RifleShooter 6mm Creedmoor vs. 6.5 Creedmoor: Cartridge Clash The 6mm Creedmoor with its lower recoil and flatter, more forgiving trajectory faces off against the 6.5 Creedmoor with its better ballistics and wind-bucking ability. 6mm Creedmoor vs. 6.5 Creedmoor: Cartridge Clash (RifleShooter photo) June 07, 2022 By Brad Fitzpatrick The 6.5 Creedmoor was developed in 2007 by Hornady’s Dave Emary and Dennis DeMille, and it created a stir in the centerfire rifle cartridge world unlike anything in living memory. It has a neck design that handles high ballistic coefficient bullets without robbing case capacity and an overall length (OAL) that works in short-action bolt guns and AR-10 rifles.Continue Reading
