Is the 6.5mm Creedmoor a Master of (Almost) All Trades?

By Sam Hoober

Plenty of guns and plenty of cartridges are jacks of all trades but masters of none. Only a few are truly good at everything from target shooting to defense to hunting of many types of game.

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The 12-gauge shotgun shell is one. Among handguns, 10mm can do a whole lot, as can .357 Magnum. The .45 Super is as well, but unfortunately hasn’t found wide adoption.

Among rifles, there are a few rounds that do almost everything well. The .308 and .30-06 are proven war-fighting rounds. In match rifles and with match ammunition they are great for target work and have put a lot of meat in a lot of freezers. The 7mm Remington Magnum comes to mind, too.

However, the older bullets — which have a fair bit of recoil — are falling out of favor. The round du jour is the 6.5mm Creedmoor, which excels at …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life