6.5 flies straighter .308 is all over the place both are good

What about .243?

6.5 Creedmoor is stil super sonic at 1000 yards and has less recoil than .308 308 has more energy.

>>14503 Barrel life with 6.5cm is typically about half of .308 barrel life. Also, inside 500 yards, .308 is as good, or better, depending on the load. Hunting or fighting, past 500 yards and you want a larger payload than 6.5cm anyway. And I’ve never hunted past 300 yards. I know some do, and they always bring something like .300win mag or 7mm prc etc. Is 6.5cm a more efficient cartridge than .308? Yes absolutely. But its actual practical application is paper punching between 600 and 1200 yards.

>>14852 Pretty much this. .308 for some type of hunting or barrier penetration within 500 yards is probably better. I switched over to 6.5 because I want more precision all around, and wind with .308 really can fuck with it, even at three to four-hundred yards. 6.5 is still more than powerful enough for the most dangerous game at any range, and I've got a .308 hunting rifle for hunting anything in NA. So yeah hunting deer, moose, elk, bear up to 400 yards I would stick with .308.

Availability. Price per round. Energy. The 6.5 Creedmeme's sole advantage over the .308 is that, in the event that you have to make a Bob Lee Swagger shot at three quarters of a mile, it stays supersonic a little longer and shoots flatter by a single red cunt hair. There are no public ranges near me where you can shoot centerfire rifle further than 200 yards, and the closest 200 yard rifle range is over an hour's drive from where I live. I don't hate the Creedmeme but it's the answer to a question nobody asked, just like .300 Memeout. There's no reason for either one to exist, and there's nothing they do so much better than cartridges that existed already to constitute a compelling argument for making the switch. They will soon enough join 6.8mm SPC, the Winchester Short Action Ultra Mag cartridges, the Remington Ultra Mag cartridges, .30 Super Carry, the .21 Sharps, and all the .17 rimfires on the Island of Misfit Toys with the .41 Magnum, 9x25mm Dillon, .401 Herters Power Magnum, .25 ACP, .22 Short, .357 SIG, 5mm Remington Rimfire Magnum, .30 Krag, .236 Lee Navy, .219 Zipper, .264 Winchester Magnum, 7-30 Waters, 7mm Valkyrie, 6.5mm CBJ, and many, many more "innovative" creations that nobody asked for and nobody wanted.