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6.5 Creedmor- the Holy Grail?
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<blockquote data-quote="Capt RB" data-source="post: 1532156" data-attributes="member: 85987"><p>Karamojo Bell used a 6.5x54 Mannlicher for about 300 elephants. That has less velocity than the 6.5creedmoor. After 300ish elephants he gave it up due to unreliable ammo. If hornady had been making the ammo he would have keep shooting it<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /> Instead of stepping up to the big bore 275 Rigby(7x57 mauser) for 800 more elephants. This gets back to putting the right bullet in the right place. He preferred it to his 450/400 claiming the 275 killed just as fast. The fastest killer on some shots he used was the 318 Westly Richards 250 grn fmj according to written folk lure. It's hard to say because the writer making the claim loves 250 .338's. I've heard writers claim that Jack O'Conner preferred the 280 or 06 over his beloved 270. Yet this was after the source was gone and couldn't be verified . In both cases the writers both had fetishs for the 7mm or 30 bore.</p><p> I posted this is because we have not always had the luxuries we have today in the shooting world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Capt RB, post: 1532156, member: 85987"] Karamojo Bell used a 6.5x54 Mannlicher for about 300 elephants. That has less velocity than the 6.5creedmoor. After 300ish elephants he gave it up due to unreliable ammo. If hornady had been making the ammo he would have keep shooting it:cool: Instead of stepping up to the big bore 275 Rigby(7x57 mauser) for 800 more elephants. This gets back to putting the right bullet in the right place. He preferred it to his 450/400 claiming the 275 killed just as fast. The fastest killer on some shots he used was the 318 Westly Richards 250 grn fmj according to written folk lure. It's hard to say because the writer making the claim loves 250 .338's. I've heard writers claim that Jack O'Conner preferred the 280 or 06 over his beloved 270. Yet this was after the source was gone and couldn't be verified . In both cases the writers both had fetishs for the 7mm or 30 bore. I posted this is because we have not always had the luxuries we have today in the shooting world. [/QUOTE]
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