In fact, there are many cartridges that outshoot the Creedmoor. Before you condemn me to the lower levels of Dante’s Inferno, consider external ballistics — the stability, accuracy, drop, deflection, ...

However, the Creedmoor’s flat trajectory is more a result of the high ballistic coefficient (BC) bullets it can use, as opposed to velocity. The flattest-shooting Creedmoor loads will have a ...

The BC for the 125-grain Copper Impact XP bullet is only 0.428, which means this is not the best factory 6.5 Creedmoor load for extreme distance. Due to this sub-0.500 BC, velocity will drop off ...

The 6.5 Creedmoor ... drop off. The new propellants produce a more gradual curve with a softer, more rounded peak. That means that the average amount of pressure pushing against the bullet during ...

mark, where the 6.5 Creedmoor is still handily outpacing the .308 Win., the energy gap has closed to less than 50 ft.-lbs. and the bullet’s trajectory, how far it “drops” at a given distance ...

Cartridge debates are a time-honored tradition. Given half a chance, proponents and opponents of a particular cartridge will happily deconstruct things to the sub-atomic level to prove their argument, ...

We are mostly talking about those who labor in the trenches of extreme rifle accuracy, those who are studying endless caliber specifications, trajectory charts, and bullet ... the 6.5 Creedmoor.

Stocks with a lot of drop at the heel ... dynamic play out again and again, where good bullets from milder cartridges, like the notorious 6.5 Creedmoor, are absolutely deadly on big game ...

In comparison to .308 Winchester and 7.62 NATO (which was derived from the Winchester cartridge), 6.5 Creedmoor is a relative newcomer to the intermediate caliber game. It was first introduced in ...

Many of the same features that made the 6.5 Creedmoor successful are present in the newer 6mm version. Both share an efficient case design that not only leaves room for seating long, heavy bullets ...