Thread: First blood and a proper trophy sized Billy

Originally Posted by planenutz

I note the 6.5 Creedmoor has become popular and I hear it's something to do with being the calibre of choice with the US snipers. It's that correct? It seems so similar to the .243 or 7mm08 to hardly warrant the change. What does it have over the others?

Low recoil
2750fps+
140gr+ hunting projectiles with BCs between 0.6 - 0.7
1:8” twist barrels are standard and built for long for calibre high BC bullets
Significantly better windage performance than “regular” 0.3 - 0.5 BC hunting bullets
More retained energy past ~450m than .308 Win
Low recoil... did I say that already

American snipers? Some of the special forces are looking at Creedmoor for certain applications I believe but I can assure you my application has nothing remotely to do with sniping Taliban fantasies! I save that for the odd roumd of Call of Duty Its just a damn good cartridge designed from the bottom up to maximise the advances in high BC projectiles. And man does it work.