Thread: New .27 calibre, .277 Fury..

Originally Posted by Spitfire

My point? Perhaps Creedmoor is no better than others; just better supported? I don’t have a dog in the fight as I don’t have a 6.5, and I would never criticise anyone’s choice. Personally, if I wanted a 6.5 it would be the Lapua. No desire here to be pushing velocities to the max.

Cheers

You are bang on.
A guy can walk into a gun store, buy a heavy barrel 6.5CM and some good factroy match ammo, slap on a scope and you can shoot to a 1000m and not be left wanting. I've never seen 260 or 6.5x47L ammo in a gun shop for either hunting or target.

The shorter OAL length does help the Creedmoor, but some factory rifles will get a 260 to the lands at mag length.
The 6.5x47L is claimed to be more inherently accurate, which does seem to have some truth to it but it's not reason enough to go that route for most people.