Teknys
Handloader
- Jan 14, 2008
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My father passed down to me his Rem 700 in 264WM he purchased in 1969 ish. He used that gun ever since and I purchased same 264 in a Win 70 back in 1990. Move forward to 2005 and I purchased a Rem Mtn SS in 260 Rem and gave to my son when he turned 12y. Move along to 2016 and I buy a 6.5x284 Norma in a Sav 116.
So I haven't paid to much attention to the 6.5 Creed or the noise about 6.5s in general until a couple of years ago. I bought a Savage Stealth / Creed for paper punching and then gave it to my son for his 24th B Day. I then bought a Creed this year for deer hunting and did a little research - WOW do people have strong feelings about this little 6.5 that is much like it's cousins the 260 and the Swede. 6.5mm and 7mm high BC bullets have beem around for a while. Did the general shooting public just wake up?
Maybe because I've been around 6.5s my whole life and have seen a lifetime of deer and a handful of elk taken with them. It's no surprise that most any caliber, .24/6mm on up with a High SD well constructed bullet which means heavy for caliber is going to get the job done at the appropriate distance.
I'm just surprised at the mis-information or mis-leading guidance I'm seeing on the internet. "The Creed is just as good as the 300Win out to 1000 yds" and this was about shooting ELK ! I spit my coffee onto the keyboard on that one. It made me laugh but then realized that some people might be believing this. Then there are those that "Hate" the Creed because .. ??? I'm not sure what brings on such emotion about a cartridge.
Any way - I chose the Creed when I wanted a new Deer rifle because of availability of reloading components - plain and simple. All the medium 6.5's would have done very well, just chose the Creed. Now off to the reloading bench
So I haven't paid to much attention to the 6.5 Creed or the noise about 6.5s in general until a couple of years ago. I bought a Savage Stealth / Creed for paper punching and then gave it to my son for his 24th B Day. I then bought a Creed this year for deer hunting and did a little research - WOW do people have strong feelings about this little 6.5 that is much like it's cousins the 260 and the Swede. 6.5mm and 7mm high BC bullets have beem around for a while. Did the general shooting public just wake up?
Maybe because I've been around 6.5s my whole life and have seen a lifetime of deer and a handful of elk taken with them. It's no surprise that most any caliber, .24/6mm on up with a High SD well constructed bullet which means heavy for caliber is going to get the job done at the appropriate distance.
I'm just surprised at the mis-information or mis-leading guidance I'm seeing on the internet. "The Creed is just as good as the 300Win out to 1000 yds" and this was about shooting ELK ! I spit my coffee onto the keyboard on that one. It made me laugh but then realized that some people might be believing this. Then there are those that "Hate" the Creed because .. ??? I'm not sure what brings on such emotion about a cartridge.
Any way - I chose the Creed when I wanted a new Deer rifle because of availability of reloading components - plain and simple. All the medium 6.5's would have done very well, just chose the Creed. Now off to the reloading bench