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<blockquote data-quote="Lycanit" data-source="post: 1485850" data-attributes="member: 92957"><p>First this seems to be a more of a conversation now as the decision is already been made so this all is kind of a moot point for the decision. But some comments about the 6.5 cm having too much drop or being insufficient for deer remember that in Europe the 6.5 is used to kill moose. And it does so with aplomb, the 7/O8 is a great cartridge considering it for my girlfriend also. But as I'm probably getting a 6.5 we would lean that way until proven otherwise. The funny thing and all this discussion is talking about recoil when you do the math on it the 6.5 and 7/ O8 and a 308 are within a hairball of each other in Recoil given a standardized weight pattern. In fact it's 308 and a 7/O8 are neck-and-neck and recall with just a slight reduction given to the seven mmm if I remember correctly given equivalent sectional densities which is going to determine your penetration to a large degree the recall was within one and a half pounds of eachgiven which I think most of us would agree would be difficult to discern at anything other than bench shooting. And just touching on the 243 because some people seem to be strongly against it good bullet and good bullet placement or going to probably make a huge difference not saying anybody did a gut-shot but I've never had any failures with Barnes Bullets or Hawke from my ex-wife's 243 and it's killed many a wild boar and more than a few deer. but like everybody else here I think you can't go wrong with any of the choices you've made. Of course if you roll your own then the sky's the limit..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lycanit, post: 1485850, member: 92957"] First this seems to be a more of a conversation now as the decision is already been made so this all is kind of a moot point for the decision. But some comments about the 6.5 cm having too much drop or being insufficient for deer remember that in Europe the 6.5 is used to kill moose. And it does so with aplomb, the 7/O8 is a great cartridge considering it for my girlfriend also. But as I'm probably getting a 6.5 we would lean that way until proven otherwise. The funny thing and all this discussion is talking about recoil when you do the math on it the 6.5 and 7/ O8 and a 308 are within a hairball of each other in Recoil given a standardized weight pattern. In fact it's 308 and a 7/O8 are neck-and-neck and recall with just a slight reduction given to the seven mmm if I remember correctly given equivalent sectional densities which is going to determine your penetration to a large degree the recall was within one and a half pounds of eachgiven which I think most of us would agree would be difficult to discern at anything other than bench shooting. And just touching on the 243 because some people seem to be strongly against it good bullet and good bullet placement or going to probably make a huge difference not saying anybody did a gut-shot but I've never had any failures with Barnes Bullets or Hawke from my ex-wife's 243 and it's killed many a wild boar and more than a few deer. but like everybody else here I think you can't go wrong with any of the choices you've made. Of course if you roll your own then the sky's the limit.. [/QUOTE]
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