Originally posted by Arrowthreat
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I am not butt hurt to be clear . I own plenty of rifles. Fad Well I do not think so but time will tell who is right and who is wrong . Hard to find a platform or manufacture today that is not using this round .
The 6.5 does have a place its a popular round and more and more guns being built in that caliber
But this is copy paste on a review that I read and it had me laughing . Enjoy the read
Q: I see lots of online haters and skeptics and memes that say the Creedmoor is not as good as the 6.5 Swede or the .260 Remington or the .7mm-08, and on and on. What gives?
A: In these joyless times, there are many lost and hollow souls who find reassurance in belittling that which they do not understand. These ignorant wretches have probably never shot a Creedmoor, or even seen one. The average Creedmoor hater is an 8th-grade dropout who spells it “Creedmore.” And in any event, never believe anything you read on the internet.
Q: Is the Creedmoor powerful enough for big deer and elk?
A: Contrary to popular opinion (some of which I’ve aided and abetted, to my shame), elk are not made of bronze or Kevlar, nor do they wear bulletproof ceramic armor. When I hunted in Sweden, I brought a .338 because we were hunting moose, and what I found was a whole bunch of 6.5x55s and 7x57s in the hands of Swedes who looked at me as though I was nuts for carrying such a cannon.
If you shoot a big deer or a moose or an elk in the lungs with a good, strong 140-grain bullet, it will keel over dead. End of story.
Q: If the Creedmoor is really so good, I should probably get one, right?
A: If you want a rifle for hunting within the traditional 300-yard limit, there’s no reason not to get a Creedmoor, but there are other rounds that will do the job as well. If you’re planning to hunt beyond 300, then either the Creedmoor or the .308 should be your two top contenders. If you plan to buy a dual-*purpose rifle to hunt and compete, the same answer applies. The beauty of the Creedmoor is that it kicks noticeably less than the .308, which for most shooters makes it the better choice.
Put simply, it’s hard to go wrong with the 6.5 Creedmoor. It’s a combination of insightful design, top quality, and super performance that is very, very rare. Is it everything people say it is? Maybe not. But even its most sycophantic devotee is not exactly wrong to gush.
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