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Craig Boddington's 6.5 Creedmoor Love/Hate Relationship

Does it deserve its praise or the vitriol heaped on it?

Craig Boddington's 6.5 Creedmoor Love/Hate Relationship — Boddington took his best-ever mule deer in Alberta with a Kimber .270 Winchester and one 130-grain Barnes TTSX. This was the biggest-bodied deer he had ever seen, very happy he wasn’t carrying a 6.5 Creedmoor. (Photo courtesy of Craig Boddington)

July 22, 2025 By Craig Boddington

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Some folks call it “Needmore” or “Crudmore.” Others imbue it with magical powers, able to stop pachyderms and small armored cars beyond the horizon. Or, as Col. Charles Askins described one of the fast new magnums back in the Sixties: “It shoots dead flat to 400 yards. Then it raises up just a little.”

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