What that means is I've gone to multiple sites looking to compare 7mm-08 to 6.5 CM and have received, more than once, "no data available for 6.5 CM, using 260 REM." So I looked up 260 REM and see they are almost identical ballistics, much like the 338 Edge and the 338 Lapua. I'd never given much thought to the 260 REM, though I do note the 6.5 CM is the "sweetheart cartridge du jour"
Yes, indeed.
Everyday shooters are discovering the supremacy of the 6.5 bullet design and smartly designed Creedmoor is there to assist
The creedmoor is simply a modern less capeable copy of the cartridge designed for the Sweeds by Paul Mauser in the late 19th century. My 6.5X55 is superior to all 3 of my buddies Creedmoors as is the 280 Remington I am sure and certainly the 6.5 Remington Magnum or 264 Win Mag. Off course marketing to sheeple is a wonderful thing.Everyday shooters are discovering the supremacy of the 6.5 bullet design and smartly designed Creedmoor is there to assist
I don't know why you can't find data for Creedmoor.
It's omnipresent these days.
My 26 Nosler will blow them all into the last century, but that's not the point.
I don't know what a 26 nosler is.......but a 264 Win Mag will approach 4200 FPS with light bullets.
The Nosler makes a 300 Weatherby look undernourished when the two are placed side by side.
Well said.
From what I read it doesn't drive bullets as fast as the 264 Magnum. My book calls an 87 grain bullet at 4200 FPS. Another redundant caliber designed to take cash from coolaid drinkers instead of using an equal or better cartridge designed in 1958. I commonly hunt and shoot with a 378 Weatherby Magnum That is a marked inprovement to a 375 H&H. I am not resistant to an honest improvement but with the number of cartridges available today, there are very few places to interject an improvement. The antique 220 Swift has yet to be surpassed in its category for instance but I am sure many here are not familiar with it. The 257 Weatherby is another outstanding caliber that has not been eclipsed by any 25O diameter loading. The 300 Weatherby is ok but marginally superior to a 300 Win Mag and bettered by some of the Remington Ultra calibers. Roy Weatherby was constantly looking tor places in the ammo lineup to insert a high velocity cartridge. Some make sense but many do not and are simply marketing tools for his ammunition and rifles.
It ain't over.
Yup, me thinks we have a new barrel-burner....
And a fanboy is born....Well said.
It's like a 6.5 x 55 that's gone on to graduate school and come back home with new knowledge.
(Swede homers, take a deep breath)
One of the side benefits to gun ownership, is that there is so much to argue about !
It really is a target-rich environment.
And a freshly minted curmudgeon joins the ranks as well.Yup, me thinks we have a new barrel-burner....
And a fanboy is born....
