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

Originally Posted by 6.5 CRD

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.

Yup agree. Next purchase for me will be a creed but by then it won't be cool anymore anyway. Just need to find one in a Kimber. Light weight, lite recoil, good ballistics. Sounds good to me
I'll still have the only real 6.5 also. The grendel.
All you creed guys are compensating