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6.5 Creedmor- the Holy Grail?
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<blockquote data-quote="northhunter" data-source="post: 2310260" data-attributes="member: 118849"><p>For me, I'd have no issues taking elk or moose with a creedmoor. Growing up, I always used my grandpa's 270win. Everyone I new and hunted with used a 270. When I was old enough, I saved and bought myself a 30-06. I still love that gun. It's been great through the years. I didn't know anyone that shot a magnum rifle though. The 243 was another one people used. I figure there is a 0.013" difference in hole size between a 6.5 and a 270 and 0.024" to a 7mm. Not much of a difference. We never saw much point in a magnum. Also, never really shot critters out past 250-300yards. Perhaps that's why we never used magnums.</p><p></p><p>I also have to say, I'm just not a big fan of Hornady bullets. I used to use the SST in my muzzleloader, they shot really nice. I had to switch though. I was having expansion issues with the ones I did recover. Since then, I haven't bought anything with Hornady bullets in them. I switched over to the Barnes loads now. Also loaded some Hammers. Haven't killed anything with them yet though. We'll see. </p><p></p><p>Just my opinion though and I don't know s#$& from a hole in the ground. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😜" title="Winking face with tongue :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61c.png" data-shortname=":stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="northhunter, post: 2310260, member: 118849"] For me, I’d have no issues taking elk or moose with a creedmoor. Growing up, I always used my grandpa’s 270win. Everyone I new and hunted with used a 270. When I was old enough, I saved and bought myself a 30-06. I still love that gun. It’s been great through the years. I didn’t know anyone that shot a magnum rifle though. The 243 was another one people used. I figure there is a 0.013” difference in hole size between a 6.5 and a 270 and 0.024” to a 7mm. Not much of a difference. We never saw much point in a magnum. Also, never really shot critters out past 250-300yards. Perhaps that’s why we never used magnums. I also have to say, I’m just not a big fan of Hornady bullets. I used to use the SST in my muzzleloader, they shot really nice. I had to switch though. I was having expansion issues with the ones I did recover. Since then, I haven’t bought anything with Hornady bullets in them. I switched over to the Barnes loads now. Also loaded some Hammers. Haven’t killed anything with them yet though. We’ll see. Just my opinion though and I don’t know s#$& from a hole in the ground. 😜 [/QUOTE]
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