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6.5 Creedmoor or .308?

Discussion in 'General' started by Kev59, Mar 23, 2020.

  1. Kev59

    Kev59 Well-Known Member

    I'm building my first AR-10 and would like to hear some opinions. No specific application. I just like to target shoot.
    Hopefully this will distract the CDC & WHO experts for a while as well.
     
  2. BC

    BC Well-Known Member

    Unless you are loading your own round, or just have lots of $$ 308.
     
  3. Quicktoy

    Quicktoy Is it Winter yet?

    6.5 is the better round. 308 is the cheaper round.
     
  4. XFBO

    XFBO Well-Known Member

    ^ That's kinda what I had read also and helped me decide last summer on buying the 6.5.

    Bottom line, if your ambition is to eventually target shoot long range, like 1k ft plus, the 6.5 is the better round, if you plan on using this same rifle to hunt med-large game, the 308 is your better choice.
     
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  5. socalrider

    socalrider pathetic and rude

    They are both fun in an AR platform, but the cost of the 6.5 is a little steep for plinking. The performance of the round is much higher though, especially for long distance.
     
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  6. Kev59

    Kev59 Well-Known Member

    Price per round has me leaning .308. If it's just me, I can stop after a while. If my wife or child get a hold of it, they just keep handing me empty magazines to load.
     
  7. CB186

    CB186 go f@ck yourself

    The answer is always 6.5 Creedmoor. The only time this wavers is if you're just wasting ammo, then 223.
     
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  8. sdg

    sdg *

    If you like to target shoot would you not be better off with a bolt action?
     
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  9. Kev59

    Kev59 Well-Known Member

    If I were a little more hardcore it would be but I enjoy an AR platform. Plus, I've got a dollar amount in my mind for each firearm a buy/ build.
     
  10. wera313

    wera313 Well-Known Member

  11. Steak Travis

    Steak Travis Well-Known Member

    I was hitting 1250 with an 18” bergara ridge rifle in 6.5 creedmoor. I killed deer and hogs with the same rifle during hunting season.

    go 6.5

    I got video of 1k but need to get video of the 1250 shots next time I’m at the range
     
  12. Dave K

    Dave K DaveK über alles!

    If you're just shooting and burning up rounds, 7.62×51mm NATO. If you're going for distance, accuracy and have money to burn, go with the 6.5.

    5.56 and 9mm are for gheywads.
     
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  13. Jedb

    Jedb Professional Novice :-)

    Split the difference: 6mm creedmore...

    :D
     
  14. blkduc

    blkduc no time for jibba jabba

    If you are buying match grade, 6.5 is actually cheaper in many cases now. The manufacturers are throwing a lot of development and support behind this cartridge. It performs better than .308 and is starting to beat it on price too. If you are buying cheap ammo to just make noise, then sure .308 still has good cheap options.
     
  15. Newsshooter

    Newsshooter Well-Known Member

    6.5, reduced recoil, all common bullet weights are accurate, easier at long range as the BC is higher. Easier wind calls and less elevation at distance. 308 168's have a tendency to tumble past 800 if conditions aren't good. 175's are the better choice if shoot at distance. Either way large frame AR's are more picky than the .223 variants. I'd suggest a bolt, better accuracy, easier to shoot, you won't go through ammo as fast and it doesn't beat up the brasss.

    You can also find cheaper 6.5 than 308 if you're talking decent ammo. If you're shooting crap ammo and you don't care about accuracy get the .308. I only shoot FGGM 175's in my 308.
     
    Last edited: Mar 23, 2020
  16. Jed

    Jed mellifluous

    6.5x.284

    Might as well go fast.

    Of course you need to reload or pay about 3 bucks a round for the ammo.
     
  17. CB186

    CB186 go f@ck yourself

    And only get about 100 fps more, while loading for a much more finicky round. I just cut down/set back a Kreiger 6.5-284 and turned it into a prefit style 6.5 Creedmoor. 42 grains of H4350 behind Barnes Match Burners(cheap) immediately outshot the best the 6.5-284 had manage in the 300 or so rounds it fired.
     
  18. Knotcher

    Knotcher Well-Known Member

    308 unless you already have 308 or 30-06.
     
  19. kenessex

    kenessex unregistered user

    If you handload, 6.5 if you use store bought ammo, 308.
    Start handloading if you already don't and get the 6.5.
     
  20. blkduc

    blkduc no time for jibba jabba

    This is true and also why a bolt gun is worth considering. The large frame ARs can be tough to tune and get to run right due to manufacturers not all making parts to the same standard. So you are building using a variety of components that may not play together nicely. Unless you are really experienced with building these, then I don't recommend it. If it was small frame AR, different story.
     
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