There are a several replies here that are just stupid. There is a hate of this round that just doesn't make sense.

The 6.5cm is not a miracle round. Nowhere close. It was hyped and hyped well. It is capable but only if the correct bullets are chosen.

It was so hyped, that there have been a great number of bullets that have been designed to use in the gun. And a lot of them have no business being shot at animals. Sometimes hunters are too damned stupid to read a box a realize that the bullet they are picking are not good for the type of hunting they are doing or for hunting at all.

Hornady ELD-x is the perfect example. It's designed to expand property at longer distances (moving slower). At distances 200 yds and in, the bullet grenades and may not exit.

It is flatter shooting that the .308 but I really don't consider it "flat" shooting. At 600yds the bullet (out of my gun with hand loads pushing a 140 gr bullet at close to 2900fps) drops close to 6 feet.

It is an extremely capable hunting round but like I said, you have to get the right bullets.
There are plenty of capable cartridges that perform similarly. The creedmoor just happens to have a ton of choices in ammo and it's almost always in stock.

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get the original, more powder, faster bullet,

The swede isn't faster. Period. There isn't a production round (In 6.5 swede) out there that is faster than the creedmoor with the same bullet.

If a tracking dog owner ask what type of rifle was used, he's probably tracking for a lot of kids that didn't make a good shot or idiot older hunters that grabbed the a bullet that is made for match and not hunting.

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Posted by TheDrunkenTigah

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Posted on 9/20/22 at 1:26 pm to bbvdd

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Sometimes hunters are too damned stupid to read a box a realize that the bullet they are picking are not good for the type of hunting they are doing or for hunting at all.

Hornady ELD-x is the perfect example. It's designed to expand property at longer distances (moving slower). At distances 200 yds and in, the bullet grenades and may not exit.

I agree but the ammo manufacturers are not entirely blameless in this, straight from Hornady’s website;

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The ELD-X® (Extremely Low Drag - eXpanding) bullet is a technologically advanced, match accurate, ALL-RANGE hunting bullet featuring highest-in-class ballistic coefficients and consistent, controlled expansion at ALL practical hunting distances.

I’d suspect higher weight 6.5mm bullets are gonna be even more susceptible to fragmenting at high velocity just due to the shape, but I’ve never cared enough to dig into that aspect. Either way you have ammo manufacturers who want to be able to print the highest BC they can on a box, because that’s what sold the gun in the first place.

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Posted by Got Blaze

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Posted on 9/20/22 at 1:29 pm to bbvdd

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There isn't a production round out there that is faster than the creedmoor with the same bullet.

6.5 PRC ???? ..... "The 6.5 PRC has markedly enhanced capacity compared to the Creedmoor thanks to its parent case—around 28-percent—which adds up to more velocity—the 8-percent neighborhood. This adds up downrange. A quick example might shed some light. Take Hornady’s 147-grain 6.5 Creedmoor and 6.5 PRC Match loads, topped with identical bullets (Extra Low Drag Match), with identical BCs (.697 G1). The PRC pushes its bullet from the muzzle of a 24-inch barrel at 2,910 fps compared to the Creedmoor’s 2,695 fps. That’s a difference of 215 fps, at 1,000 yards this means around 50-inches less drop and push the mark at which the bullet goes sub-sonic by another 250 or so yards....."

FWIW, I shoot a 6.5x47 Lapua which works perfectly fine for my hunting and shooting applications. I encourage people to shoot what rifle and cartridge they have the most confidence in. Bullet construction and shot placement are key factors in hunting any animal species.

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Posted by Duckhammer_77

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Posted on 9/20/22 at 1:31 pm to bbvdd

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bbvdd

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The swede isn't faster. Period.

checked Nosler manual for 130gr bullets. It has 3-4 common powders between Swede & Creedmoor for that bullet weight. The Swede always has half a grain more powder listed for about 50-80 fps less velocity if I read that right (also on a conf call right now so...)

That said, not much of a difference to claim the Swede was broke and the Creedmoor "fixed it". I'm just not a new fad kind of guy and like the "classics" and wood stocks.

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