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Why no hate on the 6CM?
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<blockquote data-quote="nicholasjohn" data-source="post: 1647180" data-attributes="member: 109113"><p>I think you nailed it, Sir. Trying to stretch the cartridge's capabilities is what has fueled the fire about it. A lot of guys have been very critical of people hunting elk with the 6.5 Creedmoor, especially at long range. This may be what got the controversy rolling. If/when the 6mm Creedmoor becomes more popular, they will climb on the bandwagon about it, too - especially if guys want to use it for large game like elk. They may even beat up on that one for deer hunting.</p><p></p><p>This is kind of the same thing we saw a couple of decades back, when the macho crowd was bad-mouthing anybody who used anything smaller than a .300 magnum for elk, <em>even at normal ranges.</em> I remember taking some heat for showing up with a 30-06 in elk camp years ago, which seemed a bit silly to me. Since an ought-six will do pretty well at 300 yards what a .300 will do at 400, I didn't see an issue with it - but a lot of guys did. "Magnum mania" was going full blast at the time. Looks like that concept has faded out, but they're exploring the opposite extreme. The pendulum swings both ways, and the marketing boys will hype this to the max and sell a bunch of rifles and accessories. The more argument there is about this, the better for the guys in the business.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicholasjohn, post: 1647180, member: 109113"] I think you nailed it, Sir. Trying to stretch the cartridge's capabilities is what has fueled the fire about it. A lot of guys have been very critical of people hunting elk with the 6.5 Creedmoor, especially at long range. This may be what got the controversy rolling. If/when the 6mm Creedmoor becomes more popular, they will climb on the bandwagon about it, too - especially if guys want to use it for large game like elk. They may even beat up on that one for deer hunting. This is kind of the same thing we saw a couple of decades back, when the macho crowd was bad-mouthing anybody who used anything smaller than a .300 magnum for elk, [I]even at normal ranges.[/I] I remember taking some heat for showing up with a 30-06 in elk camp years ago, which seemed a bit silly to me. Since an ought-six will do pretty well at 300 yards what a .300 will do at 400, I didn't see an issue with it - but a lot of guys did. "Magnum mania" was going full blast at the time. Looks like that concept has faded out, but they're exploring the opposite extreme. The pendulum swings both ways, and the marketing boys will hype this to the max and sell a bunch of rifles and accessories. The more argument there is about this, the better for the guys in the business. [/QUOTE]
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