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6.5 Creedmor- the Holy Grail?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tex_Hunter" data-source="post: 1530158" data-attributes="member: 31749"><p>Right, I think this is the point most people are trying to make. Take the most gun that you are comfortable and confident you will be able to make a lethal shot with.</p><p></p><p>I think where most people get in trouble is that they consider any hunt a failure if they see something and don't pull the trigger. It could be as simple as making a hasty shot on an animal they ambushed at 50yds and didnt take the time to get a proper rest, or it could be sending one way the hell across a canyon in marginal conditions and stretching the limits of bullet expansion and energy rather than trying to stalk in closer.</p><p></p><p>In that same Chuck Hawks article someone quoted above he talks about how a gut shot with a 338WM might slow an elk down a little more than a gut shot with a 270 but that ignores the fact that you should never gut shoot an animal.</p><p></p><p>In all the nearly 200 replies to this thread not a single person claiming the 6.5 is undergunned for elk have provided an example (beyond anecdotal friend of a friend) of where an elk was mortally wounded by a smaller caliber and they lost the animal or had to track it way further than one that was similarly shot with a larger caliber.</p><p></p><p>For what its worth, that Chuck Hawks article is a great read.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tex_Hunter, post: 1530158, member: 31749"] Right, I think this is the point most people are trying to make. Take the most gun that you are comfortable and confident you will be able to make a lethal shot with. I think where most people get in trouble is that they consider any hunt a failure if they see something and don't pull the trigger. It could be as simple as making a hasty shot on an animal they ambushed at 50yds and didnt take the time to get a proper rest, or it could be sending one way the hell across a canyon in marginal conditions and stretching the limits of bullet expansion and energy rather than trying to stalk in closer. In that same Chuck Hawks article someone quoted above he talks about how a gut shot with a 338WM might slow an elk down a little more than a gut shot with a 270 but that ignores the fact that you should never gut shoot an animal. In all the nearly 200 replies to this thread not a single person claiming the 6.5 is undergunned for elk have provided an example (beyond anecdotal friend of a friend) of where an elk was mortally wounded by a smaller caliber and they lost the animal or had to track it way further than one that was similarly shot with a larger caliber. For what its worth, that Chuck Hawks article is a great read. [/QUOTE]
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