6.5 Creedmoor VS .308 - How many Milk Jugs??? 

No matter what I will always be a 308 person but I like the video you put out about different caliber's

I've been using the 308 since the early 70's, not ever gonna change. Great video.

If your going to volume shoot, 308 is cheapest. If it’s a deer rifle and only going to see a box of ammo a year then that cost is basically irrelevant and you may as go with the modern cartridge that will make long distance shots a bit easier to adjust for in case that becomes relevant some day. For most people I don’t see it in any way necessary to trade in a rifle they already have to get a new cartridge, the performance difference within the ranges most people shoot just is not a big deal. However if your buying a new rifle because you want a new one or don’t have one, then a modern cartridge with higher BC bullets just makes sense. My wife is fairly new into guns so she got herself a 6.5CM, i however don’t have any rifles in new cartridges, my buck this year was taken with a 112 year old 30-30.

308 has proven itself for many many years. For its killing power and the access of ammunition.

I like the 7mm-08 and .308 both. I think they are a little more effective on deer than the 6.5. My big reason why I use the .308 more is ammo availability. I got 3 boxes of Nosler 150 ballistic tips for $66 delivered. That's awesome in this climate.

A great test WTW!! I've always loved the .308 there are those in the western states that love that 6.5 Creedmoor for it's flat shooting across long distances. Got some pretty good knock down power too. Thanks brother, have a great night!!

The 308 has a bigger diameter upon expansion and the bullet stayed together. I see that as an absolute win for 308. Great video!!! Appreciate the effort.

Love these videos. Me personally, staying with my 308. Nothing against 6.5, but really new to 308 myself, and don’t want to get into a new caliber. 🤷

I've always been an 30-06 fan but I recently past couple couple years purchased a 6.5 Creedmoor ammo is pretty cheap 20 30bucks a box. I also harvested my buck with it this fall an 8pt 182.8lbs field dressed and it instantly knocked his lights out. I pulled the freedom lever and he hit the ground never kicked never flopped.

6.5 creed has been a deer killer for me. Had really good luck with it. I do a ton of reasearch on different bullets and their performance. The bullet is the key factor in any caliber.

Love to see you getting a video out that’s back to the WTW basics. I’ve missed the milk jugs.

Great return of the water jug test and a great head to head of older vs. newer. My caliber for a bolt rifle is the .308, but I love these head to heads! I guessed 5 for each one by the way.

Great vid! This is my favorite test too! Thanks for the work you put in too make this videos!

I have both the 6.5 and the .308. Love them both. I love these water jug tests too. They really make for fun videos, especially with the slo mo cam. The more videos like this one we watch, the more we realize that bullet construction (copper vs lead) has more effect on penetration than caliber and velocity. I did like how clean those mushrooms were and man do those jugs ever blow up nicely. Good job once again.

Love the 308 for overall “jack of all trade” performance, affordability, and availability!!! But also I Love these test! Keep them coming! 👍

Awesome jug test! Appreciate how hard you work to do these Adam

Would love to see the jug test done with the 360 buckhammer vs 30/30 wink wink.

Man, you're a dedicated dude when it comes to making a good, informative video! I've waited for this one for a long time, since I shoot .308 and 6.5 Creedmoor.

I've done water jug tests for years & twice I too have had a bullet to just vanish. I caught everything, checked every jug, screened all the water...no bullet. Some days it just doesn't pay to gnaw through the restraints!😮 Appreciate you tons! 👍

Awesome stuff. Really like these videos. It would be cool to see different projectiles in the same round against jugs or paper plates. Like a solid copper vs a lead core bullet or whatever. Just to see the difference in projectile performance.

Do a 260 rem and 6.5 needmor comparison. They shot the same bullet and can get both in 140 grain or 125 grain.

First off I always love your videos and always watch. That being said my favorite 6.5CM video was the comparison Mr Ron Spomer did comparing the ballistics of the good ol faithful 270 Win to that of the 6.5CM. The 270 is my all time favorite and dominates all ballistics categories except BC out to a 1000 yards. As always love this video and all of them. So keep em comin'.

Great videos as always

Taken many deer and hogs with a 6.5 Creed. And anytime I’ve been able to retrieve the projectile, the jacket was separated from the lead core. Still very effective.

The 308 will knock down anything in the western hemisphere. I have used it for 40+ years and have never lost game.

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the laughs and the memory`s with the safety flinch ! Great video too ! I just put together tw0 AR10`s one in 6.5 CM and one in .308 , can`t wait to shot both !!

Thanks for the video I love the milk jug videos!!

I'm laughing my butt off you know you got Hickok45 shaking his head saying to himself that good old Kentucky math! Man I love you videos

Thank you for doing these videos. I really enjoy them. I have relatives that live near where you shoot and as a funny side note, when you do these tests they often will call and say, "be watching the Ytube, Hoot is out testing again." LOL They are avid outdoors people so, no worries, they enjoy hearing what you are doing.

