I haven't anything to support this opinion but 303 British a cartridge that hasn't had too much relevance since WWII at #41 has me seriously questioning that list.

I would say that you’d be surprised how many 303’s are tucked away if folks closets “ no pun intended for creed fanboys “ ha.. but these folks aren’t buying to many modern weapons either.

Gotta love the smell of cordite burning..... I’ve owned several Lee-Enfied’s over the years and have a cousin who deer hunts with a sporterized .303Brit

.223 wssm is higher than 6.5. That is interesting to me.

Yup, 30-40Krag being higher than the 6.5Creedmoor confirms that list is absolutely bunk in my view.
Walmart is I believe the largest or at minimum top 5 largest ammo retailer in the nation, if it's not stocked on a shelf in the Walmart ammo locker it's not too relevant.

Speaking of retailer relevancy Hornady exports a few thousand .303 Brit to Canada for moose&bear. Remember us handloaders grab brass/bullets from the manufacturers who do sprint runs in .358 win/6mm rem etc. Silhouette shooters IPSCers IDPAers pinshooters 3gunners trap/skeet/sporting clays BR50 shooters PRS riflers ruin primers and burn powder. Just cause Chinamart don't stock it doesn't mean it's not out there.

I think y’all are missing the fact that the list was compiled from 2013 sales data. Huck’s Point was 6.5CM is nothing new and has been around since 2007. It’s only in the past couple years thanks to marketing geniuses that it’s popularity has exploded.

List is from 2013, not this year.

Remember, I never said the 6.5 gheymoor wasn't a decent cartridge. It is, just like it's grandfather, the 6.5 x 55 mm Swede, and it's dad, the .260 Remington.

I merely said it wasn't needed when it was introduced, other than to make Hornady's mark on the long distance shooting arena, and a ton of money for them.

And the 6.5 creedless fanboys, some of whom are here, on this very forum, have masturbated over it to the point that it has become distasteful to the rest of us.

Thanks, BCLC. You must have posted while I was typing.

The Creedmoor chambered rifles brought guns with fast twist barrels that would stabilize heavy for caliber bullets to the market.

So what's the flatest shooting lowest recoil deer killing caliber out to 400yrd?

6.5 prc with 100gr ttsx

You are going to cause somebody’s head to explode with that

Chasing flat and low recoil you'll be hard to beat something in the 6MM range. To get any flatter, you're jumping into a magnum which defeats the low recoil point.

https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/243-win-90-gr-eld-x-precision-hunter#!/
https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/6mm-creedmoor-103-gr-eld-x#!/

Or .264 Win Mag, .25-06, .280 Ackley, etc.

No slack on the 6.5 PRC. If I didn't have a .264 WM, that would be #1 on my acquisition list.

May still end up with one, just holding out to see who else loads for it.

I'll be toting a .260 Rem to the deer woods tomorrow.

That was originally the thought 😃but I am curious to hear what's thrown out here

It’s all good man

No smoke on you, bud. Just stirring the pot.

I like the pot