(I have no information as to the velocity of the wind or from what direction it is acting on the bullet). 300), we see that they are not all that far apart in wind drift. If we try to compare the two closest bullet weights (the 143-grain 6.5 and the 15-gr. The military designation of the 6.5 CM round in this guise is the X1200.īefore we get into specific ballistics, here’s an interesting chart I found concerning wind drift and our two cartridges… They even built a light, belt-fed machine gun around it. Several military organizations have adopted the 6.5 CM, most notably the USSOCOM. Another bonus is that the 6.5 Creedmoor can use, due to case similarities, the same magazines as the 7.62x51. 260 aquited itself well enough, but the long-range accuracy of the 6.5 CM brought it to the top of the trio, as it doubled the hit probability at 1100 yards. They were the Knight’s Armament SR-25, the H&K M110A1 and the FN SCAR Mk 20 Sniper Support Rifle. The Creedmoor came out on top in terms of accuracy, as the rounds were tested in three different weapons. 260 Remington, a longer-range NATO version of the 7.62x51 and the 6.5 Creedmoor. The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) tested, in 2017, three cartridges for possible adoption. With ammunition from Hornady, sniper rifles in this caliber can engage targets from point-blank to over 1100 yards. 300 Win Mag, the military has expressed an interest in the cartridge as well. of energy at 300 yards, the 6.5 CM is plenty of rifle for whitetails and similar game out to reasonable ranges.Īs with the. Designed from the start for way-out-there targets by Hornady senior ballistics expert Dave Emary who partnered with Dennis DeMille (VP of Creedmoor Sports), it has enjoyed much success by not only target shooters but also by hunters. The 6.5 CM was introduced by Hornady in 2007 and is based on a necked-down. 300 Win Mag in terms of velocity and trajectory, albeit with lighter bullets. Some loads for this round nip at the heels of the. It was designed for long-range target shooting, and has been successful in the deer woods and fields as well. 6.5 caliber bullets have long been known for having, in general, a higher ballistic coefficient and sectional density than some other rifle calibers. 26-caliber cartridges (.264, to be exact). The 6.5 Creedmoor has grown to be one of the more popular. See below (in Applications) for a specific link to the M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle. 300 Win Mag for a good while in the sniper rifle role. In addition to civilian uses, the military has employed the. It’s interesting that none of these have achieved the popularity of the. So, we seem to have just these two standard-action-length (2.5 inches) 30-caliber magnums left today from he original crop of. This cartridge was based on a shortened, blown out. 300 Weatherby Magnum, introduced by Roy Weatherby in 1944. 300 magnum still around today that I know about is the. With the case body blown out to reduce taper for more powder volume and the shoulder moved forward, the cartridge ended up having a case neck not as long as its bullet’s caliber, which meant that the bullet had to be seated a bit deeper for stability. One nice feature is that it was designed to fit in a standard-length action. 375 H&H Magnum, which was shortened, blown out and necked down to. Anyway, there’s a right rifle for each purpose and calibers tend to be designed to fulfill at least one specific need, real or imagined. 44 Magnum loads out of my 8 ⅜” S&W 629 – maybe it was a bit of overkill…). (Or maybe not… I’m thinking about all those squirrels I dispatched over the years with my hard-cast midrange. Conversely, if you hit your stand of shag-bark hickories in search of bushy tails, you would most likely be carrying a. 30-30 lever rifle – you’d take along something more potent. If you are going to Africa on a safari for large, dangerous game you wouldn’t pack a. They understand that what may work for one purpose (like long-range targeting or hunting a variety of animals), may or may not be the best for other uses. (I guess handgun shooters do, too, but that’s a different article). Rifle shooters tend to select calibers based on usage.
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