That's actually a fairly easy question to answer.
If you live in the US, it is very difficult to do better than the 6,5 Creedmor. Hornady pushes the cartridge hard and factory ammo is attractively priced. 6.5x47 has the same performance, but cannot compete for price. 260 gets a fair bit of criticism for neck/ COAL/ useful space but it is a very fine cartridge which I'd like to use. I rate all of these cartridges "equal".
6,5x55 is my favorite for here, but in the US it is a silly cartridge to use. The factory options here are plentiful and stiffly loaded whereas the US options are simply not present AND you get the same performance from the Creedmor.
6,5x284 is what I use, the reason being I wanted to emulate the performance of a 26" 6,5x55 in a 20" rifle. With the NORMA reamer I find it an extremely easy cartridge to work with but it is strictly a releaders option.
264 Win just doesn't give enough extra (if at all) to be worth it over the x284.
26 Nosler... I really don't like severly overbore cartridges as pressures can be tricky.
6,5 RSAUM (or whatever the GAP cartridge is called) makes sense, but I would hate not being able to pick up factory components.
If you live in the US, it is very difficult to do better than the 6,5 Creedmor. Hornady pushes the cartridge hard and factory ammo is attractively priced. 6.5x47 has the same performance, but cannot compete for price. 260 gets a fair bit of criticism for neck/ COAL/ useful space but it is a very fine cartridge which I'd like to use. I rate all of these cartridges "equal".
6,5x55 is my favorite for here, but in the US it is a silly cartridge to use. The factory options here are plentiful and stiffly loaded whereas the US options are simply not present AND you get the same performance from the Creedmor.
6,5x284 is what I use, the reason being I wanted to emulate the performance of a 26" 6,5x55 in a 20" rifle. With the NORMA reamer I find it an extremely easy cartridge to work with but it is strictly a releaders option.
264 Win just doesn't give enough extra (if at all) to be worth it over the x284.
26 Nosler... I really don't like severly overbore cartridges as pressures can be tricky.
6,5 RSAUM (or whatever the GAP cartridge is called) makes sense, but I would hate not being able to pick up factory components.
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