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Who has killed lots of elk with a 6.5 mm bullet?
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<blockquote data-quote="travisch" data-source="post: 1040287" data-attributes="member: 11366"><p>Len - My son, daughter and I have killed 13 elk from 50 yards to 612 yds with 6.5 wildcats build by Eben Brown of E. Arthur Brown (eabco.com). The cartridge is based on a 30/30 case with the shoulder moved up and necked down to 6.5. My particular load is 38 grains of VVN160 with a 140grn Sierra Gameking and it clocks 2450 fps.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure I'm going to get flamed by the .30 cal + guys but its all about shot placement with elk or any animal for that matter. The 612yd shot was a high shoulder/spine shot and dropped the cow where she stood but this is pushing the effective range of this rifle on elk. Nobody should have any concern over the effectiveness of a 6.5-284 on elk as it carries much better downrange energy than my 6.5BRM from eabco.com.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="travisch, post: 1040287, member: 11366"] Len - My son, daughter and I have killed 13 elk from 50 yards to 612 yds with 6.5 wildcats build by Eben Brown of E. Arthur Brown (eabco.com). The cartridge is based on a 30/30 case with the shoulder moved up and necked down to 6.5. My particular load is 38 grains of VVN160 with a 140grn Sierra Gameking and it clocks 2450 fps. I'm sure I'm going to get flamed by the .30 cal + guys but its all about shot placement with elk or any animal for that matter. The 612yd shot was a high shoulder/spine shot and dropped the cow where she stood but this is pushing the effective range of this rifle on elk. Nobody should have any concern over the effectiveness of a 6.5-284 on elk as it carries much better downrange energy than my 6.5BRM from eabco.com. [/QUOTE]
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