That 6.5 was not a willing participant in the milk jug study. Excellent results with both rounds, great video. Thank you, Adam, for putting in all your time and effort to make great videos. PS, you drink a lot of milk.🐄

This was a Fun video.. that slow motion explosion footage is awesome

Great stuff mate!

Got a 6.5 Creedmoor Ruger American with a Magpul Hunter stock. Also have a .308 Win Desert Tech MDRX. I enjoy shooting both of them. The rifles are different. But I do enjoy spending time outdoors shooting ANY of my firearms at targets. I look forward to doing a Central California hog hunt with either or both rifles. Might take my other Ruger American rifles too! It is always entertaining and informative watching Adam shoot any firearm, in any circumstance. Adam just has sooooo much enthusiasm and such a friendly presentation. I hope we are lucky enough for many more years of these physics experiments and presentations!

I have both 6.5 Creedmoor and .308 and I preferred to hunt with the 6.5 Creedmoor over both of my .308's.

I originally wanted a 7mm08 but at the time I bought my creedmoor 2020 the only ammo we had in any of our stores was a few random calibers and a ton of 6.5 creedmoor. I'm not at all disappointed with it. It does what I need it to do. I'd like to get my hands on a 6.8 western or a 7prc. Keep hearing good things about bolth of them.

Nice to see some classic WTW action! for hunting and ranges less than 3-400 the 308 definitely is king. I’m just getting into long range precision stuff and the 6.5 is great for that, though there are better ones nowadays. It seems like there’s a new cartridge every week but that’s part of the fun!

Really fun video!

You got the sniffles mate, Is it Spring over there now you must have got yourself some hayfever.

Thanks for your hard work

Ba ha ha. Thanks I needed this video tonight. I have to say that slowmo shot when the camera fell over was the best I think. I think trying to 100% understand bullet physics is impossible. You want to see a very odd set of results check out the hand loads on autumn's armory I will have to say if the same results didn't happen more then once I would have thought it a fluke. It still could have been but a lot less likely.

You videos are the best. Keep it real!!!

Both fantastic. You all sure have short winters. Seeing that it is February and it's sunny and green. We just came out of sub-zero temps and we have plenty of snow still on ground up here....just messing with you. Thanks

I've had and still have many different calibers. I was a skeptic of the 6.5 creedmoor before shooting it, but personally, I like the 6.5 a little bit more. Especially past the 500 yard mark. Either way, if a person's happy with their rifle, be happy.

Great video.

id love to see a comparison with a 147 grain 6.5 and a 150 grain 308

I love the milk jug test !

I'm still a 30-30 45-70 30-06 man. They always got me deer

Awesome video I hunt with a 308 and my pastor I hunt with uses a 6.5 creedmore. Both awesome rifles.

I admire your persistence. 😆

Another cracking video , I hit the Like button ! So Go on You guys it doesn't cost anything and YT use it to rate videos so it's important to channels like this or they get poor promotion from YT . Thanks Adam . Catch You next episode , Shoot Straight Stay Safe & Stay Well.

I love the milk jugs videos. You should also do this with that Buckhammer round.

Video reminds me of the old days of Who Tee Who videos..... Except you didn't forget to chamber a round...😂

😂 ok, you may be WHO_TEE-WHO, but I tootie-too-ded while I watched this

Very close comparison. Wonder if there would be much different results if both were FMJ? Good vid WTW

Good stuff. Oldie but goodie

Lmao man you had a few difficulties huh. Great video

I think you should of included a 7-08 caliber in this test

Very interesting. BTW get gel cups for your ear protectors, they are good.

I think a ghost was pushing your camera over. LOL.

For an all-rounder hunting/ target shooter I picked the .308. Twice the barrel life, cheaper ammo. I settled around 165-168gr bullet for everything up to 800 meters.

125gr is a light Creedmoor round, and 1000yds is easy with it. When I want a 1000yd challenge, I use the .308 playing in the wind. Which one is better depends on what you're using it for and at what distance. Sectional density is higher on Creedmoor, so it will drive deeper with comparable weight bullets.

Over my lifetime, I've taken most of my deer with a .308 win . In regards to the 6.5 Creedmoor, my experiences are limited to apx a dozen deer. In my limited history with the 6.5 Creedmoor, I cannot tell any difference between how it performs in comparison to the .308 win. To be clear, I dont feel undergunned when hunting with the 6.5 creedmoor and its low recoil is a bonus. As a reloader, I will always own a .308 win, but I've gathered enough 6.5 brass to keep my rifle in ammo for my my lifetime.

No mater how many attempts but you sir got it done hats of to you

I love that you didn’t edit out everything that went wrong 😅

Cool video, thanks for the work. I'm a .308 guy.

There he goes shooting things up. Fun.

I have been using a 6.5 creedmoor 140 gr sp and have taken deer from 125 out to 275 and none went further than 30 yds most dropped in their tracks I use a Ruger American with a Boyd stock used a 308 before using 6.5cm and results about the same with less recoil

Can you please tell us what brand of ammunition you were using? The 6.5CM was disappointing with the jacket separation.

