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. The masses of shooters and hunters weren’t interested in a short-action cartridge with similar ballistics to the century-old 6.5×55 Mauser. But the Creedmoor wasn’t made for the masses . It was ...

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 proven itself many times over on deer, pronghorns, feral hogs, sheep, and even big red stags (like this New Zealand specimen) and elk. Anything the Creed can do, the .260 Rem.

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 ...

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 ...