WARNING: The following is an opinion written by an asshole on the internet with no credentials, data and facts will not necessarily be present.
I think the 6.5 creedmoor is a great round that has excellent ballistic performance on targets at slightly extended ranges when compared to a .308 Winchester when evaluated for wind and drop. understanding the difference in ballistic coefficient, I know that it will carry more kinetic energy at ranges exceeding 600 yards than a .308 in a similar weight class, I don’t however, have that much faith in its ability to distribute that energy to a hard target such as a vehicle or building.
im not sure why the abilities of afghanis to carry a 60 year old stolen weapon up a mountain and drop 130 year old Russian lead from the high ground is really relevant to the discussion, it’s historically been very difficult to fight an enemy in their own backyard especially when they have the high ground and know the fastest escape route. The 6.5 CM or .338 NM won’t change that, even Mike Tyson is vulnerable to a sucker punch In a back alley. Its intellectually hollow to say the reason we are giving back control of much of Afghanistan’s countryside to the taliban is because they have the marvelous PKM with the magical 7.62x54R. I think that totally negates the fact that our soldiers, marines, airmen, and sailors have been hobbled by rules of engagement that were put together by a pacifist coalition of kindergarten teachers and were expected to engage The Enemy combatants fueled by a sense of religious duty with zero interest in the Geneva convention or any shred of human dignity. On top of that you’ve had three presidents who aren’t committed to full victory or withdrawal and aren’t willing to sacrifice election cycle performance on finishing a 20 year standoff with a bunch of well armed farmers. No need to remind most people here of a time when our ancestors (Also mostly well armed farmers) caused a similar withdrawal of the greatest military power on earth because of several well fought campaigns, high national debt and a lot of political misery. It’s damned difficult to defeat an Insurgency, always has been, always will be.
The .308 may not be today’s top performer but there are still plenty of military and civilian uses for it. I think the real reason that the 6.5 creedmoor proliferated like herpes in a frat house is that the low recoil was attractive to shooters who had only ever fired small frame ARs and it could make an inexperienced shooter into the White Feather with minimal practice. If you have the funds to have multiple rifles for specific jobs and you like filling you safe with a lot of single purpose rifles (most of us do), don’t bother keeping a .308. If you like to shoot anything from 110-240 grain projectiles at a variety of speeds with the same rifle and optic at all manner of targets, keep a trusty .30 bore in the safe and a few hundred rounds, it costs you nothing to keep it and not shoot it.
I think the 6.5 creedmoor is a great round that has excellent ballistic performance on targets at slightly extended ranges when compared to a .308 Winchester when evaluated for wind and drop. understanding the difference in ballistic coefficient, I know that it will carry more kinetic energy at ranges exceeding 600 yards than a .308 in a similar weight class, I don’t however, have that much faith in its ability to distribute that energy to a hard target such as a vehicle or building.
im not sure why the abilities of afghanis to carry a 60 year old stolen weapon up a mountain and drop 130 year old Russian lead from the high ground is really relevant to the discussion, it’s historically been very difficult to fight an enemy in their own backyard especially when they have the high ground and know the fastest escape route. The 6.5 CM or .338 NM won’t change that, even Mike Tyson is vulnerable to a sucker punch In a back alley. Its intellectually hollow to say the reason we are giving back control of much of Afghanistan’s countryside to the taliban is because they have the marvelous PKM with the magical 7.62x54R. I think that totally negates the fact that our soldiers, marines, airmen, and sailors have been hobbled by rules of engagement that were put together by a pacifist coalition of kindergarten teachers and were expected to engage The Enemy combatants fueled by a sense of religious duty with zero interest in the Geneva convention or any shred of human dignity. On top of that you’ve had three presidents who aren’t committed to full victory or withdrawal and aren’t willing to sacrifice election cycle performance on finishing a 20 year standoff with a bunch of well armed farmers. No need to remind most people here of a time when our ancestors (Also mostly well armed farmers) caused a similar withdrawal of the greatest military power on earth because of several well fought campaigns, high national debt and a lot of political misery. It’s damned difficult to defeat an Insurgency, always has been, always will be.
The .308 may not be today’s top performer but there are still plenty of military and civilian uses for it. I think the real reason that the 6.5 creedmoor proliferated like herpes in a frat house is that the low recoil was attractive to shooters who had only ever fired small frame ARs and it could make an inexperienced shooter into the White Feather with minimal practice. If you have the funds to have multiple rifles for specific jobs and you like filling you safe with a lot of single purpose rifles (most of us do), don’t bother keeping a .308. If you like to shoot anything from 110-240 grain projectiles at a variety of speeds with the same rifle and optic at all manner of targets, keep a trusty .30 bore in the safe and a few hundred rounds, it costs you nothing to keep it and not shoot it.
