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 Which rifle
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09/26/18 01:40 AM
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Tony Mac
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Thinking of buying a 6.5 Creedmoore What are your thoughts on it for deer hunting. One of my stands my furthest shoot will be 350 to 400 yards.
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09/26/18 02:43 AM
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6.5 CM shooting a 143 grain ELD-X bullet will keep over 1000 pounds of energy at 500+ yards, so should be a great round for the range mentioned.
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09/26/18 02:45 AM
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09/26/18 10:10 AM
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6.5 Creedmoor shoots a heavier bullet (143 gr.) than a .270 (130 gr.) faster at 500 yards than the.270. And it has lower recoil.
What's not to like??
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09/26/18 01:01 PM
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09/26/18 02:48 PM
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If you don't already have a deer cartridge, it would be a great one to start with.
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09/26/18 03:01 PM
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I've killed 8 axis bucks with my 6.5 Creedmoor as well as several WT and many hogs. I always use the axis bucks as reference though because they are much larger animals than the whitetail we have. All 8 were shot with 120 grain A-max out of a 16.25" barrel from distances of 130 to 310 yards. All but two dropped where they were shot. Of the two that ran, one was at 140 yards and made about a 200' circle and died and the other was at 150 and walked about 30' before falling.
It is an excellent choice for deer.
I really like the Bergara Ridge in 6.5.
Just to make sure that it is done thoroughly, I go both ways.
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09/26/18 05:28 PM
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09/26/18 05:55 PM
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I am probably going to choke on these words as I type this but if I were going to buy a whitetail/common exotics hunting rifle for Texas today it would be either in 6.5 CM or 7mm-08 rem
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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09/26/18 06:13 PM
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Tony Mac
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Thanks guy I went and picked another new toy. My first 6.5 with a Leupold scoop. If I can ever figure out how to post pictures from my iPhone I will get on here.
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09/27/18 09:20 PM
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I am actually in the progress of building a 6.5 prc......I plan on deer hunting and taking it up in the mountains for sheep. (Shot Placement is the Key)
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09/27/18 09:34 PM
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I love 7mm08, but that's just me. The 6.5 C does it all.
If you want some friendly advice, get a haircut and take a bath. You wouldn't get hassled so much.
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09/27/18 09:52 PM
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I am actually in the progress of building a 6.5 prc......I plan on deer hunting and taking it up in the mountains for sheep. (Shot Placement is the Key) 6.5 PRC is actually a very good cartridge I bet if they renamed the .264 win mag the 6.5 win mag it would sell like hotcakes
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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09/28/18 12:29 PM
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Took a big Axis at 125 yards and he never took another step. Hornady Precision 143 grain. Great round for deer sized game. Accurate and low recoil. What’s not to like?
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09/28/18 12:59 PM
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I shoot the 6.5 x 284 Norma....great round, have dropped muley's, WT, and axis all where they stand ...... 
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