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6.8 Western vs 6.5 Creedmoor: Is 6.5 going obsolete?

Is the 6.5 Creedmoor to be eliminated or is the 6.8 Western but the new tool to a smaller job? These two cartridges may ...
No matter what you read in the sporting press or hear around the gun counter, the 6.5 Creedmoor is not a giant killer. It’s not Thor’s hammer or a Storm Trooper’s blaster. What it is, is a very ...
Cartridge debates are a time-honored tradition. Given half a chance, proponents and opponents of a particular cartridge will happily deconstruct things to the sub-atomic level to prove their argument, ...
Our many years of rifle testing have shown the 6.5 Creedmoor to be one of the most precise cartridges to choose when using factory ammo, but what is the most accurate 6.5 Creedmoor ammo? Because each ...
The 6.5 Creedmoor phenomenon has muddied the waters and confused a lot of hunters. The efficient little cartridge has become so popular, so ubiquitous, that many shooters are ascribing it powers it ...
The 243 Winchester was an immediate sensation. Winchester introduced it in 1955 at about the same time Remington introduced their 244 Remington. The 244 held more gunpowder and had a slight velocity ...
The 6.5 Creedmoor has a strong reputation for flat trajectories and dependable accuracy, but it behaves noticeably differently once hunters take it into high mountain terrain. Thin air, unpredictable ...