Thread: 6.5 Creed V 7-08

Why do so many 270 owners get all defensive and have to tell everyone about their 270 whenever someone mentions a different calibre?

Originally Posted by GravelBen

Why do so many 270 owners get all defensive and have to tell everyone about their 270 whenever someone mentions a different calibre?

Ask Toby he’ll tell you why.


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Originally Posted by GravelBen

Why do so many 270 owners get all defensive and have to tell everyone about their 270 whenever someone mentions a different calibre?

Because they are like vegans....have to tell us even tho no-one even asked

Originally Posted by wsm junkie

Because they are like vegans....have to tell us even tho no-one even asked

Thats the Creed more.....

Most of those calibres are similar bullets traveling similar speeds doing similar damage. The biggest difference is some people dont like to be the same but like to fit in so they get different but the same....

The 270 is one of the greats there is no doubting that, could be the reason we like to make sure it don't get a bad rap. There are a lot of good caliber so out there and it's nice to pick and choose which one to use, makes life interesting I reckon.

here they are

Here's my take on it.
If we compare the 308, 7mm08 and 6.5CM or 260.
The 308 hits harder at normal hunting ranges, the 6.5 has a flatter trajectory and less wind drift, the 7mm08 sits right in the middle.
Choose your poison based on that.

Question, can a 260 be reamed to CM, on a mod 7 action. Not that im making the move but curious.

Originally Posted by Gibo

Question, can a 260 be reamed to CM, on a mod 7 action. Not that im making the move but curious.

Your barrel is short enough now @Gibo You would need to chop at least an inch to rechamber correctly. You could pump up what you have, as @Uplandstalker did

Originally Posted by Mathias

Your barrel is short enough now @Gibo You would need to chop at least an inch to rechamber correctly. You could pump up what you have, as @Uplandstalker did

Hey @Gibo - I took a 260Rem Model 7 and poked @Mathias 260 30 degree (like a 6.5 CM but about 3mm longer case body) reamer down it. Set the whole thing back an entire neck length in the process. So now have this in a 19.5" barrel and have been shooting it for a could of years now and love it!

Originally Posted by Uplandstalker

Hey @Gibo - I took a 260Rem Model 7 and poked @Mathias 260 30 degree (like a 6.5 CM but about 3mm longer case body) reamer down it. Set the whole thing back an entire neck length in the process. So now have this in a 19.5" barrel and have been shooting it for a could of years now and love it!

I just hate the mag box length of the mod 7

You can replace the bottom metal and use AI mags in a Model 7. I just received my PT&G bottom metal. This means I'll be shooting a Model 7 at the Mountain Challenge in Wanaka come March.

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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The Cm case is shorter than a 260 so the chamber end of the barrel would have to be cut, barrel re-threaded then reamed

It's re-inventing the wheel, it's tit's and lippy.
Sure it doe's what it is designed for but it's an improvement and the gun makers and ammo factories love it as it energises the market and pushes sales.
Like I said the bottom line is the bottom line.
I am not hating on the CM, it's a fine round no doubt.