Yeah, all the hate of the cartridge makes me want to get it...lol.....i had no idea it was disliked until i started looking into it
I always wanted a 260 remington (kinda a short action 25-06 that uses powder more efficiently) but it never caught on and wasn't available in many rifles
the 6.5 CM is basically the 260 rem minus a few FPS
i say this having owned and reloaded for a several 260''s and been a long time fan. Get the 6.5 CM .
You really need to reload and a semicustom rifle to maximize the potential of the 260 wheraa the CM is ready to go out of the box. It's a modern well thought out cartridge that does a lot of things well.