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6.5 Creedmoor or 25-06 for Deer
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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 1390225" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>I'm gonna throw some more at this.</p><p></p><p>The 6.5 Creed is a small cartridge. The 25-06 is a medium cartridge. The 25-06 has substantially more horsepower. It is however a smaller caliber so it lacks the displacement of the 26 cal. I am not going to spend the time to run a bunch of balistic numbers for both cartridges but if 500y is the benchmark, then the 6.5 Creed can't touch the 25-06. Bullet bc just does not play much of a factor. The Creed can not overcome the 600fps hadicap that it has because it is a small cartidge. Put a fast twist custom barrel on a 25-06 and shoot heavy for cal bullets and the horse race gets a bit closer because they start out at a bit closer muzzle vel. The Creed will still have a disadvantage in the hp dept and probably never be able to make it up. The 26 cal bullet will have a little better bc due to being heavier and at some point wayyyyy down range would catch it. Way beyond any practical range.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps</p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 1390225, member: 7999"] I'm gonna throw some more at this. The 6.5 Creed is a small cartridge. The 25-06 is a medium cartridge. The 25-06 has substantially more horsepower. It is however a smaller caliber so it lacks the displacement of the 26 cal. I am not going to spend the time to run a bunch of balistic numbers for both cartridges but if 500y is the benchmark, then the 6.5 Creed can't touch the 25-06. Bullet bc just does not play much of a factor. The Creed can not overcome the 600fps hadicap that it has because it is a small cartidge. Put a fast twist custom barrel on a 25-06 and shoot heavy for cal bullets and the horse race gets a bit closer because they start out at a bit closer muzzle vel. The Creed will still have a disadvantage in the hp dept and probably never be able to make it up. The 26 cal bullet will have a little better bc due to being heavier and at some point wayyyyy down range would catch it. Way beyond any practical range. Hope this helps Steve [/QUOTE]
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