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Help with caliber choice 6.5,708 or 308
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<blockquote data-quote="Thorny" data-source="post: 1516643" data-attributes="member: 50431"><p>Well, I can't speak for Kimbers, but I can on the calibers. I have both a 6.5 CM and 7mm-08. They're both stainless Tikka's. I've had the 7mm-08 several years now and have taken many mule deer and one elk (all up to and under 350 yards). I use 140 grain Barnes TSX bullets (most accurate bullet in the rifle, sub-moa). The 7mm-08 Tikka has been a great accurate rifle and none of the deer and one elk went more than 40 yards after only one shot.</p><p></p><p>I picked up the 6.5 CM back in the spring. It is no joke...this round is inherently accurate!!! The rifle was sighted in with just the first three shots through the barrel. The next five shots were a clover leaf. This was done using Hornady's 143 ELDx ammo. I used the rifle for my Montana mule deer hunt this fall. A nice 3-pt buck presented himself at 100 yards. One and done! The 143 ELDx dropped the buck in its tracks.</p><p></p><p>Funny thing...I have a 243 Win, 7mm-08 Rem, and 338 Federal, but not the parent 308! Since you already have the dies, brass, powder and bullets for the 6.5 CM and 7mm-08, I'd stick with one of those. My 7mm-08 Rem is tried and true with lots of meat in the freezer over the years. I took my first deer with the 6.5 CM this year and it was an impressive one and done, so it has started down the same path as the 7mm-08. IMHO, you really can't go wrong with either caliber for your application!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thorny, post: 1516643, member: 50431"] Well, I can't speak for Kimbers, but I can on the calibers. I have both a 6.5 CM and 7mm-08. They're both stainless Tikka's. I've had the 7mm-08 several years now and have taken many mule deer and one elk (all up to and under 350 yards). I use 140 grain Barnes TSX bullets (most accurate bullet in the rifle, sub-moa). The 7mm-08 Tikka has been a great accurate rifle and none of the deer and one elk went more than 40 yards after only one shot. I picked up the 6.5 CM back in the spring. It is no joke...this round is inherently accurate!!! The rifle was sighted in with just the first three shots through the barrel. The next five shots were a clover leaf. This was done using Hornady's 143 ELDx ammo. I used the rifle for my Montana mule deer hunt this fall. A nice 3-pt buck presented himself at 100 yards. One and done! The 143 ELDx dropped the buck in its tracks. Funny thing...I have a 243 Win, 7mm-08 Rem, and 338 Federal, but not the parent 308! Since you already have the dies, brass, powder and bullets for the 6.5 CM and 7mm-08, I'd stick with one of those. My 7mm-08 Rem is tried and true with lots of meat in the freezer over the years. I took my first deer with the 6.5 CM this year and it was an impressive one and done, so it has started down the same path as the 7mm-08. IMHO, you really can't go wrong with either caliber for your application! [/QUOTE]
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