Creedmoor Match Rifles and Ammo

The term Creedmoor has been applied for the purposes of marketing to firearms and ammunition for over 100 years. There is no defined set of standards for any gun or ammo to qualify of Creedmoor, however, the name suggests long range accuracy. The name Creedmoor actually comes from Long Island New York, where in the 19th Century a famous range was established. The land had belonged to a farmer named Bernardus Hendrickson Creed and was purchased by an infant National Rifle Association for the purpose of creating a long-distance rifle shooting range for competition shooting. Casually this range was known as Creed's moor then became officially the Creedmoor Range.

Creedmoor Range was constructed on ideal land. As flat is any marksman could dream of, there was plenty of space for twenty separate ranges, each of which can be used from one hundred to a thousand yards and without the use of elevated firing-stands. In 1873 the NRA and the Creedmoor range became famous after the American NRA match shooting team defeated the well known expert Irish Rifle team. The Irish Rifle team had just won previously the British Elcho Shield and then went on to challenge the newly formed NRA amateur team. International competitions, organized by the NRA, were held annually at the range until 1891, and then were moved to the range at the National Guard Camp, Sea Girt, New Jersey.

In the past the Creedmoor name had been applied to firearms that were built for precision or match shooting such as the famous Remington Hepburn Creedmoor target rifles. Lewis Hepburn was a well known champion long range marksman and in 1879 filed a patent for the E. Remmington and Sons firearms company which lead to the creation of the Remington Hepburn. There was a specific line of Remington Hepburn rifles known as their Creedmoor line which included long and medium range models and what is known as the Military Creedmore Remington Hepburn. Usage of the Creedmoor name for marketing drawing from familiarity of the famous Long Island range is not a new thing.

At present the Creedmoor name has been applied to a new rifle cartridge, the 6.5mm Creedmoor (6.5×48 mm). This cartridge was introduced by Hornady Company in 2007 and is proclaimed to be designed for long-range target shooting. The 6.5mm Creedmoor is a medium-power cartridge comparable to the .260 Remington and 6.5×47mm Lapua. The name Creedmoor simply implies it is a cartridge for precision long distance shooting, however, as stated earlier there is no specification defined for what ammunition may carry the Creedmoor name. It is entirely a contemporary as well as historical marketing term.

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