New Hornady 6.5 PRC

[Stick1]

This is an enjoyable thread. Lol. I'm as big a fan of the 260 as anyone can be and fought the Creed craze for awhile. But after working with a metric ton of them over the past couple of years, I've found some respect for little the round If you load both of them to their SAAMI max, the Creed actually beats the 260. The Creed has a bunch of other advantages that have nothing to do with speed, but that's another story. I still reach for the flashy/modern 264WM when somethings gotta die

[JW]

This is an enjoyable thread. Lol. I'm as big a fan of the 260 as anyone can be and fought the Creed craze for awhile. But after working with a metric ton of them over the past couple of years, I've found some respect for little the round If you load both of them to their SAAMI max, the Creed actually beats the 260. The Creed has a bunch of other advantages that have nothing to do with speed, but that's another story. I still reach for the flashy/modern 264WM when somethings gotta die

I was looking at a 264 WM hard till I bumped into that 26 Nos. Now I still want a 6.5X55 Swede also.


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[snipermedic]

270 sendero 3312 with 130sst.

I was comparing 6.5prc to what I can get with the 140 Berger classic hunter. Running factory 145 Eldx 270 out of my sendero should yield just .4 less both ways.

[bphillips]

270 sendero 3312 with 130sst.

I was comparing 6.5prc to what I can get with the 140 Berger classic hunter. Running factory 145 Eldx 270 out of my sendero should yield just .4 less both ways.

I still want a 270wsm

[Stick1]

Just for fun I ran some numbers on Quickload comparing 260 vs. Creed. Max loads, no cherry picking, with 2 popular bullets and 2 popular powders for both rounds. 24" barrels for both. Picked H4350 and RL17, along with Hornady 143 ELD-X and Berger 130 VLD Hunter. Results below per QL:

RL17/Berger 130
Creed - 45.3gr = 3,011fps
260 - 43.8gr = 2,961fps

RL17/143 ELD-X
Creed - 43.2gr = 2,861fps
260 - 41.7gr = 2,810fps

H4350/Berger 130
Creed - 45.0gr = 2,908fps
260 - 43.4gr = 2,849fps

H4350/143 ELD-X
Creed - 43.0gr = 2,771fps
260 - 41.4gr = 2,712fps

Now ya'll quit picking on the little 6.5-250

[bphillips]

Just for fun I ran some numbers on Quickload comparing 260 vs. Creed. Max loads, no cherry picking, with 2 popular bullets and 2 popular powders for both rounds. 24" barrels for both. Picked H4350 and RL17, along with Hornady 143 ELD-X and Berger 130 VLD Hunter. Results below per QL:

RL17/Berger 130
Creed - 45.3gr = 3,011fps
260 - 43.8gr = 2,961fps

RL17/143 ELD-X
Creed - 43.2gr = 2,861fps
260 - 41.7gr = 2,810fps

H4350/Berger 130
Creed - 45.0gr = 2,908fps
260 - 43.4gr = 2,849fps

H4350/143 ELD-X
Creed - 43.0gr = 2,771fps
260 - 41.4gr = 2,712fps

Now ya'll quit picking on the little 6.5-250

Ragins head is gonna explode

[JW]

New Hornady 6.5 PRC

Just for fun I ran some numbers on Quickload comparing 260 vs. Creed. Max loads, no cherry picking, with 2 popular bullets and 2 popular powders for both rounds. 24" barrels for both. Picked H4350 and RL17, along with Hornady 143 ELD-X and Berger 130 VLD Hunter. Results below per QL:

RL17/Berger 130
Creed - 45.3gr = 3,011fps
260 - 43.8gr = 2,961fps

RL17/143 ELD-X
Creed - 43.2gr = 2,861fps
260 - 41.7gr = 2,810fps

H4350/Berger 130
Creed - 45.0gr = 2,908fps
260 - 43.4gr = 2,849fps

H4350/143 ELD-X
Creed - 43.0gr = 2,771fps
260 - 41.4gr = 2,712fps

Now ya'll quit picking on the little 6.5-250

I gotta get Mike D to cross reference all this. [emoji12]


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[Stick1]

The Creed is rated to 62K while the 260 is held to 60K. A little unfair advantage built in

[JW]

The Creed is rated to 62K while the 260 is held to 60K. A little unfair advantage built in

They both too **** slow then. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]


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[Stick1]

Lol. Well.................yeah

[freerhunter16]

They both too **** slow then. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]


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I like the way you think! Lol

[Mike D]

This is an enjoyable thread. Lol. I'm as big a fan of the 260 as anyone can be and fought the Creed craze for awhile. But after working with a metric ton of them over the past couple of years, I've found some respect for little the round If you load both of them to their SAAMI max, the Creed actually beats the 260. The Creed has a bunch of other advantages that have nothing to do with speed, but that's another story. I still reach for the flashy/modern 264WM when somethings gotta die

Robert I'd be interesting in hearing about all of the other advantages you feel the Creed has over the 260?


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[B&C]

The 6.5 creed has already made the 260 an obsolete cartridge.

[JW]

The 6.5 creed has already made the 260 an obsolete cartridge.

Yeah that's why Hornady started loading the 260 again recently. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] It had nothing to do with a Creed. That was all Remington.


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[B&C]

LMMFAO!!!! The 6.5 is a reduced 260 and the 6 creed is a reduced 243 win. Fills no niche. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

You can get over 3000 with a 6.5X284 Norma with a 140. Standard 140 on a 6.5 Creed is 2700. So if your at 2925 with a Creed and a 140 you're hot loading the hell out of it.

Hornady 143 ELDX 6.5 Needmoor.


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My 6.5x284 is a cooper and I can't load it as hot as my buddy does his hill country rifle. I need to mess around with the head spacing a bit to see if it gets better.

It shoots really good but I wouldn't have purchased had I known about the 6.5 creedmoor at the time.

Please send over your recipe to get a 140 over 3000 in your 284.