20" barrel bolt gun??? 6.5 or 7mm08

[Buzzsaw]

thinking about getting a Browning X-Bolt Micro for a tight quarters deer blind gun. I need the short LOP (12.5") choice of calibers:

7mm-08
6.5 Creedmoor

In a 20" barrel will the Creed give up much to the 7-08?

I reload for both, fyigun)

 

[MudRunner2005]

7mm-08 gets my vote. Very often underestimated cartridge. Hunted with one for many years, excellent deer cartridge. 7mm-08 or .308 is hard to go wrong with in a 20" barrel, IMO.

 

[WildRose]

thinking about getting a Browning X-Bolt Micro for a tight quarters deer blind gun. I need the short LOP (12.5") choice of calibers:

7mm-08
6.5 Creedmoor

In a 20" barrel will the Creed give up much to the 7-08?

I reload for both, fyigun)

I would much prefer the 6.5 myself.

The 6.5CM and .260 Rem were both developed with short barrels in mind.

 

[FEENIX]

The 6.5CM and .260 Rem were both developed with short barrels in mind.

... and the so as the 6.5x55 Swede. I have a Carl Gustav carbine with an 18" barrel that I started my boys hunting with at age 10. The 6.5x55 has been around longer than the our venerable .30-06 and still going strong.