Quote:
Originally Posted by Kurt505
It was designed to hold the long sleek bullets far enough out to still fit the powder in and fit into a 2.8" mag box. I'm having one made with a 3" mag box right now. It is one of very few cartridges that was purpose built from the ground up.
Naysayers, please list the flaws of the 6.5 Creedmoor, I'd be interested in hearing them.
PS, "because I have a 130yr old cartridge that will do the same thing" is not a flaw in the Creedmoor, nor is it true.
|
I love 6.5s and have nothing against the creedmoor, but your last sentence confuses me. You're having a creedmoore built with a longer mag box (presumably to seat your bullets further out) but it still won't reach the velocities of 6.5x55 handloads in a modern gun. So yes the creedmoor will fit in a short action better than a 6.5x55, and yes it comes with hotter factory ammo. But it cannot match the performance of modern 6.5x55 loads at equal pressures & barrel lengths. Physics doesn't lie.