Originally Posted by murf205

"Would you say the 6.5cm is better than the tried and true 6.5x55 in the hands of a reloader ?"

Not really but the fly in the ointment is the short action rifles with the 2.8" magazine boxes. The 6.5 CM was designed to hold roughly the same amount of powder and seat longer bullets without cramming the shank into the case and taking up powder space. A perfect example is the 6mm Remington. It has a 57mm case and if you want to seat a 100 gr bullet, most of it is below the neck to make it fit in a short action. If the gun makers had made 3" magazine boxes (Like Sako and NULA rifles) the creedmoor would have not been needed. The ideology that the short action is the answer to an accurate rifle took hold pretty quickly and introducing a new cartridge is less expensive than tooling up for a new action for just .02". But ...they didn't and the rest is history.

The Winchester M70 also has a 3" magazine box on short actions.

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