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Is the 6.5 Creedmoor too "light" for 1,000+ yard hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Alaska2006" data-source="post: 1350937" data-attributes="member: 92741"><p>Bowfishn, I've surely not seen it all by any stretch but to smoke a grizz at 900 with a 6.5 creed would be just short of crazy, not because he'll come get ya but simply just a bad shot to take. I've personally killed 3 grizz/coastal brown bears in AK. Two of three were bang flop, my last one was not and it was my fault, bad shot and took it anyway, I did recover the bear after 4-5 more rounds in him. There are pictures posted on this site somewhere of all 3 bears. I've been a part of 3 other grizz/ brown bear kills in AK and 3 for 3 were bang flop. Of my personal kills, 1 killed with 280 rem at about 250 yrd, one with 338 win mag at 150 yrd, my last and bad one killed with 338 win mag backed up with 280 rem. first shot at about 450 running (bad decision) the next 4-5 shots ranged from 300 yrds to about 60 feet. The other 3 were killed with 300 WM and 300 RUM. </p><p>A 6.5 creed at beyond 700 on anything larger than a speed goat is a bad shoot to take in my opinion. Really for me any shot beyond about 500 yrd on game is a bad decision, but that is just me, ppl do it all the time with success. I'm just mot that skilled.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alaska2006, post: 1350937, member: 92741"] Bowfishn, I've surely not seen it all by any stretch but to smoke a grizz at 900 with a 6.5 creed would be just short of crazy, not because he'll come get ya but simply just a bad shot to take. I've personally killed 3 grizz/coastal brown bears in AK. Two of three were bang flop, my last one was not and it was my fault, bad shot and took it anyway, I did recover the bear after 4-5 more rounds in him. There are pictures posted on this site somewhere of all 3 bears. I've been a part of 3 other grizz/ brown bear kills in AK and 3 for 3 were bang flop. Of my personal kills, 1 killed with 280 rem at about 250 yrd, one with 338 win mag at 150 yrd, my last and bad one killed with 338 win mag backed up with 280 rem. first shot at about 450 running (bad decision) the next 4-5 shots ranged from 300 yrds to about 60 feet. The other 3 were killed with 300 WM and 300 RUM. A 6.5 creed at beyond 700 on anything larger than a speed goat is a bad shoot to take in my opinion. Really for me any shot beyond about 500 yrd on game is a bad decision, but that is just me, ppl do it all the time with success. I'm just mot that skilled. [/QUOTE]
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