Thread: 6.5mm questions....

Originally Posted by HuntGatherRepeat

Cheers for the advice fellas. I do reload so no worries about that. Prefer to stay with standard bolt face and avoid the mags. After reading seems that the 260 or 6.5 creedmore are where I'll end up. Anyone shooting the 260ai in a Sako 85 that can comment on COAL and feeing from the mag? Any issues here and I would have to default to the creed.

The Creed has the better shoulder angle of 30deg and this helps in 2 ways, better burning of the slower powders and reduction in case stretch. The AI generally has 40deg shoulder and aids these points as well. You will find most target intended designs have the 30deg shoulder. Before the Creed made an appearance on the scene I organised a reamer from the US for a 260 30Deg Improved, i've been using this a while now and won't be changing. The Creed is essentially a 3mm shorter version of my 260Imp. I run mine in a T3 action with long mag and a long throat for the 143-147 bullets and I built it for long range shooting, both hunting and gongs.
If I wanted a 6.5 in a dedicated medium action with no mucking around I'd go the Creed, for the better case design.