If you had a 6.5 Creedmoor and were to buy another rifle, would you be more interested in a 6.5 PRC or a 6 MM Creedmoor?
If you had a 6.5 Creedmoor and were to buy another rifle, would you be more interested in a 6.5 PRC or a 6 MM Creedmoor?
I 2nd the 6mm. Never had any Creedmoor variant, but I am a sucker for the 6mm bore.
204, 22 K-Hornet, 222, 223, 22-250, 22-250AI, 6BR, 243, 243AI, 6-06, 6-WSM, 250-3000AI, 270, 7-08, 7RM, 30BR, 308, 30-06, 375 H&H, 444 Marlin, 450BM, 458WM
6mm… I’ve no interest in any 264 Magnum! But I would’t do the 6mm CM either. For me, .264” belongs in the 6.5-06, 6.5-284, 6.5 Swede, 260 Rem & 6.5 CM. 6mm pills, I’m looking at the x47 Lapua or even more likely, the Dasher. Anything magnum, I’m doing heavy 7mm or a 30Cal.
Still, if you are set on those two, my vote is for the 6mm CM.
Really hard to say when you give no info on what you are going to be doing with it--
6.5 PRC has obvious ballistic advantages over the 6.5 CM.... but at a cost- so what's the need? If it's just a want to try something different then I'd go with a 6mm (but with a BR or BR variant).
I had a 6CM that I was pushing hard- and I didn't make it to 800 rounds before the barrel was done- might have been less than that but it's been a few years. 6mm's seem to dominate prs stuff- PRC is pretty popular with hunters (and some target shooters) and when going for small groups at longer range most people use a 7mm or 30 cal.
I'm just thinking about trying something different, but didn't want to go too big because I can't handle a heavy recoil due to a bum right shoulder. I've had three surgeries on it, between a football injury in 1977 and a motorcycle accident in 2020. The last one left me with a 5" long titanium plate, and 8 screws. I've still got a torn labrum and partially torn tendon and eschewed further repair because the doc said it was about the most painful procedure an orthopedist could inflict on a patient and at my age probably not very effective and unnecessary.
I really like the idea of the 6mm CM with its light recoil and flatter trajectory, but the short barrel life puts me off a little. On the other hand, the the 6.5 PRC also shoots a little flatter, but with the heavier bullet and larger powder charge I could reach a little longer range than I can with the 6.5 CM. I'm ringing steel with it at 950 yards, but I wonder how what the maximum range is in my hands. No hunting, no competition, just tinkering with loads, groups at 100 yards and long range plinking.
II had a friend recommend the Dasher and I need to do some research on that cartridge.
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