re: New Deer rifle

The 6.5 Creedmoor is nothing more than a modern redesign of the 6.5x55 which has a long history of success on deer sized and larger game BUT is more likely to be found in the hands of someone who knows what they’re doing. For the sake of full disclosure I also own a a rifle in

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6.5x55 - it’s my favorite rifle and the only time it let me down I was shooting Hornady SSTs, which just proves that bullet selection counts. But load it it with 140 grain cup and core or bonded bullet and it will do it’s job every time as longer as you do yours. And if that’s true for the 6.5x55, it also has to be true for the 6.5 Creedmoor - if you push the 140 gr. .264 bullet to the same velocity doesn’t care about which round it came from.

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Everything you said comparing the 6.5 CM to the 6.5 Swede could also be extended to include the 260 Remington. From a ballistic standpoint, the three guns are basically the same. The minor differences that exist are from the different rounds being loaded to different pressure levels. A 140 gr bullet at 2700 fps will behave the same whether it's shot from the 260 Rem, 6.5 Swede or 6.5 Creedmore. The key is proper bullet selection and placement.