Distance, Accuracy, Energy... Does the 6.5 Creedmoor have all of these?

Ballistically, there is so small of a difference between 260 and 6.5 Creedmoor (CM) that you are not going to notice a difference. I am currently in the process of building a CM, because I like the slightly better case design. If it continues to get popular, there will be more options for brass.

If you do not reload, and plan on shooting factory ammo, I think the Creedmoor is the best way to go. You can get relatively cheap match grade ammo that will take you out to 1000 yards with ease. Every report I've read of people shooting the factory ammo is a good one. I do reload, and my plan is to shoot the factory stuff and then reuse the brass.

I shot a doe at 393 yards this past season with a 123 A-max going 2700 fps. That would be a light load for the 260 or CM, and it worked well. Energy on target is not a problem, especially if you are shooting the 140's.
-Dan
 
Mr Zak Smith

I am in awe that you have responded to this thread. I have read your articles and watched your videos. You are part of my reasoning in starting this thread. The Demi-God himself!:D The only reason I shy away from the 260 is that Remington has given up on this cartridge. Rumor has it Lapua will make 260 brass. This is great news for reloaders, which I am not. I have been leaning towards the 6.5 Creedmoor because of the availability of factory ammo with quality brass from Hornaday. I am currently working at 300 yards and will work my way out to 1000 yards with the next action/trigger/barrel/scope combo that I decide on! I feel blessed to have your input!:p
 
Lapua .260 brass has been available for roughly 6 months already.

You can buy Black Hills and Cor-Bon factory .260 ammo. There will be another match load from a major manufacturer soon, but I can't say who.

If you don't reload and won't, it's closer to a wash, but as far as I know, only Hornady is manufacturing 6.5CM ammo (whereas there are 2-3 mfgrs of it for .260).
 
Add Southwest ammunition in there also. While they're not as big as Cor-bon, Hornady, or black hills. They make some damn fine ammunition. They have two categories also. Their standard "match" which is their premium and then they have "Run N gun" which is the same load just on cheaper brass for more training time. Although i don't see any Run N gun for the .260 at the moment i'm sure mike and the crew have it in thought. I buy run N gun for my SPR, might as well be match ammunition @ .50cents a round. It's pulled LC brass, and their same load as their standard for 77gr SMKs.

http://www.southwestammunition.com/category_s/83.htm

I have to agree with Zak though unless you just have the money hand loading is the way to go.
 
I have been leaning towards the 6.5 Creedmoor because of the availability of factory ammo
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Midway lists 22 loads for the 260 Rem from 7 manufacturers, and only 5 from 1 manufacturer for the Creedmore.
 
I found the article on Sherri loads here it is.

Sherri was shooting a .260 Remington at all yardages, as confirmed by SFC Emil Praslick, USAMU rifle coach. Runner-up Carl Bernosky was shooting a 6mm Hagar in an AR-platform rifle.

To capture her first High Power Championship, with a record 2396-161X score, Sheri used a Tubb 2000 bolt gun chambered in .260 Rem. According to Praslick: “[the rifle has] the same barrel as last year. I believe it has close to 2000 rounds on it.” To our surprise, Sherri’s ammo was loaded in relatively inexpensive Remington brass. Praslick explained: “We use Remington brass, Federal 210Ms, and Varget powder. For the 300/600 yard lines we use the Sierra 142gr bullet. Her 300RF load is around 2650 fps, the 600SF load approximately 2750 fps. At the 200 [yard line], we use a reduced recoil load using the Sierra 107gr MK.


I get on the 6br site and my interest is in 7mm. They do offer beside the 260 the 6.5x47L and 6.5CM plus other chambering in the Tubbs 2000 and your looking at a rifle that cost $5000. I would think what ever chambering in that rifle be competitive in the High Power.
 
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From what I've read this is a Hornaday proprietary cartridge, one would think that Hornaday would support it with quality brass and loads? Or are there other producers of this round?
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You can make 6.5 Creedmoor brass by necking up .22-250 and .250 Savage brass. Plenty of Lapua, Norma, Nosler, Hornady, Winchester, and Remington brass can be found in .22-250, .250 Savage brass will be more rare. It is a more work but you can make it out of .308 family brass as well, and if you want any kind of brass life you shold anneal all of it before and after sizing.

It will only be a matter of time until more brass will come out with the correct headstamp for the 6.5 CM. The .260 Rem just has a head start and it took several years to get other than Remington brass. I wouldn't be surprised to see other than Hornady brass come out in the future for the 6.5 CM.

I figure if you are going to be serious about this type of shooting you'll have to get past factory loads sometime. So if your going to reload then don't worry about brass availability. I've ran and am still running a few wildcats and unless I want to pay for custom brass, I have to run different headstamps. Just make sure you label everything really well.
 
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