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6.5 CM, 6.5 PRC Enough/Effective for Elk?
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<blockquote data-quote="bobinpa" data-source="post: 3043823" data-attributes="member: 10991"><p>I can appreciate your logic but I still feel a bigger cartridge is "better". If you hit them in the heart, almost anything will do the job. Shooting good under pressure is important but not everything... wind will move a lighter bullet further and a lighter bullet does less damage. If you shoot an elk with a 100 grain bullet from any 6mm and it goes bad and lands in the guts, that elk might not even die and if it does it could take days. If you hit an elk in the guts with a 225 grain bullet from a .338 anything, there is a good chance of a big exit wound and that elk will die quicker and give you a better chance of recovering it. Nobody wants to be in that situation, but in that situation, I'd definitely want a bigger cartridge!</p><p></p><p>My logic of "bigger is better" is based on marginal shots only. Everyone knows that with a perfectly placed bullet, almost anything will work. </p><p></p><p>Just my $.02</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobinpa, post: 3043823, member: 10991"] I can appreciate your logic but I still feel a bigger cartridge is "better". If you hit them in the heart, almost anything will do the job. Shooting good under pressure is important but not everything... wind will move a lighter bullet further and a lighter bullet does less damage. If you shoot an elk with a 100 grain bullet from any 6mm and it goes bad and lands in the guts, that elk might not even die and if it does it could take days. If you hit an elk in the guts with a 225 grain bullet from a .338 anything, there is a good chance of a big exit wound and that elk will die quicker and give you a better chance of recovering it. Nobody wants to be in that situation, but in that situation, I'd definitely want a bigger cartridge! My logic of "bigger is better" is based on marginal shots only. Everyone knows that with a perfectly placed bullet, almost anything will work. Just my $.02 [/QUOTE]
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