Reply With Quoteid go with the creed.
So I found my next rifle I want to buy myself for Xmas but I'm debating between .308 or 6.5 creedmoor. I will be long range target shooting from 500 to 1000 yards. I have read the creedmoor is a better round past 700 yards but there is also a higher cost and I'm assuming less availability with it. I will be buying match grade ammo and possibly making hand loads in the future. I was wondering if any of you have had experience with the two rounds and if there is a noticeable difference in long range accuracy?
id go with the creed.
There is really only one option. Go with the 6.5 and don't look back.
Unless you're dying to shoot F-T/R, I'd go with Creedmoor too.
6.5 creed is the way to fly
The Creedmoor is basically the new 308. It has better ballistics, less recoil, and can do everything the 308 ever did and more. It also has a great line of affordable factory ammo which in most cases even costs less than match 308 factory ammo. Start reloading for it and it only gets better.
Therefore I also say Creedmoor. That's where I would start out if I was starting all over again.
If you are just going to target shoot (read bang steel) then the creed but if you are going to shoot in matches you have to decide if you want to get in the rat race of F-OPEN or F-TR and only compete with other 308's and 223's. Each has it's place so good luck.
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Definitely would go with the Creedmoor but I would not go with less than a 26" barrel if you are going to shoot long range target.
Before choosing, you need to to look to see ammo availability. The creedmoor is an excellent cartridge, if you can find the ammo. If you can only find 308 match ammo, then I would go with 308.
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I'm going to go to my local gun shops and talk to them to see if it is a round they keep in stick most of the time. With the 6.5s popularity I would think so. Online the cost difference for the match grade ammo I have seen was only about 40 cents difference.Originally Posted by psharon97
I thought about this and I can't find 6.5 creed brass anywhere. It seems out of stock everywhere but .308 is easy to find. Also 6.5 ammo is very difficult to find locally.
That is a big reason why I'm debating between the too.
6.5 CM.... If you are even remotely thinking about reloading... I was in the same boat as you and I got a 308.. I have regretted it many times, however I reload so I never really searched for 6.5 factory ammo... Best of luck to you...
Order 5 boxes of the factory ammo and retain the brass for reloading. I know a lot of guys that compete with the Hornady Factory ammo.
Anither problem is what factory heavy barreled rifles are there in in 6.5 CM?
Savage LRP, Ruger Precision Rifle, Remington has a few variants. Also Savages or a few other custom actions are so easy to build, I don't if I'll even buy a factory rifle anymore.
Dude, you are on the Savage shooters forum. You build your rifle, don't even mess with factory stuff.
If you're serious about 1K shooting: get serious about reloading.
The 308 does not hold a candle to the creed regardless.
you must have looked in all the wrong places, Midway, Midsouth Shooters Supplly and Grafs have brass in stock. that's as far as i looked, probably many more places that have it in stock as well!
Bruce
Holy Crap!!
Ok should have clarified I can't find any hornady brass on stock. Not interested in almost $1.50 per unprimed brass. Too rich for my blood.
Last edited by Kadams1563; 09-24-2015 at 04:08 PM.
take a look at the rugers... http://www.ruger.com/micros/rpr/spec-18005.html also what do you mean by un-printed brass?
*unprimed
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LOL...fat fingers and cell phones!! go with the creed you will be much happier in the end...as far as barrels go..buy yourself a reamer and you can run any brand you like.
heres 2 savage factory outta the box creeds that had 140 rounds through them that i shot with last weekend in 2 F-class matches and both shot in the 560s with guys who just started hand loading.
You can also call the Savage Custom shop and they can build you a rifle as well if you don't see a model that exactly matches what you're looking for.
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