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"I've seen many Creedmoor groups that went into .250-inch, but that's as much a function of the shooter as it is the rifle. There are a lot more quarter-inch rifles out there than there are quarter-inch marksmen."
(Petzal)

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"long-range shooting became as hot as the AR-15 a few years prior. And new long-range shooters crowding Precision Rifle Shooting competitions took notice of what was gunning down gold — 6.5 Creedmoor."
(Shelton)

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"Low chamber pressure to extend case and barrel life"

(Shelton)

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" If history is any guide, the .308 Win, has at least another 50 years of useful life, perhaps even 100 years."(Forker, Rupp)

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".308 cartridge is capable of producing excellent accuracy. Today, it isn't unusual for a factory gun with factory ammo to be able to put five shots in a group less than an inch at 100 yards."
(Forker, Rupp)

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".308 I've seen groups as small as a quarter-inch center-to-center with custom guns and ammo."
(Forker, Rupp)

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"The .308 isn't one of the world's flattest shooters. Still, at the ranges where most hunting shots are taken, it is slowly replacing the venerable .3030 as the standard deer rifle."
(Forker, Rupp)

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The MIA in 6.5 Creedmoor easily grouped less than an inch at a football field. With our zero established, we used a Kestrel 5700 Elite Weather Meter to calculate our ballistic solutions farther out.

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Bullet drop at 1,000 yards was 290 inches, or just over 24 feet. By comparison, optimized 7.62x51mm bullets drop closer to 38 feet at the same range.

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"So they turned to the 6mm, whose light bullets produce very mild recoil. However, light bullets don't hold their velocity well at long range, and when a bullet goes subsonic, it destabilizes. "
(Petzal)

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"Even with long 6.5mm bullets seated to the maximum COL (cartridge overall length) of 2.80 inches, powder wasn’t displaced; in turn, velocity wasn’t eaten away."
(Shelton)

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"More importantly, minimal body taper and a 30-degree shoulder angle gave vital capacity to the 1.920-inch case the Creedmoor required."
(Shelton)

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"1 fired four, five-shot groups that averaged less than half-MOA"
(Pearce)

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" And the 6.5 Creedmoor can achieve excellent ballistic performance loaded with a double-base propellant containing nitroglycerine."
(Pearce)

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Pearce, Lane. "Notes on 6.5 Creedmoor Brass." Shooting Times, May 2018, p. 20+. General OneFile, ink.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A533094670/GPS?u=pl2020&sid=GPS&xid=f7f8c71e. Accessed 20 Nov. 2018.

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"AMMUNITION                VEL.    E.S.    S.D.    100-YD.
                          (FPS)   (FPS)   (FPS)    ACC.
                                                   (IN.)

                           6.5 Creedmoor, 20-in. Barrel

Winchester Deer Season    2738     51      23       0.87
125-gr. XP
Federal Gold Medal        2772     46      18       0.69
Berger 130-gr. OTM
Federal 140-gr. Fusion    2636     41      16       0.97
Hornady 140-gr. A-Max     2586     71      27       0.66
Winchester Match          2547     44      20       0.74
140-gr. BTHP"
(Forker, Rupp)

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With a steady 10 mph crosswind, the 6.5 round demands an offset a full two feet less than a comparable 7.62x51mm round at 1,000 yards. There is a great deal of physics that comes into play to make a solid connection that far out.

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"On a pleasant, cool afternoon with a scant left-to-right breeze, we could land hits on a 12-inch square plate at five times that distance with relative ease."
(Dabbs)

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"Long, skinny, 6.5mm bullets enjoy a relatively high sectional density and Ballistic Coefficient (BC). In layman's terms, the BC is a measure of a projectile's ability to overcome air resistance."

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"Nobody wants to invest in a zillion-dollar rifle only to find that the ammo will no longer be available."

(Dabbs)

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"With a 150-grain bullet, the SAAMI (civilian) specification for the .308 is 2,800 fps while the .30-06 is 2,900 fps. A good big case will beat a good little case any day."
(Forker, Rupp)

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"something in the range of .500-inch. Those are 5-shot groups. But you have to be a pretty good shot to do that. "
(Petzal)

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"To keep supersonic speed Way Out There, shooters were loading the 6mm slugs to very high pressures, which came with its own set of problems."
(Petzal)

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"The beauty of the Creedmoor is that it kicks noticeably less than the .308, which for most shooters makes it the better choice."
(Petzal)

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" Thus, the 6.5 Creedmoor produces the same velocity as the .260 Remington, even though the latter has a slightly larger case."
(Petzal)

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"If you shoot a big deer or a moose or an elk in the lungs with a good, strong 140-gram bullet, it will keel over dead. End of story."
(Petzal)

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"In short, has the weight-to-diameter ratio to penetrate things, things with much tougher hides than deer."
(Shelton)

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"they have the ability to slip through the air more efficiently, thus minimize the effects of gravity and wind."
(Shelton)

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"The 6.5 Creedmoor is the second-best selling cartridge made by Hornady, only overshadowed by the .223 Rem"
(Shelton)

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"new long-range shooters crowding Precision Rifle Shooting competitions took notice of what was gunning down gold — 6.5 Creedmoor."
(Shelton)

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"It’s slightly shorter than its parent case, in turn, it had wiggle room to fit in an AR-10 or short-bolt action.  "(Shelton)

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Forker, Bob, and J. Scott Rupp. ".308 Winchester: A wartime workhorse that still delivers." Petersen's Hunting, Dec. 2001, p. 34+. General OneFile, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A80224006/GPS?u=pl2020&sid=GPS&xid=5eadc709. Accessed 20 Nov. 2018.

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David E. Petzal- Author of the magazine and books of field and stream
Petzal, David E. "THE MAGIC BULLET?" Field & Stream, Aug.-Sept. 2018, p. 26+. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A549223285/GPS?u=pl2020&sid=GPS&xid=c28545bc. Accessed 6 Dec. 2018.

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Elwood Shelton- A hunter, writer and professional guide in the rocky mountains
Shelton,Elwood"the rise of the 6.5 creedmoor"gundigest link.gundigest.com/gear-ammo/ammunition/the-6-5-creedmoor-continues-to-hit-the-mark Accessed 20 Nov. 2018