.270 Win vs 6.5 CM for Hunting

if you want a 6.5cm. get one, but don,t try to throw the 270 win under the bus to get one. what are you going to throw under the bus when you want a 6mm cm? the 6.5 cm.
 
eastbank said:
if you want a 6.5cm. get one, but don,t try to throw the 270 win under the bus to get one. what are you going to throw under the bus when you want a 6mm cm? the 6.5 cm.
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???

Wouldn't it be the .243 to fall short if someone picks the 6mmCM?

But it doesn't seem that anyone has thrown the .270 under the bus.
 
if the .243 had the same twist as the 6mm CM there would not be a nickles worth of difference between them..
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Except that it eats more powder. If you reload--it piles up in costs after a while; more than a nickel I think;).
 
I have both and shoot both well enough to still not tell the difference in them ballistically.
But I will say that the 6.5 Creedmoor isn't any fad, no even close, there is more commercial ammo for it at the store everyday it seems like and grumblings that the military are testing it is common knowledge now.
It,(6.5 Creedmoor) will be here and have plenty of offerings both in rifles, and ammunition for eternity, because of it's inherent accuracy and low recoil coupled with it's short actioned based application.
I've read the July issue of Rifle Magazine and John Barsness's article Muzzle Velocity Obsessions.
On page 49 he included a chart, the comparison of a 143 grn eldx, and a 130 grn Interlock, is an eye opener. Also it could be that the popularity of both cartridges is still on the incline.
I built a Creedmoor on a Mauser action that has many bells and whistles and it's crazy accurate for what it is, having said all of this, I will forever have a .270 Winchester in my safe to hunt anything I get a chance at.
 
Quote: "if the .243 had the same twist as the 6mm CM there would not be a nickles worth of difference between them.."

My .243 has a 1/9" twist. That was recommended by Pac-Nor when I re-barreled my 700 .22-250 to .243 Win. It shoots great and has killed several Maine deer and a few coyotes in the blueberry fields.
 
We're in Vassalboro and shoot at Capitol City R&P, when not shooting at our private range across a blueberry field owned by our son.
 
This has been beaten around a lot, but I wanted to share my thoughts:

I've gotten to the point where the caliber of a rifle is WAY less important to me than the rifle itself. Most would agree that anything from 243 on up will kill a deer humanely... so choose any caliber north of that and it doesn't really matter. What's more important to me is the intangible "it factor" that certain guns have. I like my CZ 527 in 7.62x39, so I kill deer with it. I also like my Winchester Model 70 Supergrade in 270, so I kill deer with it too. Etc etc.

So, to answer your question: if you want a new gun and it happens to be chambered in 6.5 CM, fine. Get it. Do you love your old 243? Fine, keep it. Caliber debates are entertaining, but that's pretty much all they are.
 
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jackstrawIII said:
This has been beaten around a lot, but I wanted to share my thoughts:

I've gotten to the point where the caliber of a rifle is WAY less important to me than the rifle itself. Most would agree that anything from 243 on up will kill a deer humanely... so choose any caliber north of that and it doesn't really matter. What's more important to me is the intangible "it factor" that certain guns have. I like my CZ 527 in 7.62x39, so I kill deer with it. I also like my Winchester Model 70 Supergrade in 270, so I kill deer with it too. Etc etc.

So, to answer your question: if you want a new gun and it happens to be chambered in 6.5 CM, fine. Get it. Do you love your old 243? Fine, keep it. Caliber debates are entertaining, but that's pretty much all they are.
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Wait... WHAT?! You mean caliber debates aren't productive?!?!?! ;)
 
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