6mm creedmore vs 243 winchester whats the difference??

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I've only had one .243, an M70 Featherweight, I liked it and killed a few deer with it. It was a 10 twist and didn't really like heavier bullets, shot great with 85gr Sierras and 70gr Speers though. I don't see myself going back to 6mm from 6.5mm for deer, but if I did pick up another .243 I'd make sure it had at least a 9.25 twist, preferably faster. More likely I'd just get a 6mm Creedmoor as it would certainly come correctly set up from the factory to accommodate the heavies, no need to sort through specs on twist, mag box length and throat geometry. For a LR target rig, 6mm Creedmoor no question, for all the reasons previously stated in the thread. There are a lot of guys running 6 Creeds around here and winning, I can't remember the last time I saw a PRS rig chambered in .243 though.
 
Varminterror said:
Large and small primer brass is readily available for 6 creedmoor. Some companies even make both. My Hornady 6 creed brass is large, my Lapua is small.

Similarly, if you want small primed 243win brass, you buy Lapua Palma brass, and neck it down. All of my competition 243win and 243AI brass for ~20yrs has been Lapua Palma, small primer.
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Good to know. Thanks.
 
I love my Ruger Model 77 in 243 Win.
Accurate as heck, no recoil to speak of & powerful enough to kill most game & stop the biggest, baddest two legged varmints at the most extreme ranges I can handle.
What else can I say.
 
They both play second fiddle to 6mm Remington which can be handloaded to higher velocity and had in any twist you want. Talking bolt guns, but if you Have to have a semi, well it could be done in a Noreen.
 
The 6 Remington might run faster, but there’s no symphony in which it outranks the 243win or 6 creed among shooters.
 
I'm aware of Savage using 1:9.25 twist in their Model 11 .243Win. I've heard it will stabilize bullets up to 115gr, but that doesn't seem to matter unless you're into Bergers. If somebody needs a heavier bullet for medium game, y'all know there's a variety in 6.8-06.:D
 
Varminterror said:
@Old Stumpy - we’re not talking about 243win vs. 6.5 creedmoor. The comparison of the two 6mm’s is the topic du jour.
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I'm not sure that I understand your comment. However, I did compare the .243 to the 6.5 Creedmoor as well as comparing the .243 to the 6.5 Swedish. Several other posts mentioned other cartridges as well.
 
Old Stumpy said:
I'm not sure that I understand your comment. However, I did compare the .243 to the 6.5 Creedmoor as well as comparing the .243 to the 6.5 Swedish. Several other posts mentioned other cartridges as well.
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The post topic is 6 creedmoor vs. 243win. I mentioned the 6.5 in my post in a tale about how I came to shoot the 6mm version. One other poster before yours also mentioned the 6.5 creed, citing the analogy between the 243win and 6 creed, and the 260rem and 6.5 creed. Nobody, however, has been discussing the 6.5 creedmoor vs. the 243win, as that was not the OP’s question.

Maybe you’re not yet familiar with the 6mm creedmoor, and automatically assume 6.5 creed whenever you see the word creedmoor.
 
Varminterror said:
There has/have been single shot 50bmg uppers for AR’s for a long time. Can’t and won’t say they’re pretty or practical, but they’re there.
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Really no shock to me.

You really only need one rifle and it is that plastic fantastic.
 
fpgt72 said:
I think another reason I move away from the AR platform is the same reason I move away from the 1022......I just hate being a sheep.
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It’s primarily a millennial condition, but absolutely started 2 generations before. Traditional insecurities would lead someone to fall in line and conform, but today’s social norm is to “be yourself,” so now we see folks with this condition - if I’m not a unique unicorn butterfly, then I’m doing something wrong.

Of course, it’s a logical fallacy, and they deny themselves pleasure in chocolate ice cream, action movies, cheeseburgers, attractive movie stars, and even AR-15’s.

Be not afraid to be yourself, even if your particular self shares common traits with others.
 
Varminterror said:
The post topic is 6 creedmoor vs. 243win. I mentioned the 6.5 in my post in a tale about how I came to shoot the 6mm version. One other poster before yours also mentioned the 6.5 creed, citing the analogy between the 243win and 6 creed, and the 260rem and 6.5 creed. Nobody, however, has been discussing the 6.5 creedmoor vs. the 243win, as that was not the OP’s question.

Maybe you’re not yet familiar with the 6mm creedmoor, and automatically assume 6.5 creed whenever you see the word creedmoor.
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My mistake. At 60+ I'm a bit near-sighted.
But, as you say, the 6.5 Creedmoor was discussed by others, so it isn't a hanging offense if I do too. :)
 
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Varminterror said:
It’s primarily a millennial condition, but absolutely started 2 generations before. Traditional insecurities would lead someone to fall in line and conform, but today’s social norm is to “be yourself,” so now we see folks with this condition - if I’m not a unique unicorn butterfly, then I’m doing something wrong.

Of course, it’s a logical fallacy, and they deny themselves pleasure in chocolate ice cream, action movies, cheeseburgers, attractive movie stars, and even AR-15’s.

Be not afraid to be yourself, even if your particular self shares common traits with others.
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Two steps removed from a millennial, it really is just the way I am wired.

Back when I raced cars I was one of 3 people in this country that ran an Opel.....When I flew I had a little swift.....I just want different. It makes everything more difficult, expensive...bla bla bla.

But you get huge satisfaction out of working out issues on your own....YOU figure everything out....that means something to some people, LEARNING how to solve problems is a skill that many people run away from.

Also I love the questions....what is that, tell me about it, how about that. I loved my AR in the early 80's.....no one had them, at the time they are expensive, and a mini was just what you used if you wanted something along those lines....now it is flipped. I had people come up and eye it up and down, talk about how they had not shot one since the army...bla bla bla. It was fun talking to them, fun handing them a mag and saying relive the past for a bit. Now every idiot has one and mine sits in the back of the safe. I will now pull out a G43, or SVT and enjoy the questions from people that think the US was the only country with an auto loader in WWII....and again hand them a mag to see them enjoy it....and talk the differences between garand. It was the same when racing, what is that, oh I had a girlfriend in the 70's that had one of those....yea my wife had one as well....it is just a fun way to talk to people.

Some people take the easy way, some people are sheep and will do what everyone does, some people like the well traveled path....however you want to say it. Then there are people that cut their own way....and sometime blaze the trail for others....getting cut up and taking the pain and learning as we plow through the uncut forest. Makes me wonder where would all these AR fanboi's be if people like me had not bought one in 1984 and shot the crap out of them for the 20 years before these people came along.

Nothing ever gets popular by followers....it gets popular by those people that are early adopters.....if not for those few idiots (like me) that bought those $2000 AR's back then the market would not be what it is today....if we never bought them you would still be shooting the Mini-14.

It is so easy to just do what everyone else does, I will never do that.....now if you will excuse me of the few classic cars I have left is a Fiat 850....time to try to find some parts.

And now I will dawn, yet again, the flame proof suit.
 
fpgt72 said:
Two steps removed from a millennial, it really is just the way I am wired.
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Then you're wired just like every 20-something man bun. Your "I'm super special" monologue is not value added to this thread, do you have something to contribute concerning discussion of .243 vs 6mm Creedmoor?
 
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