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6.5 Credmoor vs 7mm-08
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<blockquote data-quote="catamountsierra" data-source="post: 1260965" data-attributes="member: 79865"><p>I think for deer or with factory rifles either caliber would be great. My experience is with the 7mm-08 in a factory R700 ADL. My go-to hunting load has been a 140gr AB at around 2800ish; though I haven't yet had a chance to chrono it. I am also looking to work up loads and see what it will do with 150gr ABLR and 162gr ELD-X bullets. I think the 162 is about as heavy as I would recommend for the 7mm-08, and even then I think it best to load them as long as possible so you aren't losing as much case capacity. In a couple years I will need to get a rifle for my kids to start hunting with, and am toying with both of these caliber options in something like a Ruger American. Recoil in my 7mm-08 is very tolerable but with good bullets it should be enough for even elk out to 3-400 yards, as long as the shooter can do their part; the same would be arguably true of the 6.5CM too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catamountsierra, post: 1260965, member: 79865"] I think for deer or with factory rifles either caliber would be great. My experience is with the 7mm-08 in a factory R700 ADL. My go-to hunting load has been a 140gr AB at around 2800ish; though I haven't yet had a chance to chrono it. I am also looking to work up loads and see what it will do with 150gr ABLR and 162gr ELD-X bullets. I think the 162 is about as heavy as I would recommend for the 7mm-08, and even then I think it best to load them as long as possible so you aren't losing as much case capacity. In a couple years I will need to get a rifle for my kids to start hunting with, and am toying with both of these caliber options in something like a Ruger American. Recoil in my 7mm-08 is very tolerable but with good bullets it should be enough for even elk out to 3-400 yards, as long as the shooter can do their part; the same would be arguably true of the 6.5CM too. [/QUOTE]
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