level of accuracy. Emary took those goals to heart and, return- ing to the Hornady factory, he applied them in the develop- ment of the 6.5 Creedmoor. He began by modifying the case of a 30 T/C (also a Hornady original) and shortened it to 1.92 inches. The 30 T/C originally used the 308 Winchester as its parent case and even though it is possible to produce the Creedmoor directly from a 308, it does require a form die to do so. In that situation it becomes necessary that the shoulder be moved back and the 308 shortened from 2.015 inches to the required 1.920 inches. Following that, the case walls are blown out slightly in order to increase the powder capacity. Historically, 6.5mm (.264") cartridges have never been
all that popular with American shooters, but when Hornady, joined by Savage, brought the 6.5 Creedmoor to the mar- ketplace in 2008, it changed how some shooters view that diameter of bullet. Even though designed for competitive shooters, and they certainly seem to like the cartridge, in my mind the Creedmoor fi ts the demands of varmint shooters every bit as well as the paper punchers. The very same goals and objectives that DeMille outlined to Emary are many of the same goals and objectives that varmint hunters frequently look for in a cartridge. A BIT OF HISTORY ON SAVAGE ARMS
Down through the years Savage Arms has been a major
player in the American fi rearms industry, but leading up to and through the 1980s severe problems had developed within the company. They had lost their marketing edge and grown stagnant; they had become fi nancially strapped; and the quality of their fi rearms had dramatically diminished, causing shooters to lose faith in this age-old part of our shoot- ing heritage. Those problems continued to escalate, fi nally culminating in 1988 with Savage fi ling for bankruptcy. Ron Coburn had been hired only a year earlier as vice president of operations, but immediately following the bankruptcy he took over as the company’s president/CEO. In an effort to turn the tides, Coburn immediately implemented a full-scale analysis of the entire Savage operation. From there a deci- sion was made to discontinue many of the lesser successful product lines and at the same time place higher emphasis on those fi rearms that historically had been the bread and but- ter of Savage. Looking back on it today, those changes were exactly what Savage needed and soon the rebuilding of both the company’s operation and its reputation began in earnest. With the successful resurrection well underway, Ron Coburn went on to buy Savage Arms in 1995. Phenomenally, only a couple of decades later, Savage is no longer known simply as the company that made your grandfather’s old Montgomery Ward’s 30-30 bolt-action – they once again have positioned themselves as one of the leading fi rearms manufacturers in the world. Today they are a major player in the production of sporting arms. But aside from simply improving the products that
Savage produces, when Coburn took over the company’s top management position he began forming bonds with others in the fi rearms community that turned out to be benefi cial to everyone involved, including the shooters. One such case involved the working relationship that now has been formed between Savage and Hornady. Through this association both companies have profi ted – Savage making the guns and Hornady producing the ammunition for those guns. An
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