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6.5 Creedmor- the Holy Grail?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sykes" data-source="post: 1531644" data-attributes="member: 77814"><p>Not only online but in the real world as well it seems success will receive negativity in some form. Ever notice people that are happy with something don't run their mouth in the same way as the haters? Unless you have real world experience with something I feel you should keep your mouth shut and your opinion to yourself. Hammer Bullets have work very well for me in the one and only rifle I've tried them in. My 280AI with a 143 hammer killed 2 elk this year, a cow 75 yards and a bull at 325. After my experience with them I'm gunn a try them in my 6.5 CM! A round my wife and I have each killed an elk with using a 140 berger vld. I kill an elk every year and am involved with 3-4 friends that shoot one plus I guide elk hunts, usually 10-15 hunters a year. We killed 10 bulls and 4 cows this year. </p><p></p><p>I'm sure this will fire up a lot of you guys but I mean not to do that. There are a handful of guides that I know and more I have heard this from but the 7mm magnum is one of the cartridges that is frowned upon when clients show up with one to hunt elk. Why, never has been explained to me. Only guess is bullet selection, Guys buy box ammo off the shelf and go elk hunting and don't pay attention to what bullet is loaded in that case and have had performance on game. It's a 7mm mag why wouldn't it kill an elk, that's all they know. Whereas hunters and handloaders make sure their bullet selection will perform with the cartridge. Nearly all my guys showed up this year with a 7mm mag! Guess what, we had zero issues. All the bulls were shot and killed in a reasonable manner. 1-2 shots all with factory box ammo, Average of 300 yards. </p><p></p><p>I have had 3 rifles in 6.5 creedmoor since 2008, it's a great round. I shot my elk with it to see how it would go. My wife shot hers with the same rifle because it was her first elk and I knew how **** accurate that rifle was so I trusted it. Both elk are dead and have been eaten so nobody can argue that! Is it ideal for elk, probably not but a lot of guys say neither is a 7mm mag. </p><p></p><p>So before you bash a hornady creation cause the brass sucks or a hammer bullet cause it has a lower bc than you like how bout you try it out and see for yourself</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sykes, post: 1531644, member: 77814"] Not only online but in the real world as well it seems success will receive negativity in some form. Ever notice people that are happy with something don't run their mouth in the same way as the haters? Unless you have real world experience with something I feel you should keep your mouth shut and your opinion to yourself. Hammer Bullets have work very well for me in the one and only rifle I've tried them in. My 280AI with a 143 hammer killed 2 elk this year, a cow 75 yards and a bull at 325. After my experience with them I'm gunn a try them in my 6.5 CM! A round my wife and I have each killed an elk with using a 140 berger vld. I kill an elk every year and am involved with 3-4 friends that shoot one plus I guide elk hunts, usually 10-15 hunters a year. We killed 10 bulls and 4 cows this year. I'm sure this will fire up a lot of you guys but I mean not to do that. There are a handful of guides that I know and more I have heard this from but the 7mm magnum is one of the cartridges that is frowned upon when clients show up with one to hunt elk. Why, never has been explained to me. Only guess is bullet selection, Guys buy box ammo off the shelf and go elk hunting and don't pay attention to what bullet is loaded in that case and have had performance on game. It's a 7mm mag why wouldn't it kill an elk, that's all they know. Whereas hunters and handloaders make sure their bullet selection will perform with the cartridge. Nearly all my guys showed up this year with a 7mm mag! Guess what, we had zero issues. All the bulls were shot and killed in a reasonable manner. 1-2 shots all with factory box ammo, Average of 300 yards. I have had 3 rifles in 6.5 creedmoor since 2008, it's a great round. I shot my elk with it to see how it would go. My wife shot hers with the same rifle because it was her first elk and I knew how **** accurate that rifle was so I trusted it. Both elk are dead and have been eaten so nobody can argue that! Is it ideal for elk, probably not but a lot of guys say neither is a 7mm mag. So before you bash a hornady creation cause the brass sucks or a hammer bullet cause it has a lower bc than you like how bout you try it out and see for yourself [/QUOTE]
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