The NEW 7.6 Creedmoor — Best .30-Cal Cartridge Ever?
Leveraging the incredible success of the 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge, ammo-makers and rifle manufacturers have teamed up to produce a bigger Creedmoor cartridge — the 7.6 Creedmoor. The latest addition to the Creedmoor line gets its name from its 7.62mm bullet dimension. Yep, that makes it a .30-cal cartridge, but the creators stuck with the metric title for consistency. Makes sense. We like the way “7.6 Creedmoor” sounds and we bet consumers will too. The 6.5 Creedmoor has been a singular success — it is by far the most popular new cartridge introduced in the last decade. We think the 7.6 Creedmoor could become equally successful in short order.
In creating the new 7.6 Creedmoor, the product engineers were primarily concerned with accuracy, reliability, and compatibility. In a brilliant marketing stroke, the 7.6 Creedmoor’s designers crafted this cartridge to be 100% compatible with existing .308 Winchester and 7.62×51 rifles. So you can shoot the 7.6 Creedmoor safely in your existing .308 Win deer rifle or F-TR rig. As one ammo-maker’s marketing manager told us: “The 7.6 Creedmoor gives you everything you liked about the .308 Win, with a trendy name and the undeniable Creedmoor cachet. The 6.5 Creedmoor has become hugely popular. We expect the new 7.6 Creedmoor to do as well, or better!” We agree. Consider this — the 7.6 Creedmoor offers much better barrel life than the 6.5 Creedmoor, along with better bullet selection, particularly for hunters. With these advantages, how could the 7.6 Creedmoor not become a huge hit? The Creedmoor name alone should ensure success.
We discussed the new 7.6 Creedmoor with Dennis DeRille, one of the “founding fathers” of the 6.5 Creedmoor. Dennis said — “The Creedmoor name is synonymous with innovation and tactical success. This new 7.6 should live up to its name as it delivers .308 Win performance in a package for the 21st Century.”
Reassuring .308 Win Ballistics and Die Compatibility
Another great feature of the new 7.6 Creedmoor is that you can use existing .308 Win dies and reloading components. That excited one PRS shooter: “I had all this old .308 brass and .30-Cal bullets sitting around. When I heard about the 7.6 Creedmoor I said ‘Wow this is great, I can use this stuff in a Creedmoor now’. I know it will be accurate based on the name alone. That’s cool — tacticool!”
Because the new 7.6 Creedmoor shares case capacity and design details with the venerable .308 Win, it also shares the .308 Win’s impressive ballistics performance. “Whatever you can do with a .308 Win, you can do with the 7.6 Creedmoor… and then some!” says Hornady. Here is a chart showing projected velocities for the 7.6 Creedmoor with various barrel lengths and bullet weights.
NRA Approves 7.6 Creedmoor for F-TR Competition
Currently, NRA competition rules restrict F-TR rifles to the .308 Win (7.62×51) and .223 Rem (5.56×45) chamberings. But that’s going to change. Starting in June 2019, the NRA will allow 7.6 Creedmoor rifles in all F-TR matches. In addition, the 7.6 Creedmoor can be used in service rifles such as the popular M1A. It’s great to see this old battle rifle updated with Creedmoor accuracy and performance.
USA and Foreign Ammo Makers will Produce 7.6 Creedmoor Ammo
7.6 Creedmoor factory-loaded ammunition will be available from all major USA ammo-makers including Federal, Hornady, CCI, and Remington. As well, foreign ammo-makers Hirtenberger, Sellier & Bellot, and Prvi Partizan have pledged to produce 7.6 Creedmoor ammunition. That’s good news for shooters who want affordable Creedmoor ammo. One ammo-maker told us: “The whole industry is excited about the 7.6 Creedmoor. To be honest, .308 Win ammo sales have been declining for a number of years. Now we can repackage those same great components and market them to a new set of consumers reared on the 6.5 Creedmoor. This is a great deal for ammo-makers, who know how excitable Creedmoor fan-boys can be!”
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When will all the fear mongerers start crying about risk of death if you b\put the 7.6 Creed in a rifle chambered for 7.62×51 or 308.
Cant wait for the 223 Creed because I’m sure it WILL be safe in both 223 and 5.56 chambers.
Funny how guys don’t realize the significant of todays date.
For those asking, the article says it’s a 7.62×50. The standard .308 is 7.62×51. There’s the difference.
Umm, check the date on the article gents….
Today is April 1st !
LMAO
Kudos to the author!
OH!!!! Goody goody gumdrops. Another cartridge that has a different name and has the same ballistics. How wonderfully DUMB!!!
Guys are missing the date… It’s pretty GD hilarious…
Sounds Like April Fool!!!!!!!!
Lol, April fools!
Actually existed. I know this is an April Fool’s joke, but it was the .30 TC
April fools!
You do know what today is, correct?
Hahahaha and so many miss the point.
Seems like lots of dummies on the comment section don’t have a watch or calendar handy…. Can’t say I’m surprised, a lot of folks hear the word “Creedmoor” and the indignant rage takes over.
I smiled reading the entire article.
Well done. It had me for about 30 seconds.
I was wondering what the April Fools story would be this year.
Please check today’s date
April 1 – Got em all!
Surprised there were so many comments before anyone realized it is April fools day.
As I said before, “Everything on the Internet is true!”
Ummm. It’s a .308 duh!
April fool!
Aprilfools joke
April’s fools
Oh Vey! I can’t wait to get rid of my super accurate 308’s and purchase all new 7.6 everything. /sarc. Could this be any dumber?
Sounds like Hollyweird and their constant remakes of old originals only to be less and more hyped. Sad.
April Fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Creed so over hyped, I want to know when the 7.6 PRC will be announced. I heard it would be on 4/1/2020 but not sure I believe that.
Haha! April’s fool!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! That’s great.
:-))
Best holiday that is t really a holiday.
I’m thinking some of you fail to realize what day it is…
April Fool
april fools???
It’s April 1st lol
Sounds like a bunch of people falling victim to April fools joke.
Most fun day of the month !
I read heard that each box of 20 comes with a shim to take up the space of the shorter round..
Duh, 1 April. Paul does it again.
Who is Sami anyway. Suckers
I admit that April 1 is one of my favorite days and I always check this site for its almost-plausable joke articles.
Unfortunately, one of the problems with very clever April fools gags like this is that Google does not know it is a joke. I wish that a watermark saying “April Fools!” would be applied to the article on April 2 to keep the gullible from citing it as fact for years to come.
Google “dimpled bullet” (the 2009 gag) and you will see what I mean!
BonJour!!!!
so uncool name that this cant be even a joke…
Only people who don’t know the 264 has been out for years and has better range same caliber just faster
Someone needs to do a run of 7.6 Creedmoor stamped brass with Berdan primers to leave behind at the range in order to confuse the brass vultures. I will be using this unironically whenever any of the [newbies] at my range ask me what I’m shooting.
Got me!! Dammit
Well played fellas
Wonder how many Creedmoor fan boys were in their loading rooms pleasuring themselves when they saw this!
Seems like a lot of work to go through for an April Fool’s joke. Can’t wait to get my hands on one! Are they legal in California? More importantly, do they take Glock magazines?
Oh wow! Lipstick on a pig can’t wait. Fire the dumb ass liberal p.o.s.that printed this. Or better yet try selling us the 300 blackout again. Same silly shit!