Thank you for your honesty

Another great video. Awesome test, I guessed 5 by the way.

Will my favorite is a 30 cal preciate it WTW keep up the good work

I don't know what kind of tripod you are using for the slow mo camera but you can either hang a weight off the central hub or hang a weight off of one of the central arms that stabilizes the legs if it's that style of tripod. On film shoots you usually throw a sandbag on them, and if you look up "tripod sandbag" you should see some good examples of what I'm talking about. It makes a huge difference not having to worry about your camera rig falling over.

Really cool video I love the 308 myself

Gotta love a milk jug video!!

Great comparison WTW! I like the 6.5 but I will always be a .308 kinda guy!

Well my dear Watson.. looks like we have another case of the magic bullet simply dissolved into thin water . . 😉 😜

Nice video comparing these two. However, the 125 grain bullet in the 6.5 is light. For penetration testing, you need to compare equal weight bullets. The 6.5 can go as high as 160 grains, so a better comparison would be with 150 grain bullets in each. A secondary testing could be of efficiency of the cartridges. For that you can use 140 - 145 grain 6.5's compared to 165 - 168 grain 308's. Ballistic coefficient is essentially meaningless in light weight bullets. It's a number that indicates how well the bullet hangs on to its launch speed. Light bullets "peter out" quick. I like the 6.5 Creedmoor, but at its core, it's a short action 6.5x55 Swede, just like the 308 is a short action 30-06. I call them "kissing cousins" - same family, same general characteristics, individual differences.

Changed barrels from a proof carbon 6.5mm to a bartlein .30 last minute on a custom rifle. Had it chambered for 308 win, and don’t regret it one bit.

You're interesting thing is that when I shoot the water jugs with a 9mm pistol I get the same penetration at 4 jugs. The water does not compress, so the only thing that the extra energy of the 308 does is throw the water further in the 4 jugs.

Great video how bout a paper plate test with 6.5 creed . 6.5 prc and 6.5 rpm

So glad you don't edit the bloopers

The good old milk jug test. I am a 30-06 guy because that's all I have and old 12 gage I got from my grandfather both in great shape for their age. But I like these tests almost as much as the clay blocks videos. Keep up the great content WTW cheers from Canada 🍻

Hope you get over you cold soon. I love my .308, all my rifle deer have been with it but one. Never had to track one. I can't buy a lot of guns so did my research. Came up with the .308, no regrets.

I laughed hard at the memes about the 6.5cm when it was mass marketed. 🤣

Both are good calibers but like me and 1 of my friends had this discussion today and where we Hunt a 308 is better for us because most shots is a 100 yards or less for longer ranges the 6.5 is better but its at ranges past what we shoot

308 for me no matter what the difference.

General MacArthur decided the M1 Garand would use the 30-06 round. The original M1 winning cartridge was the .276 Pederson. Maybe you could do a comparison of the .277 Fury to the .276 Pederson.

For a more equal test you should have shot a more equal bullet weight (147 or 143 out of the 6.5)

I got one those American Predators in .308win and it's a Tack Driver and 18" perfect length. My buddy has one too and it's just as good

Maybe I didn't catch it... lol no pun intended, but what's the barrel lengths?

The biggest factor when it comes to penetration is the the bullet, not Caliber

I like the CM for a lite rifle when i am doing a lot walking and stalking. But if I am doing a lot of slinging led then use my ar 10 and its a 308

Great video WTW..!!!! Both calibers are great, I'll keep my 308, it's never let me down.....

Please do a jug test with a .375 H&H. Use a 300 grain soft point.

Got to love hillbilly science . LoL 😂

I was surprised that the 6.5CM did a little more damage than the.308. The 6.5 punched a bigger hole in the 5th jug even though it didn’t penetrate it, whereas the .308 only made a little dent with very little seepage.

Gotta Catch Em All!!! haha...great video. I love both my .308 ...and when I feel a bit frisky, I put on my man bun and shoot my 6.5! In all seriousness, I like both, but can stay on the scope and trace my misses (and the misses are me...not the gun) with the 6.5 Creedmoor

What brand ammo you running in this test?

It seems like a lot of people always want to prove that some other or newer round is better than the .308. We've seen it before and we'll probably see it again. When you factor in cost and the fact that .308 is usually much easier to get, it makes the .308 a no brainer. Now, if you're doing some long range target shooting, sure, the 6.5 Creedmoor is probably a better round for that purpose but if you're looking to go deer hunting or something similar, the old .308 is just fine. BTW, there was a lot of talk when the 6.5 was beginning to pick up steam a few years back that the 6.5 may not be powerful enough to humanely take a large animal without possibly causing unnecessary suffering. The results here are nothing we can really go by but we see the 6.5 is smaller and ended up coming apart while the .308 did what is is designed to do.