Why do some of you despise the 6.5 Creedmoor?

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I wasn't looking for one, but picked up a Savage Axis in 6.5 CM on the cheap. Don't have an opinion of it since I've never owned or fired one. I understand why it was developed and at the same time feel like it wasn't really needed. I know some people love it, some hate it. Pretty sure why people that love it love it, but curious why those of you that hate it hate it?
 
Cause its steps on a lot of toes, and so do some of the more enthusiastic owners.
Pretty much all of the positives have some basis in truth, so do most of the detractors. Dont worry there will be folks along soon to tell you all about both.

Personally im firmly in thr pro-creedmoor camp, even tho I dont currently own one. I seem to be going larger in my current purchase/builds.
 
The 6.5 Creedmoor illustrated that:

a) cartridge design matters
b) the cartridge design of the most popular NA hunting cartridges when it came out sucked

Of course anyone who followed guns closely already knew that and was shooting an Ackley or a WSM or something. But having it be so patently obvious that what was popular sucked caused an amazing amount of butthurt among especially .30-06 and .270 owners. That butthurt is still on full, red, swolen display all across the internet and especially in the more Luddite corners of the magazine trade.
 
I've recently acquired my first 6.5CM and am still getting used to it. I agree about all of the hype out there and that has kept me from jumping in for a long time. Flat shooting, making it an ideal hunting round inside 300yards with the added attraction of long range target capabilities tipped the decision.

In one way it seems like natural evolution. Kind of a .270 for the AR platform in much the same way that the 350 Legend is a 30-30 for for the AR platform. Being able to put a 6.5CM upper on my AR-10 lower made getting my feet wet easier.

On the other hand the .308 still has a lot going for it. Scads of available once fired brass, bulk projectile availability and a wide variety of both civilian and military style rifles kind of make the 6.5CM more of a boutique round.

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Some people will always despise what is new because it is cool to hate what is new. That said, the 6.5 CM has been around long enough for anybody whom wants to give it a chance to have a go at it. My favorite rifles are chambered in 6.5 CM and 6.5x55. I’m extremely satisfied with the way those rifles have performed. I’m also happy with my 308s, 257 WMs, 300 WMs, 6.8 SPCs, 30-06s and well, you get the picture. Heck, I’ve even come to love my little 30” BLK and I was an avowed 300 BLK hater for a loooooooong time.

No cartridge is perfect, but many are great for multiple uses. The 6.5 CM falls into that category. It does a lot of things extremely well. It’s not at the top of my list for a grizzly cartridge, but it kills the absolute crap out of pigs and deer and that’s about all I hunt.
 
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I don’t despise the 6.5 Creedmoor and believe it to be an excellent cartridge. I do not own one either but don’t doubt there’s a good chance I would if the 6.5 Creedmoor had been around when I purchased my 6.5x55.

As I was typing just now a thought came to me that explains my feelings. I don’t hate the 6.5 Creedmoor but definitely do not care for many 6.5 Creedmoor owners-I don’t hate them but I’m happier when they’re not around.
 
Everyone doted over the 260 for the same reasons as they do the Creedmoor, and the Creedmoor does the 260 one better, so the answer is simply that some people don't like hearing nonstop about the Creedmoor. Although true to stereotype I've actually seen people say the 7 or 300 Mags do nothing a Creedmoor won't.
 
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My stepdad hunted deer, elk, moose, and antelope for decades with his trusty .270. Last year he bought some super-light Kimber in 6.5 Creedmoor since the heavier rifle and it's recoil were getting to be too much for him. He loves his new rifle.

My brother switched to the 6.5 PRC last year as well from .300 WSM. He's also happy.
 
I don’t despise the 6.5 Creedmoor and believe it to be an excellent cartridge. I do not own one either but don’t doubt there’s a good chance I would if the 6.5 Creedmoor had been around when I purchased my 6.5x55.

As I was typing just now a thought came to me that explains my feelings. I don’t hate the 6.5 Creedmoor but definitely do not care for many 6.5 Creedmoor owners-I don’t hate them but I’m happier when they’re not around.
That's just silly. I rebarreled one of my Savage rifles to 6.5 CM for a while. I didn't all the sudden grow a man bun and beard and start wearing plaid.

It's just a rifle caliber people. Grow up.
 
Fanboys. The 6.5 superdynawhopper has been made out to be somewhere between perfection and holiness embodied in brass, lead, and gunpowder made from unicorn dandruff. Once it gets to that point, I’m done. I can get on a bandwagon for something that’s truthfully good, but not until the fanboy vultures move on to the next guaranteed pipsqueak-bangflopper. Prove function, don’t prove popularity. Same reason I cant get behind 300blackout, 224 valk, or fn5.7 because its all talk and very little proof in the pudding. 6.5 creedmore has its merits, just like a bunch of others, but with the popularity it has seen it seems to be a product which got off the ground by use of marketing dollars funnelled into gunrags to build a following amongst people with voices that get heard. It’s doing well in some circles, but in the circles it was touted as the end-all-be-all its already out of favor, and is in the real of has-beens.
 
Everyone doted over the 260 for the same reasons as they do the Creedmoor, and the Creedmoor does the 260 one better, so the answer is simply that some people don't like hearing nonstop about the Creedmoor. Although true to stereotype I've actually seen people say the 7 or 300 Mags do nothing a Creedmoor won't.
Cherry pick loads well enough, and thats actually true.
Course i can make that argument for nearly any cartridge....well at least the ones i like. The ones i dont, well poot on them.

I get annoyed at some of the drivel that both sides spew, but honestly its their opinion, and if i get MY soap box for while, why shouldnt they have theirs.
 
Cherry pick loads well enough, and thats actually true.
Course i can make that argument for nearly any cartridge....well at least the ones i like. The ones i dont, well poot on them.

I get annoyed at some of the drivel that both sides spew, but honestly its their opinion, and if i get MY soap box for while, why shouldnt they have theirs.
I see the 260 was made for a time were guys wanted 120 and down. Then guys wanted 140s and said why was the 260 not made like the 6.5cm.
 
I see the 260 was made for a time were guys wanted 120 and down. Then guys wanted 140s and said why was the 260 not made like the 6.5cm.
Ill say that WAS a design flaw.
My take is that .260 was really ment as a short action hunting cartridge, which put it in direct competition with the 140gr 7mm-08 on the top end and the 100gr .243 on the bottom.
That gives it 120 a nice fit, and buy twisting it slow it also theoretically did better with the 95+/-gr bullets. Unfortunately folks dont really care about shooting 95-100gr bullets from a 6.5, and DID want to shoot 140+ like the 6.5x55 of yore.
If they had just gone with a 8-9 twist, i bet the 260 would be more popular, at least with hunters.

It didnt help those early remingtons were hit or miss accuracy wise.
 
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