6.5 PRC or 6 MM Creedmoor?

[Ernest T]

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?

[wbm]

6mm Creedmoor

[bootsmcguire]

I 2nd the 6mm. Never had any Creedmoor variant, but I am a sucker for the 6mm bore.

[Dave Hoback]

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.

[Whynot]

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.

[Ernest T]

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.

[Robinhood]

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.

Sell the barrel on the 6.5 CM. Buy a 6MM CM barrel from a top manufacturer. Buy a 7 PRC barrel and a custom action and Stock. Have many years of happiness.