Watching a recorder GUNS AND AMMO show last night ..this was brought up in the discussion..stating right now the round is closed to the .223 as far as sales in the USA..and in the top 10 of total sales per year ..quite a leap from 10 years ago..

Former Special Forces guy was discussing his use of this caliber in long distance competition..
Per the guy talking, the 6.5 vs the .308 Win.. is 33% flatter and 20+% less recoil..that is significant for long strings of fire if accurate..

As the article stated, there isn't a main stream gun manufacturer right now that isn't chambering at least one of their rifles for this round..

Ripp