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6.5 CM, 6.5 PRC Enough/Effective for Elk?
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<blockquote data-quote="whirlwindjml" data-source="post: 3043492" data-attributes="member: 19793"><p>I must say you got me there because I did watch a friend of mine intentionally shoot a deer through the shoulders and it was indeed a clean pass through it over 40 yards. I was amazed. </p><p></p><p>But I'm not in agreement with the rest of the consensus that the bigger helps after tracking an elk shot four times with a 300 win mag all around the boiler room but not in it... I don't hunt with that guy anymore. HIs bigger gun didn't make up for his **** poor shots. And from what his dad told me he did it again a few years later with the same gun. His bull went down and then got up and took off. His deal is he just does not practice especially for how far he thinks he thinks he can shoot. </p><p></p><p>I think the biggest misconception that people are having the 6.5 as a bullet for hunting is that it stays 6.5 mm on impact...it does not. It's a big a$s hole and the sectional density of that bullet drives it through. If it wasn't a big wound channel I would be surely grabbing my ultra mag and telling my kids to suck it up . But there's quite a few of us in North Idaho that have our freezers full of elk and if we were losing them we wouldv switched back years ago. The largest body bull I have seen taken here was with a 7x57 Mauser. I don't think old Joe felt guilty about it either ha ha</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="whirlwindjml, post: 3043492, member: 19793"] I must say you got me there because I did watch a friend of mine intentionally shoot a deer through the shoulders and it was indeed a clean pass through it over 40 yards. I was amazed. But I'm not in agreement with the rest of the consensus that the bigger helps after tracking an elk shot four times with a 300 win mag all around the boiler room but not in it... I don't hunt with that guy anymore. HIs bigger gun didn't make up for his **** poor shots. And from what his dad told me he did it again a few years later with the same gun. His bull went down and then got up and took off. His deal is he just does not practice especially for how far he thinks he thinks he can shoot. I think the biggest misconception that people are having the 6.5 as a bullet for hunting is that it stays 6.5 mm on impact...it does not. It's a big a$s hole and the sectional density of that bullet drives it through. If it wasn't a big wound channel I would be surely grabbing my ultra mag and telling my kids to suck it up . But there's quite a few of us in North Idaho that have our freezers full of elk and if we were losing them we wouldv switched back years ago. The largest body bull I have seen taken here was with a 7x57 Mauser. I don't think old Joe felt guilty about it either ha ha [/QUOTE]
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