Thread: 6.5 Creedmoor? whats everyones thoughts? on hunting performance

Originally Posted by gimp

Be silly to buy anything other than a 6.5CM in a factory rifle for general purpose hunting these days

140-147gr 6.5mm bullets of the right construction at 2600-2700 fps kill things extremely well with light enough recoil and good ballistics to hit things. There's tons of ammo choices and it's as cheap as anything else. It's what I recommend any new hunter looking for a rifle to buy


Is it a 600m deer cartridge? generally no. Should most people be trying to shoot deer at 600m with anything? also no



(get a .223)

Interesting, @gimp.

I recall you were a .260 guy at one stage ( maybe still)? Any particular reason(s) you'd recommend a Creedmoor over a .260 Rem? Factory ammo availablity?