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6.5 Creedmoor and others...
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<blockquote data-quote="jackG" data-source="post: 626305" data-attributes="member: 38770"><p>I'm sick of being hammered by the magnums. The guys I hunt with keep ramping up, the latest addition is one guy's new 338-378 to be used for open country deer and pronghorn. The rationale is, he can really reach out there with that thing.</p><p></p><p>For years I had been told that the 6.5X55SE was one of the finest hunting cartridges in existence. One glance at its ballistics, seeing the muzzle launch speed, and I tossed it aside. It wasn't until recently that I really looked at the 6.5s, that would be the .260, the 6.5X55 and Creedmoor. In fact it was seeing Van Zwoll, on line, using a Gray Bull rifle in 6.5 CM whack a bull elk at 603 yards. He was using a Hornady 129 gr superformance load. The elk trotted around in a circle for about 10 second and flopped. The Gray Bull rep said the bullet when through and through. </p><p></p><p>I immediately went to the ballistic calculator and started stuffing in numbers. I've been shooting a 270 WSM, very light weight, which recoils annoyingly. I deliberately rejected a brake. For all the 270s thunder and lightening, the little 6.5 passes it down range. Since recoil has been my biggest complaint, black and blue shoulders have gotten yelled at when I return home, the lighter recoil and the performance have gotten my attention. I'm shopping for a 260 or CM. I looked a T/C Icon, but that's like finding a 500 year old Spanish ship wreck. Sako (Beretta) imports no 260s or 6.5s according to their reps. Ruger triggers scare me off. So the field of sources is narrowing. </p><p></p><p>However, one way or another I'm going get one. And it will be for hunting, shooting factory ammunition. I hunt eastern MT, at significant ranges, taking WTs and Mulies - Several per year. I need to get my hands on one and have it scoped and sighted in time for next autumn's festivities. I'm really looking forward to it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jackG, post: 626305, member: 38770"] I'm sick of being hammered by the magnums. The guys I hunt with keep ramping up, the latest addition is one guy's new 338-378 to be used for open country deer and pronghorn. The rationale is, he can really reach out there with that thing. For years I had been told that the 6.5X55SE was one of the finest hunting cartridges in existence. One glance at its ballistics, seeing the muzzle launch speed, and I tossed it aside. It wasn't until recently that I really looked at the 6.5s, that would be the .260, the 6.5X55 and Creedmoor. In fact it was seeing Van Zwoll, on line, using a Gray Bull rifle in 6.5 CM whack a bull elk at 603 yards. He was using a Hornady 129 gr superformance load. The elk trotted around in a circle for about 10 second and flopped. The Gray Bull rep said the bullet when through and through. I immediately went to the ballistic calculator and started stuffing in numbers. I've been shooting a 270 WSM, very light weight, which recoils annoyingly. I deliberately rejected a brake. For all the 270s thunder and lightening, the little 6.5 passes it down range. Since recoil has been my biggest complaint, black and blue shoulders have gotten yelled at when I return home, the lighter recoil and the performance have gotten my attention. I'm shopping for a 260 or CM. I looked a T/C Icon, but that's like finding a 500 year old Spanish ship wreck. Sako (Beretta) imports no 260s or 6.5s according to their reps. Ruger triggers scare me off. So the field of sources is narrowing. However, one way or another I'm going get one. And it will be for hunting, shooting factory ammunition. I hunt eastern MT, at significant ranges, taking WTs and Mulies - Several per year. I need to get my hands on one and have it scoped and sighted in time for next autumn's festivities. I'm really looking forward to it. [/QUOTE]
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