OK, I understand 6.5 Creedmore is ballistically superior to .308 Win, but....

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Again, the same "switch" could made from 6.5 CM or any of those other calibers, which .308 is one of. They all use the same bolt. I think 22-250 and .243 do as well.

Just rebarrel and you have changed calibers, the bolt will work. Be glad you got .308 because you like .308!

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RussellC said:
Again, the same "switch" could made from 6.5 CM or any of those other calibers, which .308 is one of. They all use the same bolt. I think 22-250 and .243 do as well.

Just rebarrel and you have changed calibers, the bolt will work. Be glad you got .308 because you like .308!

Russellc
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Yep all the cases originally bassed on the .300 savage (such as the .308 and its decendents) use the same bolts, and usually the same magazines. The CMs are basically just improved .300/.250 savage cases.
 
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Except that .gov just called for exploration into replacing 308win chambered rifles with a 6.5 cal cartridge...
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The AMU did...but then again they helped developed the 6.8 spc to bridge "the gap" and you can tell how well that went.
Its a slim chance that anything with it will stick to be disseminated down to the lowly 0311 or 11b. The gov doesn't like spending money or barrels and other avoidable thing that maybe have better logistics else where.
Other issues is NATO. I'm not going to touch that..
Another question would be "can we put it in a crew serve and save money by having a standardized cartridge" and the answer would be.....if the shoulder angle is similar to the creed...it would get hung up on a belt feed weapon as well as those long bullets...so probably not.
Logistics for sure is for sure is a problem...politics and bureaucracies have the ultimate say in the military...not logic. On a conventional level.
 
The key word is fielded....fielding for R&D is not the same as using. When I went to work this morning I did not see anyone down at the range using a 6.5 creed or a 260. Like I said, the AMU has been doing stuff with the .264 bullet, SOCOM fields and looks at dozens of weapons systems for different things all the time, the Army and every other service in general field things all the time, the DOD has been fielding and looking at data for better weapons since 1775. This is how bad rumors start when they scrap a project, which that particular contract you are reading about expired in april.
 
And thats why its better than the .308! more ways to say its name funny :D

Lets face it, thats about what makes any cartridge better or worse than a similar one for most applications. That and it give us something to argue about, otherwise, it would be very boring....
 
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