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6.5CM or 300WM for Once In A Lifetime Hunt?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tim8654" data-source="post: 1226087" data-attributes="member: 23944"><p>I have been invited to hunt whitetail deer and hogs on a Central Texas ranch, the kind of place that you can shoot as far as you are comfortable and the kind of place I really can't afford but given the chance I'm taking it.</p><p></p><p>I have two rifles that I've shot paper and steel out to 1000 yards with match ammo and am planning on using the new Hornady ELD-X - which I have not shot yet - in whichever I rifle I decide to take. Problem is that I realistically only have time to take one of these rifles to the range to confirm data out to 1000 yards between now and the hunt this fall.</p><p></p><p>The rifles are:</p><p>6.5 Creedmoor with a Surgeon action built by Short Action Customs with a 3.5-15X50 Nightforce F1. This is very accurate and I have more time behind it. I currently shoot factory Hornady 140 grain AMAX, would hunt with the 143 grain ELD-X.</p><p></p><p>300WM with a Remington 700 action built by GA Precision with a 5.5-22x50 Nightforce. I currently shoot 190 grain SMK, would hunt with the 200 grain ELD-X. This is accurate but not as much as the 6.5 but would provide more energy on the animals.</p><p></p><p>Which would you take and why?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim8654, post: 1226087, member: 23944"] I have been invited to hunt whitetail deer and hogs on a Central Texas ranch, the kind of place that you can shoot as far as you are comfortable and the kind of place I really can't afford but given the chance I'm taking it. I have two rifles that I've shot paper and steel out to 1000 yards with match ammo and am planning on using the new Hornady ELD-X - which I have not shot yet - in whichever I rifle I decide to take. Problem is that I realistically only have time to take one of these rifles to the range to confirm data out to 1000 yards between now and the hunt this fall. The rifles are: 6.5 Creedmoor with a Surgeon action built by Short Action Customs with a 3.5-15X50 Nightforce F1. This is very accurate and I have more time behind it. I currently shoot factory Hornady 140 grain AMAX, would hunt with the 143 grain ELD-X. 300WM with a Remington 700 action built by GA Precision with a 5.5-22x50 Nightforce. I currently shoot 190 grain SMK, would hunt with the 200 grain ELD-X. This is accurate but not as much as the 6.5 but would provide more energy on the animals. Which would you take and why? [/QUOTE]
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