Thread: 6.5 Creed V 7-08

Comparing the two, not sure.

More appropriate to maybe compare similar case sized 6.5x55 Scandinavian (let's call it "6.5mm08") with 7mm08.

Sorry, can't think, have to go get something for my lunch.

Originally Posted by Gibo

I just hate the mag box length of the mod 7

Get a Tikka. 260 you won't regret it.

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Originally Posted by 25/08IMP

Get a Tikka. 260 you won't regret it.

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Sako, maybe, heavy lumps but

Originally Posted by Gibo

Sako, maybe, heavy lumps but

But they shoot just like a Tikka if you are lucky.

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Classic!

Originally Posted by Gibo

Sako, maybe, heavy lumps but

You wimped out on your Sako 260 for another Lemington I know what I'd sooner have....

Originally Posted by 25/08IMP

Get a Tikka. 260 you won't regret it.

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@superdiver

Originally Posted by Shamus

Capturing the attention of the greater american public isn't a great endorsement ...

McDonalds did that..

Originally Posted by 6x47

McDonalds did that..

So did the 270

Yeah just buy a cheap shitty tikka and chop the barrel to 18". 143gr eldx at 2800fps+ and sub MOA with the right load. Peel a 270 anyday!

I just bought a creedmoor.... will get to the range to try it out this sunday

All the loving endorsements the CM gets on this forum clinched the deal for me...

More target than hunting for me.....

Originally Posted by GravelBen

So did the 270

So did Trump

So did Monica

So did slow smoked meats, so it's not all bad

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Pinched from another forum, where just like here some young whippersnappers are trying to drag the crusty old guard into the 21st Century.... to a soundtrack of griping and whinging and general bemoaning the invention of new fangledness... just like on every other hunting forum in the world! (Apart from 65Creedmoor.com maybe.)






These comparison articles sell well, eh.

Anyway, as an adopter of the Creedmoor for the specific task of smashing goats in hard to reach places, I will say this. In 35yrs I've never owned a rifle that has come even remotely close to delivering the instant, no fuss, any load will do out-the-box down range accuracy as the Howa Varmint in 6.5CM.

From the very first shots I put down the tube its just been a laser. So easy to load for, just pick what velocity you want and off you go.

I've never been one for favourites, I want a selection of rifles chambered in cartridges that don't overlap too much that I can use for specific purposes. For me the Creedmoor just damn well works at what it was designed to do and what I bought it for - 500m goat annihilation. Nae bother!

I own .223, .243 and .308 now and have had several of those over the years plus various .25s, 7mm and .277s, and others that I've forgotten. All of them have been quirky in some way or other, the .223s and .308s would be the least quirky for sure. But none of them have been as easy to load for and as immeditely satisfying to shoot at 500m+ as this Creedmoor.

For that job you can keep yer .308s and .270s. I love my .308 but it has been totally usurped by the Creedmoor on goat hunts where I expect to be shooting mostly past 300m.

The criticism I have is about all this promotional blah blah, especially out of the US, insisting that the Creedmoor is a "long range hunting" rifle capable of taking "N American big game". Its a fine medium range hunting rifle but it doesn't have a cat-in-hells chance of keeping up with the magnum cartridges past 600m. It really annoys me when I read about shooting elk at 750yds++ with their AR10 when anyone with half a brain knows that at that range you need magnum power to compensate for the inevitable lottery of point of impact. There's a massive difference between a 6.5CM shooting a 147gr ELD-M and a .300 Win Mag shooting a 208gr ELD-M at those kind of ranges. One cartridge was designed to shoot long range and kill big animals, the other wasn't.

I think that's at the root of why a lot of blokes are cheesed off with Creedmoor this, Creedmoor that. Its been promoted out of context by wannabes and Tacticool cockheads.