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6.5 SAUM - Was it a wise choice for Western hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="19elkhunter51" data-source="post: 1674915" data-attributes="member: 14169"><p>I have said it before and will say again. When it comes to elk shoot as much gun as you can, but you have to shoot accurately! If you have a flinch with your trusty Model 70 in 30-06 that only allows to keep your shots in twelve inches at a hundred, maybe you should go to a lesser recoiling rifle. Do you need to shoot a 416 to ethically harvest elk, probably not. On the other hand if you have it and can shoot it accurately, use it. If you really want to get down to a low recoil rifle, go for a 22 lr. You know it has probably killed a lot more elk than all of the 6.5 whatevers combined.</p><p>Everyone has a story and an opinion. I started hunting elk with a 30-06. One year during a combined deer/elk hunt I was caught hunting deer and <u><em>only</em></u> had my 25-06. The cow elk came out an aspen clump and I took the shot. She went down in her tracks like a discarded sack of potatoes. I have over the years use the above mentioned cartridges and have also used 300 WM, 300 RUM and currently use a custom 338 Edge. I wish I could say one or the other hit like the proverbial hammer of Thor. Can't say that. What I can say is that I have a certain degree of confidence with my 338 Edge that I don't get with any of my other rifles. </p><p>Although I not a "target" shooter, I am moderately obsessed with accuracy. I am on this forum to take advantage of INCREDIBLE amount of knowledge, information and experience that is available on this sight. </p><p>I am personally tired of the 6.5 mania. Anything that can be done with a 6.5 anything has already been done by another cartridge of some diameter somewhere and probably in a more efficient and ethical manner. </p><p>I do not want to offend the OP. I think that for what your original intent was, deer, your 6.5 will be just fine. Will it kill elk? Sure. Is it THE elk gun? Are you kidding?! Just read the rest of the posts or the bazillion other posts on just this forum over the years and you will get a nosebleed and head trauma just reading the latest posts.</p><p>Last of my OPINION. Why on this forum is cartridge/caliber related to, at risk of being sexist, our manliness? Those comments are what you expect on a liberal anti-hunting website. I guess if we are all to be considered men, we need to start hunting elephants with a 22lr and our elk with a dull knife on the end of a stick.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="19elkhunter51, post: 1674915, member: 14169"] I have said it before and will say again. When it comes to elk shoot as much gun as you can, but you have to shoot accurately! If you have a flinch with your trusty Model 70 in 30-06 that only allows to keep your shots in twelve inches at a hundred, maybe you should go to a lesser recoiling rifle. Do you need to shoot a 416 to ethically harvest elk, probably not. On the other hand if you have it and can shoot it accurately, use it. If you really want to get down to a low recoil rifle, go for a 22 lr. You know it has probably killed a lot more elk than all of the 6.5 whatevers combined. Everyone has a story and an opinion. I started hunting elk with a 30-06. One year during a combined deer/elk hunt I was caught hunting deer and [U][I]only[/I][/U] had my 25-06. The cow elk came out an aspen clump and I took the shot. She went down in her tracks like a discarded sack of potatoes. I have over the years use the above mentioned cartridges and have also used 300 WM, 300 RUM and currently use a custom 338 Edge. I wish I could say one or the other hit like the proverbial hammer of Thor. Can't say that. What I can say is that I have a certain degree of confidence with my 338 Edge that I don't get with any of my other rifles. Although I not a "target" shooter, I am moderately obsessed with accuracy. I am on this forum to take advantage of INCREDIBLE amount of knowledge, information and experience that is available on this sight. I am personally tired of the 6.5 mania. Anything that can be done with a 6.5 anything has already been done by another cartridge of some diameter somewhere and probably in a more efficient and ethical manner. I do not want to offend the OP. I think that for what your original intent was, deer, your 6.5 will be just fine. Will it kill elk? Sure. Is it THE elk gun? Are you kidding?! Just read the rest of the posts or the bazillion other posts on just this forum over the years and you will get a nosebleed and head trauma just reading the latest posts. Last of my OPINION. Why on this forum is cartridge/caliber related to, at risk of being sexist, our manliness? Those comments are what you expect on a liberal anti-hunting website. I guess if we are all to be considered men, we need to start hunting elephants with a 22lr and our elk with a dull knife on the end of a stick. [/QUOTE]
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