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6.5 Creedmor- the Holy Grail?
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<blockquote data-quote="Garycrow" data-source="post: 1529642" data-attributes="member: 30743"><p>I wonder what bullet they were using?</p><p></p><p>My experience on elk is a sum total of two bulls killed so I'm certainly not the Michael Jordan of elk hunting.</p><p></p><p>I used a 7mm rem mag on both bulls shooting 145 gr. barnes LRX's and neither of them moved out of their tracks after getting hit in the shoulder. Elk are big and big has to be respected, but from what I've seen pound for pound they're not as tenacious as a whitetail. Hit them in the right spot with the right bullet and they go down. </p><p></p><p>Where you don't have as much leeway on an elk is bullet construction, it takes a tough bullet to plow through all that flesh and bone. A lightly constructed bullet is asking for trouble in my opinion, especially in a smaller round like the 6.5 creedmoor. I don't doubt that the creedmoor is adequate for elk if the right bullet is used, but if I were using it it would be stoked with something like a 140 partition, accubond, TTSX, etc. It wouldn't be a Berger or Hornady ELD-X.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garycrow, post: 1529642, member: 30743"] I wonder what bullet they were using? My experience on elk is a sum total of two bulls killed so I'm certainly not the Michael Jordan of elk hunting. I used a 7mm rem mag on both bulls shooting 145 gr. barnes LRX's and neither of them moved out of their tracks after getting hit in the shoulder. Elk are big and big has to be respected, but from what I've seen pound for pound they're not as tenacious as a whitetail. Hit them in the right spot with the right bullet and they go down. Where you don't have as much leeway on an elk is bullet construction, it takes a tough bullet to plow through all that flesh and bone. A lightly constructed bullet is asking for trouble in my opinion, especially in a smaller round like the 6.5 creedmoor. I don't doubt that the creedmoor is adequate for elk if the right bullet is used, but if I were using it it would be stoked with something like a 140 partition, accubond, TTSX, etc. It wouldn't be a Berger or Hornady ELD-X. [/QUOTE]
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