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7mm SAUM vs 300 WSM for Elk/western hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Timnterra" data-source="post: 1807153" data-attributes="member: 55944"><p>I think you can't go wrong with either of those calibers both will far outshine the CM for hunting purposes. Don't get me wrong I really enjoy shooting my 6.5 cm, and I've probably owned and built more 6.5 creedmoors than any else. But the last two years of hunting I have shot and watched others shoot over a dozen deer and antelope with the 6.5 creedmoor. And I am done using it for hunting! It simply is not an emphatic killing caliber. The only bullet that performed as I think it should was the 140gr eldm. I watched a guy shoot a deer 4 times with a 143eldx out of a creedmoor and lost a lot of confidence in that combo. I also noted a trend with my 6.5 and 140hr Berger hybrids. The deer always run away after being shot. The only animal I saw die quickly with the 6.5 creedmoor, in the last two years, was an antelope I shot at 405yds with the 140eldm. I think the creedmoor can't produce adequate velocity to cause the harder bullets to expand violently. I will continue to have fun shooting steel with the creedmoor and getting new shooters into the sport, but when it comes to killing I'll be using more horsepower.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timnterra, post: 1807153, member: 55944"] I think you can’t go wrong with either of those calibers both will far outshine the CM for hunting purposes. Don’t get me wrong I really enjoy shooting my 6.5 cm, and I’ve probably owned and built more 6.5 creedmoors than any else. But the last two years of hunting I have shot and watched others shoot over a dozen deer and antelope with the 6.5 creedmoor. And I am done using it for hunting! It simply is not an emphatic killing caliber. The only bullet that performed as I think it should was the 140gr eldm. I watched a guy shoot a deer 4 times with a 143eldx out of a creedmoor and lost a lot of confidence in that combo. I also noted a trend with my 6.5 and 140hr Berger hybrids. The deer always run away after being shot. The only animal I saw die quickly with the 6.5 creedmoor, in the last two years, was an antelope I shot at 405yds with the 140eldm. I think the creedmoor can’t produce adequate velocity to cause the harder bullets to expand violently. I will continue to have fun shooting steel with the creedmoor and getting new shooters into the sport, but when it comes to killing I’ll be using more horsepower. [/QUOTE]
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