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SC, USA
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Posted: 4/24/2017 9:51:26 AM EDT
What is the 6.5 Creedmore going to do for me the the 260 Remington doesn't already do?
I don't understand! 
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/24/2017 11:16:44 AM EDT
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More factory ammo options, and 6.5c is what all the cool guys shoot. I have a 260 and I do not see myself rebarreling to a 6.5 as long as I reload.
If more commercial 260 ammo was available I think people would buy more rifles in 260. |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 4/24/2017 12:08:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Aby001:
More factory ammo options, and 6.5c is what all the cool guys shoot. I have a 260 and I do not see myself rebarreling to a 6.5 as long as I reload. If more commercial 260 ammo was available I think people would buy more rifles in 260. In terms of performance, the old saying "6 one way, half dozen the other" about sums it up lol |
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USA
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Posted: 4/24/2017 1:59:33 PM EDT
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They're within a couple percent performance.
Pick one. Shoot it enjoy. Reloading and it really doesn't matter which you pick. |
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Posted: 4/24/2017 3:24:57 PM EDT
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Yup if Remington did it right the Creedmoor might never have come around but they didn't. They made the .260 around 1997 and gave slow twist barrels in the rifles they offered it for and never really offered any factory match ammo. The Creedmoor was developed in 2007 and had a lot of support from Hornady and then rifle makers like Ruger and Savage grabbed hold and it took off. Excellent match and hunting loads for it and reasonably priced.
As mentioned from performance they are basically the same and now with more brass manufacturers coming around they are equal in reloading components as well. |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 4/24/2017 4:05:58 PM EDT
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I am totally with you brother. Especially if you are a reloader and shoot .308 Winchester already.
Converting .308 to .260 is simple as running the cases through a .260 die. Nothing else needed. 6.5 Creedmore is not the same deal and takes a lot more work or cases that are no where near as common as .308. |
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SC, USA
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Posted: 4/24/2017 5:30:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 545Fan:
I am totally with you brother. Especially if you are a reloader and shoot .308 Winchester already. Converting .308 to .260 is simple as running the cases through a .260 die. Nothing else needed. 6.5 Creedmore is not the same deal and takes a lot more work or cases that are no where near as common as .308. |
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Posted: 4/24/2017 6:32:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 545Fan:
I am totally with you brother. Especially if you are a reloader and shoot .308 Winchester already. Converting .308 to .260 is simple as running the cases through a .260 die. Nothing else needed. 6.5 Creedmore is not the same deal and takes a lot more work or cases that are no where near as common as .308. |
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Posted: 4/28/2017 3:30:13 PM EDT
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Asked the PRS guys which I should get when getting into this money pit of precision shooting
Do you reload: Yes - .260 No - 6.5 |
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Posted: 4/28/2017 4:19:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Finslayer83:
Asked the PRS guys which I should get when getting into this money pit of precision shooting Do you reload: Yes - .260 No - 6.5 |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 4/28/2017 7:06:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01:
That is the old response when only Hornady brass was available for the Creedmoor and some didn't like it. Now you can't load anything with a .260 that you can't with a 6.5 Creedmoor and you still have the option of relatively inexpensive factory ammo with the Creedmoor. |
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Posted: 4/29/2017 11:13:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01:
That is the old response when only Hornady brass was available for the Creedmoor and some didn't like it. Now you can't load anything with a .260 that you can't with a 6.5 Creedmoor and you still have the option of relatively inexpensive factory ammo with the Creedmoor. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01:
Originally Posted By Finslayer83:
Asked the PRS guys which I should get when getting into this money pit of precision shooting Do you reload: Yes - .260 No - 6.5 Saw some IMPRESSIVE groups at 1250y using the Lapua brass and I want say 130g berger's. |
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Posted: 4/29/2017 12:05:59 PM EDT
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Probably wrong but I think the 6.5 Creedmoor was made with semi autos in mind, the creedmoor has a steeper shoulder better for feeding and the bullet doesn't go as far in the brass?
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Posted: 4/29/2017 1:02:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By army11b:
Probably wrong but I think the 6.5 Creedmoor was made with semi autos in mind, the creedmoor has a steeper shoulder better for feeding and the bullet doesn't go as far in the brass? |
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Posted: 4/29/2017 1:05:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Finslayer83:
Agreed - the same guys are now beside themselves with the new Lapua small primer brass.... its all they talk about. To them its just a barrel swap in the AI's they shoot. I'd say 20% of the serious regulars at the range shoot some variant of an AI. I'm not sure of what model - but they seem to screw in and out barrels during their range sessions. Saw some IMPRESSIVE groups at 1250y using the Lapua brass and I want say 130g berger's. I am actually getting a 6 creedmoor barrel screwed on to my Surgeon that I use as a switch barrel. Will have a .308, .243, two 6.5 and 6mm Creedmoor on the action. |
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Posted: 4/29/2017 10:38:04 PM EDT
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Nice
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Posted: 5/1/2017 1:20:48 AM EDT
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.260 loads are coming down in price it seams.. if you look.. and Hornaday is loading .260 now.. but not in as heavy a bullets as there 6.5 loadings.. there is another thread on here where someone said it was harder to load .260 with the longer bullets because of the neck design of the .260..
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SC, USA
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Posted: 5/8/2017 4:40:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Blaster7R:
.................there is another thread on here where someone said it was harder to load .260 with the longer bullets because of the neck design of the .260.. |
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Posted: 5/9/2017 3:00:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TUMOR:
?.........260 neck not as long as the 6.5? 4th and 5th paragraph.. I could not fund the post I was talking about but this explains it better in my mind |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 5/9/2017 12:48:29 PM EDT
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6.5cm according to the drawing I'm looking at has a .260" long neck, .260rem according to the drawings has a .259" long neck. I don't think anyone was necessarily comparing neck length. Only noting that the .260 does have what could arguably be called a 1-calibre neck length which is considered a useful minimum. I'm not an expert on internal ballistics but my coach tells me that it's really best to look at the shoulder angle and neck length together. You want the imaginary lines from each side of the shoulder through the neck to intersect with each other inside the neck to minimize throat erosion. I've seen other arguments but that one made the most sense to me.
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