Why all the 6.5 CM hate?

[Dsnow9]

I’m a child at heart so I don’t take offense. I climb trees for a living and spend my free time playing in the woods!

 

[LuketheDog]

none deserves any hate-except maybe the .270

You take that back right now! RIGHT NOW!

 

[Ben Lamb]

I'm glad you made this exception, I was worried I'd never be able to openly admit I shoot a 25 Creedmoor. I don't have a 6.5 Creed, but have shot them a lot, one of my favorite calibers.

Truth be told, I shot a 6.5 CM once - and I liked it.

 

[noharleyyet]

Hate?... on the contrary

 

[std7mag]

Mostly the marketing hype.
Ammo and gun makers jumped in with both feet!
And of course the feedback from people that with bullet "X" over magical pixie dust is shooting 1/4" at 8 miles.
Despite it's original design intent.

All this detracts from other proven cartridges that actually out perform the Creedmoor in modern bolt action rifles.
Leading the new generation of shooters into thinking that anything other than the Creedmoor won't/can't hit the broad side of a barn if they were inside.

 

[Deleted member 16014]

It was marketed heavily and it’s fairly new. So old fashioned types tend to hate it, at least at first. That’s kind of how most products are, regardless of industry. Pickups, blenders, cell phones, etc...Nothing wrong with being old fashioned either.

I don’t care what it’s called, it does the same thing my .260ai and 6.5x47 Lapua did, but in a more user friendly package.

 

[Losing_Sanity]

Here are 4 reasons by American Hunter.

4 Reasons to Hate the 6.5 Creedmoor

Here are four of the many reasons to hate the 6.5 Creedmoor.

www.americanhunter.org

 

[Wally Dog]

Nothing but love for mine........

 

[JLS]

you kids get off my lawn

 

[Tradewind]

Only women & children shoot sub 7mm guns.

There, I said it.

C'moin Lamb. At least throw the flag for even bringing this dumb thread back up..
Let Dsnow9,Boomer and Hooper form their own little support group

 

[rjthehunter]

Nothing against them. I'd like to get one. It's just easy to make fun of the people who think it's the only caliber out there now.

 

[ShadowFast1]

It's another tool in the tool box. It doesn't do anything that other cartridges can't do. I own one and I don't have any reserves about using it other than it's not my favorite rifle.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

... you know it's January when

 

[Schaaf]

Only women & children shoot sub 7mm guns.

There, I said it.

Buncha beta male fairies

 

[NDGuy]

Because most people don't like skinny jeans, MTN OPs, and smelling their own farts.




(I own a Ruger Predator 6.5)

 

[noharleyyet]

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

I don't want one because everyone else does.

 

[SticksMcKinley]

I bought a new rifle in .308 today, but I went to the old gun shop across town to pick it up so I wouldn't make a scene with the millennials.

 

[Buffs35]

The hype is annoying, although the ballistics are pretty neat. But my biggest issue is the marketing which is aimed at the long-range hunting fad. Folks that shouldn't be taking long shots are now encouraged because of their "miracle" cartridge.

 

[Dsnow9]

The hype is annoying, although the ballistics are pretty neat. But my biggest issue is the marketing which is aimed at the long-range hunting fad. Folks that shouldn't be taking long shots are now encouraged because of their "miracle" cartridge.

Definitely agree with you on that one!