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Why no hate on the 6CM?
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<blockquote data-quote="nicholasjohn" data-source="post: 1647271" data-attributes="member: 109113"><p>I <em>CAN</em> believe you just wrote that - because it's good solid thinking. The .243 didn't deliver the ballistics that were advertised for it, but it did deliver ENOUGH. It's a GREAT deer killer. </p><p></p><p>A young person with his/her first deer rifle will probably do much better with a rifle that doesn't scare the hell out of him. They shoot well with rifles they are not afraid to shoot, due to heavy recoil. They also are probably not going to be shooting their first deer at extreme range, so they don't need blistering speed or power. At 50 to 100 yards, a .243 has more than enough punch for deer. Hitting the animal in the vitals is far more important than how powerful the cartridge is.</p><p></p><p>The reason I might prefer the 6.5 Creedmoor over a .243 today would be ammo availability. Because it's "all the rage" right now, the new deer hunter would likely find a better selection of deer-suitable bullets in this cartridge than might be available in others - including the .243. Much of the ammo on the shelves for that cartridges ( which is a favorite of mine, by the way ) is loaded with light, frangible bullets for shooting tiny varmints, not deer. There's certainly good availability of good deer bullets in .243, but you can everything from soup to nuts in the 6.5 right now. Ammunition manufacturers also favor the new cartridges over the old standby's, because about half of them also sell rifles. </p><p></p><p>I think that using the most commonly available cartridge is never a bad idea, provided it isn't something really strange - like the super-short magnums that Winchester put out a while back. The Creedmoor cartridges are pretty conventional, and they'll probably still be around ten years from now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicholasjohn, post: 1647271, member: 109113"] I [I]CAN[/I] believe you just wrote that - because it's good solid thinking. The .243 didn't deliver the ballistics that were advertised for it, but it did deliver ENOUGH. It's a GREAT deer killer. A young person with his/her first deer rifle will probably do much better with a rifle that doesn't scare the hell out of him. They shoot well with rifles they are not afraid to shoot, due to heavy recoil. They also are probably not going to be shooting their first deer at extreme range, so they don't need blistering speed or power. At 50 to 100 yards, a .243 has more than enough punch for deer. Hitting the animal in the vitals is far more important than how powerful the cartridge is. The reason I might prefer the 6.5 Creedmoor over a .243 today would be ammo availability. Because it's "all the rage" right now, the new deer hunter would likely find a better selection of deer-suitable bullets in this cartridge than might be available in others - including the .243. Much of the ammo on the shelves for that cartridges ( which is a favorite of mine, by the way ) is loaded with light, frangible bullets for shooting tiny varmints, not deer. There's certainly good availability of good deer bullets in .243, but you can everything from soup to nuts in the 6.5 right now. Ammunition manufacturers also favor the new cartridges over the old standby's, because about half of them also sell rifles. I think that using the most commonly available cartridge is never a bad idea, provided it isn't something really strange - like the super-short magnums that Winchester put out a while back. The Creedmoor cartridges are pretty conventional, and they'll probably still be around ten years from now. [/QUOTE]
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