I believe the 6.5 Creedmoor was developed as a long range target round. It seems very popular within the stalking community. Does this mean stalkers are shooting at longer ranges? If not, why the popularity?
No ethical leanings - just curious.
whats your definition of longer, long range?
I have a 6.5 x 55, 308, 6.5 CM,
The Creedmoor has been around since 2007 (i think)
6.5 x 47, 6.5 x 57, 6.5 x 55, 6.5 PRC, 6.5 CM etc etc
The Creedmoor is a very energy efficient round, its 30* shoulders allows this (and other things)
Hornady made the 143 gr EDLX especially for the Creedmoor which has a very high BC, in turn making it extremely Accurate, and very popular with target shooters, for all the right reasons.
In a nut shell the CM fires a 6.5 bullet at the same speed as my 6.5 X 55 with a smaller cartridge
I know there are 308 shooter shooting deer at the the same ranges !
what would you prefer?
A deadly accurate calibre or an avg run of the mill ?
we all have choices
Many of us have hole on hole rifles, us Creedmoor boys just need to tell you about it (lol)