6.5 cm hate?

[Addicting]

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[Bambistew]

Right! I mean, who cares about accuracy?! Shooting tight groups at practice is for schmucks and putting the first shot through the boiler room is TOTALLY overrated anyway...

Do all CM owners get offended so easily? sheesh

IMO, there is a very big difference between accurate hunting rifles and bench rest accurate that shoot "super tight groups." I dont have the time or care to spend my money on the later. It takes a lot of both to make it happen. IMO, it makes zero sense for my style of hunting.

How many CM owners have factory built rifles, shooting factory ammo, with factory accuracy? How are they more accurate than the next cartridge?

 

[LuketheDog]

Do all CM owners get offended so easily? sheesh

IMO, there is a very big difference between accurate hunting rifles and bench rest accurate that shoot "super tight groups."

Yeah, I guess sarcasm gets lost in print. I love the 6.5 'bashing' with justifications like this. Carry on...

 

[Deleted member 38069]

I not once claimed that it is a fix all or more accurate than anything else. I like many calibers with the .300 win being my favorite. The .300wm was a little overkill for deer and range rockets. So, I bought the .264 to fit my caliber gap. I started this thread to learn why there is a stigma around the caliber. I'm by no means a 6.5 purist! Nor am I a long range hunter. Just curious. This thread gave me some answers and some humor.

 

[Tradewind]

I not once claimed that it is a fix all or more accurate than anything else. I like many calibers with the .300 win being my favorite. The .300wm was a little overkill for deer and range rockets. So, I bought the .264 to fit my caliber gap. I started this thread to learn why there is a stigma around the caliber. I'm by no means a 6.5 purist! Nor am I a long range hunter. Just curious. This thread gave me some answers and some humor.

or annoying. send us a pic of your manbun so we know you're legit

 

[BrentD]

.30 cal and under are considered small bores.

Good day, sir.

There are .45s and above and there are small bores.

.30s aren't even hummingbird calibers so far as I'm concerned. Those start at .35 (and that's mostly a stunt gun caliber anyway).

 

[belly-deep]

How many CM owners have factory built rifles, shooting factory ammo, with factory accuracy? How are they more accurate than the next cartridge?

The case dimensions are such that high BC, match grade bullets can be seated close to the lands. That improves accuracy in most rifles. The chamber specs are also uniform, so the ammo doesn’t have to function in a variety of firearms like, say, a 30-06 does. That means the everything can be made to a tighter tolerance, which also aids accuracy.

On top of that, most of the Creed shooters are looking for accuracy, so if manufacturers want to gain market share, they need to be producing accurate ammo. That is much different than a lot of the 270, 308, and 30-06 ammo which jus needs to go “bang” to sell to many hunters. So manufacturers have an incentive for better QC on Creedmore ammunition.

That’s not to say that a well built rifle in any chambering cannot be accurate, but the Creed has a lot going for it out of the box due to these circumstances, and I’d be willing to bet your average group out of 100 factory rifles shooting factory ammo is smaller than that of a 270, 308, 30-06 etc.

 

[belly-deep]

And for the record, I don’t own one. But I do have a 260.

 

[Deleted member 38069]

or annoying. send us a pic of your manbun so we know you're legit

You want a picture? This is getting weird.

 

[JohnCushman]

Screw the manbun pics...post pics of your women....or men if you swing that way

 

[cgarner]

I don't know that my 6.5 is more accurate than my 7mag. But what I do know is that it doesn't rattle my brain every time I shot it and I feel that the 7mag is overkill for antelope. So I picked up the 6.5 as my antelope gun.

If there are some advantages to long range shooting with the 6.5 creed I don't capitalize on them since 400 yards is my max.

 

[Deleted member 38069]

Not much for pictures so I searched for the model.

There it is!

 

[Deleted member 38069]

Nosler M48 Liberty. Its a nice weapon

 

[noharleyyet]

Nosler M48 Liberty. Its a nice weapon

Yes it is....very nice.

 

[Tradewind]

You want a picture? This is getting weird.

That is what happens with whiny rants about "oohhh, you hate my rifle, boo boo boo" that go 5 pages.

You've been awarded the contempt and ridicule I used to feel about the snooty 16 guage society.
At least they have a sense of humour :hump:

 

[Tradewind]

Now Harley comes out of the closet.....
I'm going hunting

 

[Ben Lamb]

You've been awarded the contempt and ridicule I used to feel about the snooty 16 guage society.

*gauge

You need a sense of humor to wear this get up.

 

[Deleted member 38069]

That is what happens with whiny rants about "oohhh, you hate my rifle, boo boo boo" that go 5 pages.

You've been awarded the contempt and ridicule I used to feel about the snooty 16 guage society.
At least they have a sense of humour :hump:

Our definitions of whining are vastly different.

 

[Addicting]

Screw the manbun pics...post pics of your women....or men if you swing that way

 

[noharleyyet]

Now Harley comes out of the closet.....

..way too many un-pc allusions on this thread. I am appalled.

*that Liberty wears the red glow.