I'm a 308 addict, I don't hate the 6.5CM. I own one. I do take great issue with 99% of thous that shoot it (around here). Why, because before the 6.5CM craze most people at the range knew their limits. Now every guy pretends he's an ex RECON Rick, Sally SEAL, or DELTA Dawn using the justification that they own a 6.5CM and that proves it. They also say that anything with in a mile is dead if they are behind their 6.5CM.
Don't miss understand me. This has aways happened. People insecure about their service or lack of, trying to lie their way into range folk lore. It just seemed to go into hyper drive once the 6.5CM came out. Same exact thing happened when the 338LM came out. Everyone and their dog has a 6.5CM now and claim hits at will at any distance. It just gets old. Especially when you calmly let them talk on the off chance that they know something. Then after the hour long lie about the 10 barrels and millions of rounds through their gun you see them pull out a brand new shinny RPR, with a Redfield scope (last week at the range).
Again, I own one, sometimes I shoot it. More often than not I leave it at home because I don't want to be associated with the crowd at the ranges I go to. Plenty of great people shooting the 6.5CM. It is an awesome combination of low recoil, barrel life, precision, and available components for competitive shooting. I still believe that if most were honest with themselves and their shooting abilities/habits, they would have been equally served by an old 308.
