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6.5 Creedmor- the Holy Grail?
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<blockquote data-quote="Chase723" data-source="post: 1534984" data-attributes="member: 21524"><p>It's shot placement and bullet construction. Not sure if you've ever butchered livestock before but a 22 mag to the brain puts down pretty much everything instantly. Hunting isn't that controlled but if you hit them in the lungs/heart they will die. No question. Some don't stay put when you connect though, that's because they're lung volume is truly enormous and they can run a long freaking ways in a very short period of time, especially downhill, even when critically wounded. It's not magic. It's physiology. Bullet construction is critical if you're going to shoot for bone, which helps significantly to anchor them in place. You don't want a bullet that expands maximally immediately because it'll shed a lot of mass early and almost all of its energy will be dissipated in the front quarter before entering the chest or hitting the spine (especially on something the size of an elk or larger). You want something that starts to expand ~4-6" in and then expands rapidly. If you think the 6.5CM doesn't have the energy or whatever to do long range work on elk you should first ask yourself if you think that a 9mm+P with the muzzle on the fur wouldn't be enough...because the 6.5CM with a 143gr ELD-X going 2850 has ~772ft/lb at 1000 which is twice the muzzle energy of a 9mm...it's plenty. It's all about bullet construction/design, shot placement, and then finding your animal after you shoot it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chase723, post: 1534984, member: 21524"] It’s shot placement and bullet construction. Not sure if you’ve ever butchered livestock before but a 22 mag to the brain puts down pretty much everything instantly. Hunting isn’t that controlled but if you hit them in the lungs/heart they will die. No question. Some don’t stay put when you connect though, that’s because they’re lung volume is truly enormous and they can run a long freaking ways in a very short period of time, especially downhill, even when critically wounded. It’s not magic. It’s physiology. Bullet construction is critical if you’re going to shoot for bone, which helps significantly to anchor them in place. You don’t want a bullet that expands maximally immediately because it’ll shed a lot of mass early and almost all of its energy will be dissipated in the front quarter before entering the chest or hitting the spine (especially on something the size of an elk or larger). You want something that starts to expand ~4-6” in and then expands rapidly. If you think the 6.5CM doesn’t have the energy or whatever to do long range work on elk you should first ask yourself if you think that a 9mm+P with the muzzle on the fur wouldn’t be enough...because the 6.5CM with a 143gr ELD-X going 2850 has ~772ft/lb at 1000 which is twice the muzzle energy of a 9mm...it’s plenty. It’s all about bullet construction/design, shot placement, and then finding your animal after you shoot it. [/QUOTE]
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