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Is the 6.5 Creedmoor too "light" for 1,000+ yard hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Timnterra" data-source="post: 1437815" data-attributes="member: 55944"><p>I'm not ignorant enough to say, since I own a creedmoor I can shoot anything. I have a good working knowledge of what this cartridge and it's ballistic twins are capable of. I am also not arguing that it is the best long range hunting cartridge or that it was ever intended to be a long range hunting cartridge. I own a 6.5-284 and I like having that extra 200fps. But it is not vastly superior to the creedmoor. The difference at 1000 yards with the same bullet is only 0.3 moa of wind 130fps and 131 ft lbs of energy. That 3" less of drift would have probably put my bullet in the very back of the lungs instead of the liver, but would it have really changed anything? If you can't make the shot with a smaller cartridge you can't with a larger one. I would never have even taken the shot with my 300 Win mag because I am not as comfortable and confident with it at that distance. However, my good friend and hunting buddy will only hunt with his 300 Win because he is comfortable and confident with it at just about any distance. What you say about "systems" is valid. Cartridge, bullet, potential accuracy of the rifle, weather conditions and the overall competence of the shooter, in all things pertaining to long range shooting and hunting, all come to a head when you are deciding to take a shot at an animal at extended distances.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timnterra, post: 1437815, member: 55944"] I’m not ignorant enough to say, since I own a creedmoor I can shoot anything. I have a good working knowledge of what this cartridge and it’s ballistic twins are capable of. I am also not arguing that it is the best long range hunting cartridge or that it was ever intended to be a long range hunting cartridge. I own a 6.5-284 and I like having that extra 200fps. But it is not vastly superior to the creedmoor. The difference at 1000 yards with the same bullet is only 0.3 moa of wind 130fps and 131 ft lbs of energy. That 3” less of drift would have probably put my bullet in the very back of the lungs instead of the liver, but would it have really changed anything? If you can’t make the shot with a smaller cartridge you can’t with a larger one. I would never have even taken the shot with my 300 Win mag because I am not as comfortable and confident with it at that distance. However, my good friend and hunting buddy will only hunt with his 300 Win because he is comfortable and confident with it at just about any distance. What you say about “systems” is valid. Cartridge, bullet, potential accuracy of the rifle, weather conditions and the overall competence of the shooter, in all things pertaining to long range shooting and hunting, all come to a head when you are deciding to take a shot at an animal at extended distances. [/QUOTE]
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