Thread: 6mm Creedmoor vs 243

Originally Posted by Dreamer

But if you have to identical rifles chambered in .243 & 6mm cm with 8 twist barrels the same length pushing the same pill there’s going to be a difference in thump??

What do you think?

Originally Posted by Flyblown

What do you think?

I know what I think. I also think that @257weatherby may have been implying the same thing??

Originally Posted by Dreamer

I know what I think. I also think that @257weatherby may have been implying the same thing??

It’s totally irrelevant though, isn’t it.

This circular argument keeps coming up. Oh but what if the .243 Winchester has a 8” twist barrel.

It doesn’t. No mainstream manufacturer has ever made a .243 Winchester with an 8” twist barrel.

That would be the end of the story where it not for the fact that a tiny tiny handful of people select a fast twist .243 Win aftermarket barrel. Which if I was the OP is what I would’ve done. But he didn’t. He went with the 1:10”.

So he is stuck with the comparison between the two, in this instance a 10” twist versus a 7½” twist. A lifetime of wondering what if?!

So it is the end of the story after all. It’s not about the brass receptacle that holds the powder. It’s about what length / weight bullet the barrel will shoot. The rest is just waffle.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

It’s totally irrelevant though, isn’t it.

This circular argument keeps coming up. Oh but what if the .243 Winchester has a 8” twist barrel.

It doesn’t. No mainstream manufacturer has ever made a .243 Winchester with an 8” twist barrel.

That would be the end of the story where it not for the fact that a tiny tiny handful of people select a fast twist .243 Win aftermarket barrel. Which if I was the OP is what I would’ve done. But he didn’t. He went with the 1:10”.

So he is stuck with the comparison between the two, in this instance a 10” twist versus a 7½” twist. A lifetime of wondering what if?!

So it is the end of the story after all. It’s not about the brass receptacle that holds the powder. It’s about what length / weight bullet the barrel will shoot. The rest is just waffle.

Yes true I had forgotten the factory rifle point and that’s why I don’t normally bother with having a say ����

Can you even buy a factory 6mm Creedmoor in NZ currently? A quick internet search turned up only one retail option, costing $3900.

Howa do here in Australia

HOWA
1500 LONG RANGE THUMBHOLE
26" VARMINT BARREL
THREADED MUZZLE
PIC RAIL
THUMBHOLE BOYDS STOCK

AVAILABLE IN
FOREST 6MM CREEDMOOR NEW $869
FOREST 6.5 CREEDMOOR NEW $869
FOREST 308WIN NEW $869
COYOTE 6MM CREEDMOOR NEW $869
COYOTE 6.5 CREEDMOOR NEW $869
COYOTE 308WIN NEW $869

A couple years ago, I probably would have went with the CM.
Nowadays id probably go with the .243.

I just think availability is worth something. I think at distances where there is a real difference, on game, you should probably be using a bigger gun anyway.

@Flyblown, the Barrett Fieldcraft...

Yup. Very un-fucking mainstream!

And probably north of $4000 by the time the usurious Kiwi middlemen have gotten involved.

So completely unhelpful!

Nice rifle though.

Originally Posted by Backsteaks

243! Plenty of ammo available and always will be, plus they are just way more manly than a creedmore

More manly...? That's 25/303 territory, mate.

Originally Posted by Rated M for Magnum

Hoping for more whallop slightly further out

Why not just keep the 7mm08 you have for sale and use that instead of a 6mm anything?

https://thebiggamehuntingblog.com/6-...oor-vs-7mm-08/

Lol this should stir it up

Imo.
If your not using the long heavy projectiles then 243.
If using long and heavy then go 6CM.
As in a short action the projectile will end up taking case capacity. Hence, why my old tikka 7mm08 was based on a long action bolt stop and magazine with the 162gr pills.

Since rebarreled to 7mm Creed and it spanks the 7mm08, 160tmk doing 2880fps with only 41.3gr 2208.

If you can find a first gen ruger RPR they were a 1in7.5 or 7.75 twist.

Howa do sell 6creed barreled actions, so they are available as a decent price with your stock/ chassis of your choice

Originally Posted by GWH

Why not just keep the 7mm08 you have for sale and use that instead of a 6mm anything?

More wallop than the lighter bullets

I've still got the barrel, rifle is off the market now as the 243 barrel will go on it. I've got the big 7mm mag for way out long and this will be for 0-300, probably.

I guess because why not?

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Yup. Very un-fucking mainstream!

And probably north of $4000 by the time the usurious Kiwi middlemen have gotten involved.

So completely unhelpful!

Nice rifle though.

Yeah something like that would be amazing, but as you say incredibly expensive and hard to come by.

If after a while I feel like I'm not getting enough out of the 243 I'll start looking for something twistier or different again. Maybe I'll grow a man bun between now and then, who knows?