7mm-08 the forgotten 6.5 Creed Killer?

[DoneNOut]

SO, Horndy made a target bullet and then tried to morph it into a hunting bullet...with mixed success. Never heard a bad word about the 7mm-08 performance. 40% less powder for only 9% less performance than the 7mm Rem Mag. Did the 7mm-08 get skipped over? Is the 7mm-08 the adult version of the 6.5 creed millennial offering?

 

[wv270wsm]

Oh my . Yes I believe it is. i absolutely love my 7mm08 it kills great shoots great and very little recoil. If I'd bought a 7mm08 when I was a young man I wouldn't have half the chambering I do now . Lol but then also i wouldn't have slot of cool guns . No creedmoor in my stable . Not saying there is anything wrong with it , just have pretty well everything from field mouse to grizzly covered !

 

[DoneNOut]

I will say I appreciate the beauty in all firearms!

 

[Hard rock]

I will say I appreciate the beauty in all firearms!

Can't say I have a 7-08 but have hunted and killed plenty of deer with my trusty 7x57s

 

[Sockeye66]

I have 2 7-08s and 3 6.5 CMs, they are 2 of my favorite 3 cartridges (6.5x284 the other), if their is an advantage to either it would be the heavier bullet option for the 7-08 but that also comes with more recoil. In the 140gr class, the 6.5 CM is a tough to beat combination of light recoil, high retained down range energy/speed, and sectional density. I love both cartridges and I'm not trying to sound like a 6.5 CM band wagoner. Both are great deer cartridges.

 

[DoneNOut]

I have 2 7-08s and 3 6.5 CMs, they are 2 of my favorite 3 cartridges (6.5x284 the other), if their is an advantage to either it would be the heavier bullet option for the 7-08 but that also comes with more recoil. In the 140gr class, the 6.5 CM is a tough to beat combination of light recoil, high retained down range energy/speed, and sectional density. I love both cartridges and I'm not trying to sound like a 6.5 CM band wagoner. Both are great deer cartridges.

Recoil not a thang with 120 HH!

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

I've always thought a 7mm-08 with a 180eld-m stuffed in the end of it would be an absolute hoot

 

[DoneNOut]

I've always thought a 7mm-08 with a 180eld-m stuffed in the end of it would be an absolute hoot

I don't know about that heavy, but to each his own.

 

[Clem Bronkoski]

Well I was (and still have a soft spot for) a diehard .270 Win fan. that was until I got my first 7-08. I now have two 7-08s and when my grandson came of age that's the one chambering I got for him. It is definitelyy a great deer killer. But I also have a 6.5 CM. I got that because I didn't have one, which is reason enough. And secondly because I had a hankering to get a Bergara B-14 HMR in a left hand version. I haven't shot anything with it but I doubt any deer would notice the difference if it was shot with a 7-08 or 6.5 CM. Surprisingly I no longer see the LH version listed on their site.

 

[Hard rock]

I have 2 7-08s and 3 6.5 CMs, they are 2 of my favorite 3 cartridges (6.5x284 the other), if their is an advantage to either it would be the heavier bullet option for the 7-08 but that also comes with more recoil. In the 140gr class, the 6.5 CM is a tough to beat combination of light recoil, high retained down range energy/speed, and sectional density. I love both cartridges and I'm not trying to sound like a 6.5 CM band wagoner. Both are great deer cartridges.

Killed my first buck Nov 22 -1963 with the 6.5x55 -1-7.5 twist 16 in carbine 139 gr Norma it took a long time too catch on in the form of a Creed remember what happened on that day?

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

I don't know about that heavy, but to each his own.

It may start slow, but that monster bc will catch up eventually and it would easily out perform a 6.5 creed at over 1,000 yards

 

[DoneNOut]

It may start slow, but that monster bc will catch up eventually and it would easily out perform a 6.5 creed at over 1,000 yards

I only roll 300 WM to that distance. The one mile buffalo we shoot on, them dudes with 6.5 PRCs have some trouble, and I can't hear their hits. Must keep a shot inventory.

 

[bamban]

No creedmoor in my stable .

Amen. I chambered CM from 18 to 26 inch barrels for others, in gas guns and bolt guns, just could not drink that KA. Not one in my stable.

 

[Dave in WI]

I have a Remington Model 7 in 7-08. It would make my "top 3 whitetail rifle" class.