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<blockquote data-quote="arch408" data-source="post: 1699886" data-attributes="member: 59036"><p>Not to hijack your thread, but forty years ago when 6.5's had no respect and were actually despised, I had to use a 6.5 RM the first day of deer season because I was stuck out on a trip and could not pick up my 30-06 from my folks house. I had been hunting coyotes the week before and that was all I had available and only factory 100gr Corelokt loads. Needless to say, I thought I was under gunned. I was an avid 30-06 fan. I thought that after the morning hunt, I would pick up my real deer rifle. As luck would have it, I saw a buck about 150 yards off. I aimed for the rib cage right behind the shoulder and squeezed the trigger. The buck staggered and went down. The bullet destroyed a rib going in and out and the lungs were desimated. My brother in law was so impressed that he used the rifle the next day and also killed a buck using factory 120 gr CoreLokts. His shot was at over 350 yards and hit the deer in the breast bone right below the heart and crippled it. It bled out by the time we got to it. After that, I reserved my 30-06 for elk. in the ensuing years, I killed many more deer with that rifle. All were shot with 120gr bullets. I used the CoreLokts until they ran out. Then I tried the Speer 120 gr spitzer because they the cheapest I could find. I shot a buck with one at about 20 yards. The bullet smashed a rib going in and exploded. The lungs were completely destroyed and the off side of the rig cage was splattered with lead fragments. I retired that load and then went with Sierras. They worked fine. I shot one buck in the spine at over 450 with one. Every deer I killed with that rifle were one shot kills and none required tracking. Granted, every deer was shot through the lungs except for the two shot in the breast bone and spine. Those two were only two that weren't instantaneous. So my opinion is any decent 120gr bullet (at least in the 6.5 RM) is more than adequate for deer. I never had a chance to anything heavier so I have no opinion on them, but heavy 6.5 bullets have alway had a reputation of extremely good penetration, and with today's advances in bullet technology would mean that there are many 6.5 bullets that would perform very well. But I do know that I will never feel under gunned hunting deer with a 6.5. Although I think that I could definately kill an elk with my 6.5's, I will still hunt them 06, 7 mag or my larger calibers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="arch408, post: 1699886, member: 59036"] Not to hijack your thread, but forty years ago when 6.5's had no respect and were actually despised, I had to use a 6.5 RM the first day of deer season because I was stuck out on a trip and could not pick up my 30-06 from my folks house. I had been hunting coyotes the week before and that was all I had available and only factory 100gr Corelokt loads. Needless to say, I thought I was under gunned. I was an avid 30-06 fan. I thought that after the morning hunt, I would pick up my real deer rifle. As luck would have it, I saw a buck about 150 yards off. I aimed for the rib cage right behind the shoulder and squeezed the trigger. The buck staggered and went down. The bullet destroyed a rib going in and out and the lungs were desimated. My brother in law was so impressed that he used the rifle the next day and also killed a buck using factory 120 gr CoreLokts. His shot was at over 350 yards and hit the deer in the breast bone right below the heart and crippled it. It bled out by the time we got to it. After that, I reserved my 30-06 for elk. in the ensuing years, I killed many more deer with that rifle. All were shot with 120gr bullets. I used the CoreLokts until they ran out. Then I tried the Speer 120 gr spitzer because they the cheapest I could find. I shot a buck with one at about 20 yards. The bullet smashed a rib going in and exploded. The lungs were completely destroyed and the off side of the rig cage was splattered with lead fragments. I retired that load and then went with Sierras. They worked fine. I shot one buck in the spine at over 450 with one. Every deer I killed with that rifle were one shot kills and none required tracking. Granted, every deer was shot through the lungs except for the two shot in the breast bone and spine. Those two were only two that weren't instantaneous. So my opinion is any decent 120gr bullet (at least in the 6.5 RM) is more than adequate for deer. I never had a chance to anything heavier so I have no opinion on them, but heavy 6.5 bullets have alway had a reputation of extremely good penetration, and with today's advances in bullet technology would mean that there are many 6.5 bullets that would perform very well. But I do know that I will never feel under gunned hunting deer with a 6.5. Although I think that I could definately kill an elk with my 6.5's, I will still hunt them 06, 7 mag or my larger calibers. [/QUOTE]
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