Cartridge Comparison - 6.5 Creedmoor VS. 6.5 Swede:

[Talyn]

The 6.5x55mm Swedish cartridge endured about 110 years of successful existence just to be usurped by its modern reinvention: the 6.5 Creedmoor. Let’s look at the similarities and differences between the two cartridges and shine some light on the reason for the 6.5 Creedmoor’s introduction.

Cartridge Comparison: 6.5 Creedmoor vs. 6.5 Swede :: Guns.com

The 6.5x55mm Swedish cartridge endured about 110 years of successful existence just to be usurped by its modern reinvention: the 6.5 Creedmoor. Let’s compare the two cartridges.

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All About the 6.5 Creedmoor Round :: Guns.com

The 6.5 Creedmoor ammo round wouldn't still be around if it didn't have some serious merits. Let's take a deep dive into the 6.5 Creedmoor world and learn what makes it so attractive to shooters.

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[Belt Fed]

The Creedmoor must be dead around here, gun shop up the road has had an AR10 in that caliber for about a year. won't nobody buy it. i ask about it and they made me a heck of a deal on it. i turned it down mainly cause i have one just like it except mine is black and that one is FDE with chrome barrel.

I really thought about it though but would have to buy a scope and other stuff for it and 6.5 is not a plinker. ammo cost too much to just go target shoot. i like the Creedmoor round. it's a good long range deer round, but as a target round, it is too expensive to shoot.

 

[Talyn]

Any centerfire cartridge aside from the .223/5.56 is too expensive to shoot for plinking. But if you're a serious target shooter you'll shoot whatever you use.

My PSA PA10 (AR10-type) in 6.5 CM is very accirate and fits a role in the herd.

I too like my two 6.5 Swedes, one a CZ550 & the other a M38. The 6.5 Swede has two loading categories, the standard mil-spec and the SKAN which is a modern power level not to be used in the older mil rifles. Both are fun and not plinkers but I don;t shoot them much due to ammo costs but use the CZ550 for hunting.

 

[Shibadog]

Like the man said-nothing new. The old Swede’s do anything the “new” Creedmore will do except chamber in a short action. Same with the new military round, AKA .277 Sig fire. Won’t do much that the 70yr old .280 Bri or the even the 1920’s vintage 276 Pederson won’t do equally well. Yea, it’s about 500 fps faster, but you running at almost twice the chamber pressure. I’d bet either of the older rounds would match it with modern propellant and at less pressure.