a short action of their own...

It’s a bad deal. First time I showed the wife she goes “Jeez, you must hunt elk with a 416 Weatherby” haha

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Hard to believe my wife will be taking a 270 Winchester with 150 grain partitions when I get a moose hunt lined up for her

first moose I shot was with a 270 and 130g silvertips. It’s the only rifle I had when I moved up.