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You seem to be overlooking the same comments that others are overlooking. The 6.5CM was never designed to be a speed queen. PERIOD. It was not designed to be a hunting round either. PERIOD. So comparing it to a 270 is completely pointless and means absolutely nothing. The 6.5CM was designed as a long range cartridge. If you like to compare it to a 270, START looking 800 yds and beyond and you'll see a big difference. Do you know how many 1000 yard competition shooters use a 270? You're arguing a useless point. The 6.5CM was PRIMARILY designed as a long range cartridge that has found SECONDARY success as a hunting cartridge also. That secondary success does not change the primary design of the cartridge. You're arguing that the 270, whose primary design was as a hunting cartridge, is superior to the 6.5CM, whose SECONDARY purpose is being used as a hunting cartridge. Shocker, that's not even close to being an equal comparison.This. I had to rant in another thread and won't do it here but to say, run a ballistic calculator on those numbers. The 6.5 doesn't "catch up" (instantaneous velocity) until 800 yds (not 200), at which point the 270 already been there for a bit. As good as the 6.5 is, its not a 270 let alone an '06. No more than an '06 is a 300WM.