Thread: 6.5 Creedmoor? whats everyones thoughts? on hunting performance

Originally Posted by ariki

The issue is that the loading is biased the 270Win has another 10 grains of powder capacity and will push a Nosler 150 LRAB at over 3050 fps with Norma MRP or Re26. Which puts it up against 6.5 PRC or 7mmMag.
Hornady are good at pushing there new cartridges and loading the old ones down. My 2c

Surely the 270 can't be compared to the rem mag. Massive difference there

Originally Posted by Remmodel7

Surely the 270 can't be compared to the rem mag. Massive difference there

I dont think it can be directly compared to the rem mag, but theres no denying you can get some good performance out of the .270 if you do something custom with a fast twist, heavy projectiles good brass and a very stiff load, but by this point your starting to get out of the realm of what most hunters would do, and if your building a custom rifle i can think of many better calibres to build a rifle on rather than .270

My original comment comparing 6.5 Creed vs .270 was more aimed at what the majority of people do, buy an off the shelf rifle and shoot factory ammo through it. In that instance, the creed is for the most part on par if not better than the .270, In my opinion (emphasis on the in my opinion part). Creedmoor comes with a 1:8 twist standard, and theres a huge amount of great factory ammo available with high bc bullets & it will push similar weight projectiles at not much slower speeds with considerably less powder charge and felt recoil compared to the .270, which generally comes with a 1/10 twist and the heaviest factory ammo is around 150gn.