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Originally Posted by 260 Rem
Using the term “advantages” when comparing cartridges should be replaced with “features” because that is what shooters are looking for! I can’t speak to the CM (don’t have one), so will heap some praise on the features of its fraternal twin (with which I have considerable experience) that looks the same but is slightly shorter (1.8mm) ....the 6.5 X 47 Lapua.
* easy to tune for consistency
* capable of launching a 130gr bullet at 2900 FPS from a 24” barrel
* seats long 140 gr VLD bullets at about 2.8” which fit in the SA magazines of most/all rifles
* low/moderate recoil
* feeds efficiently in push-feed systems. Assume the same would apply to CRF.
* good quality brass maintains integrity for up to twenty reloads without annealing.
* relatively long barrel life.
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The CM has all these “features” with the “advantage” of being much more widely available in both accessories and rifles.