SOCOM Looking at .260 Rem and 6.5 Creedmoor Sniper Systems

[Kilco]

To measure feeding reliability in both belt and magazine-fed weapons to see if there's a statistical difference.

Also to test accuracy potential in the mag-fed Sniper Systems.

I'm my gas guns the 260 Rem always fed better. Where you run into issues is chasing the lands. Creedmoor doesn't suffer from that as much with the shorter case.

I've owned many of both, and still prefer the 260 Rem.

Alot of guys claim the creedmoor is a better designed case, and mathmaticaly it very well might be. But when the rubber meets the road I've been able to squeeze another 50-75 fps from the 260 with less pressure signs, and every 260 I've owned, wether factory or custom has been every bit as accurate as an equivalent creedmoor.

I've been playing with two 6mm Creedmoors, and the same thing holds true vs the 243 Win.

I don't get better velocity with the 243v6mmCM as I do 260vs6.5CM, but I've yet to find a single thing the 6mm CM can do a 243 Win can't.

Only pro I've found with 6mmCM is that factory chambered rifles are using the 1:7.7 or 1:8 twist, allowing the use of the high b.c 6mm projectiles, where factory 243 chambered rifles are typically 1:9-1:10.