Convince me...
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They are "Close",.. BUT,..
The 6 XC has, a Longer Neck, uses 2 or, 3 grains, Less Powder and HAS Won, MANY More, 1,000 Yard Matches than, the 6 Creed.,.. and it has, somewhat better, Barrel Life !
Hornady, should have Paid, David Tubb, a small "Royalty" on, the 6 XC design and went with,.. IT !
The 6 XC has, a Longer Neck, uses 2 or, 3 grains, Less Powder and HAS Won, MANY More, 1,000 Yard Matches than, the 6 Creed.,.. and it has, somewhat better, Barrel Life !
Hornady, should have Paid, David Tubb, a small "Royalty" on, the 6 XC design and went with,.. IT !
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Xc doesn’t have creedmore in its name so it’s better, obviously, trust the science.
The Creedmoor was designed with the same body angle and COAL as .308 for magazine feed. I tried 6x47 Lapua, which would not feed properly because of the greater body taper and shorter COAL.
For single feed gun, the 6XC or 6x47L are more efficient (more velocity with less powder).
Accuracy is in the hands of the shooter.
JEFFPPC
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I'm laughing just thinking about it Ken. Have a great Chtistmas buddy.If i'm doing a single feed bolt rifle, especially geared towards 600-1,000 yards, i'd do a 243 Win over the Creedmoor.
If your shooting from a magazine & concerned about COAL, then yeah, the Creedmoor makes sense.
I also keep my hair high & tight!
I'd look terrible in a manbun!
Never know until you try, or do you talk from the voice of experience.I also keep my hair high & tight!
I'd look terrible in a manbun!
I see the Creedmoor haters are out in force today… If you look at it from if you are limited to a factory built rifle then the 6mm Creedmoor makes perfect sense. It was designed with a faster twist rate over the 243 so it could handle the longer, slicker better BC bullets. The 6XC is only available in a custom or high end rifle and factory ammo could be obtained from very limited sources. Besides, my wife loves her two Creedmoor’s, especially when she is ringing steel at 1000.
Unfortunately, experience.
jmkasza
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That makes me feel a little better about my single feed Model 12-BVSS in 243. Looking forward to trying the 87gr v-max loads I put together a couple weeks ago once it stops snowing.If i'm doing a single feed bolt rifle, especially geared towards 600-1,000 yards, i'd do a 243 Win over the Creedmoor.
If your shooting from a magazine & concerned about COAL, then yeah, the Creedmoor makes sense.
I also keep my hair high & tight!
I'd look terrible in a manbun!
On the OP's question, my $0.02 is, their slight differences aside, they are essentially the same with respect when it boils down to who would buy what. Like others have said 6XC for custom builds and 6CM for off the rack buyers.
Hoot
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My 6CM RPR with White Oak Armament aftermarket barrel loves the Hornady 108gr ELD-M bullets. Three different powders throw sub-.2" groups at 100 yds. I posted a picture of them in some other 6CM thread. There may be other powders but I ran out of comfortable shooting weather until next April.
Hoot
Hoot
LOL, I guess I stepped into the old ladies coffee klatch.
Sorry ladies I'll be leaving now.
Sorry ladies I'll be leaving now.
Seems to be just a little difference in the shoulder angle, which if you split hairs, may make somewhat of a difference. But for all PRACTICAl purposes, you can probably consider them the same. Incidentally, when I shot out barrel on one of my 6 mm Remingtons I went to a 6 XC. Great decision. Maybe it's partially because I didn't want to be associated with the CM crowd. Incidentally, Tubb could probably win a match with a slingshot and a stone.
STOMP442
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I love the 6XC! It has a small cult following around here among a few of my friends and myself. I personally don't think there is better Coues Deer caliber in existence. I wanted to build one for Coues hunting back when I was first reading about David Tubbs success with it. It took me a few years to get that done but it has been nothing but spectacular in the role of long range deer hunting here in Arizona. Hornady loves to reinvent the wheel put it in a shiny red and silver box and sell it to the mush headed masses and thats exactly what they did. For all intents and purposes they are essentially the same thing performance wise. To be fair I have a rifle chambered in both calibers, the XC is mine and the Creed is my wifes. I have both mostly to see if there was any real advantage of the creed over the XC and there is none. Both rifles shoot the same 40.0gr of H4350 under a Berger 105 a little over 3000fps with small pocket Peterson brass in 26" barrels and print sub half moa groups at that node. Both are great but it just irks me that Hornady gets all the fanfare and attention when something equally as great has been around for quite sometime.
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