Thread 64060560

Would you ever buy a rifle in 6.5 creedmoor?

>>64060560 (OP)
Yeah. It's like 260, but with better internal ballistics and availability.

>>64060560 (OP)
no, probably not unless every other cartridge becomes a unicorn round impossible to find that costs an arm and a leg to shoot.

>>64060560 (OP)
I don't buy meme calibers.

>>64060560 (OP)
I own 2 already

>>64060560 (OP)
1 bullpup in 6.5, 3 in .308

>>64060560 (OP)
The most common .473 cartridge in existence? Obviously. The ammo is cheap, plentiful, more accurate and with a higher BC than 308. 308 lost it's cost advantage by 2015 when match grade ammo was $1/round for 308 and 6.5 creedmoor. Now the basic ammo is the same price and more accurate. If you've already got 308 then just use it until you need to change barrels then go to 6.5 creedmoor. It took decades to move from 30-06 to 308 just like it's taken 2 decades to move from 308 to 6.5 creedmoor. The transition will continue moving forward.

>>64060560 (OP)
Yes, I bought one. I am one of the very few people on earth who actually bought this niche round

>>64060628
I don't get how when there was the big 6.5creed vs 308 debate, T/C didn't take advantage of their 30TC round which is basically the best of both. Somehow they managed to make it a failed round (woman marketing team perhaps)

Step aside fags, superior offering coming through

>>64061228
ahh yes, weaker, more expensive, less accurate, but BIGGER

There's basically no reason to get a 6.5CM when it's ammo is so much more expensive than .308. A .308 can handle hunting, urban sniping and home defense if you SBR it.

It's also much, much easier to get armor piercing .308 ammo.

I like to shoot more than 3k bullets before a barrel change, thank you very much

GOOD ENOUGH FOR SOCOM

GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU

>>64061313
>There's basically no reason to get a 6.5CM when it's ammo is so much more expensive than .308.
it's literally the same price for better quality ammo you goddamn idiot. what year are you living in?

>>64060560 (OP)
Yeah I sold my 308 specifically to do so.

>>64063129
Fake news.

>>64061313
But what if you reload and basically only fire 30 shots a year at deer?

>>64063288
30 shots at one deer holy shit...i only fire 1 shot at a deer.

>>64061313
>it's ammo is so much more expensive than .308
Maybe 10 years ago. Sneedmoor is everywhere.

>>64060560 (OP)
I did and I shoot itty bitty groups with it but then I grew breasts and my doctor says its terminal, don't be like me OP stick with .30-06 the Lords caliber

6.5 PRC wielder here. I look down on creedlets.

>>64063129
High quality .308 is for when you want more accuracy. But unlike with 6.5CM, .308 lets you dip down into garbage tier, cheapass FMJ ammo, for training and such.

>>64064608
>for training and such
For training what? If you're just burning shit ammo that doesn't let you push your limits, it's not really saving you any money. Buy good components in bulk and reload.

>>64064644
>For training what?
Well lets see. What are the characteristics of shit ammo?

>Not accurate
That's about it. So you can use it out to 100 yards and not notice a difference. Good for CQB training and surprise malfunction drills.

>>64060560 (OP)
No. army just reupped their M240s. 308 is gonna be with us a long long time. will outlive B52s.

>>64060573
Wake up unc it’s not 2013 anymo

>>64064668
>army just reupped their M240s.
Source? I don't believe you.

>>64064542
overbore and defeats it's main advantage of being efficient

>>64064438
most I done was 5

I'm thinking of getting a lower in preparation for 6.5 and some meme uppers like 8.6 because I'm on the subsonic meme train with the 300 blk.
The ATF has my fingerprints now its over and time to supress everything.

>>64060560 (OP)
Not unless it completely replaced 7.62x51. I'm all in on 6.5x55.

>>64064661
You won't do any of that, because you're too broke.

>>64060560 (OP)
nah
.308
fixed 10x
bolt action
as god intended

>>64060560 (OP)
6.5 has its advantages, especially for longer range shooting. If you want a semi auto in something larger than 5.56 I would stick to 308. You are already taking the weight/size hit, so you might as well go for the more powerful cartridge. The reduced recoil of 6.5 is less of an advantage in a gas operated gun where recoil is softer anyway. Plus you can get mags and practice ammo for cheaper in 308.

6.5 fills a niche as a slightly better round for target shooting and hunting.

>>64064681
source? i made it up.

>>64066485
>Plus you can get mags
The mags are the same.

>>64060560 (OP)
>Would you ever buy a rifle in 6.5 creedmoor?
In a bolt gun? Long since. It's superior in every single way to 308 AND it's cheaper. Which is crazy to see happen so fast but it did. I'm going to enjoy noguns on /k/ exposing themselves for ages to come though by mindlessly repeating "meme caliber" like >>64060573 that fag lol.

In a battle rifle? Eh probably not. 308 has interesting loads available that 6.5 still doesn't and might never, higher numbers of interesting guns, the extra barrel life matters much more in a br, and I really don't give a shit about >350yd in a BR. 1.5-2.5moa is plenty good enough to have a good time.