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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
8.6 Creedmoor
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<blockquote data-quote="JimmyCP" data-source="post: 1484735" data-attributes="member: 106166"><p>With over 38 years of hunting and 30 reloading I don't see anywhere subsonic and hunting belong in the same sentence. I have the creedmore for a kids rifle because there not going to get the recoil bug in there development. But knowing the ballistics and energy on it, it's a deer and antelope rifle. You can argue all day long it will kill an elk out to 1000 yards but balistcs wise it don't have the energy to get over 900lbs. You can argue vld or eldx all you want until you hit an elk rib at 300 yards and the bullet blows appart and doesn't penetrate. Been there seen that. 6.5 callibers are a great rounds with the power behind it and the right bullet for long range hunting. I prefer the 264 win mag 3400fps and the 6.5-284 2980 fps with 140 grn G1 sst using Retumbo or H1000 mag primers both do the job with less ES and consistency. But our go to is the game over 338 lapua mag for elk at extreme range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JimmyCP, post: 1484735, member: 106166"] With over 38 years of hunting and 30 reloading I don't see anywhere subsonic and hunting belong in the same sentence. I have the creedmore for a kids rifle because there not going to get the recoil bug in there development. But knowing the ballistics and energy on it, it's a deer and antelope rifle. You can argue all day long it will kill an elk out to 1000 yards but balistcs wise it don't have the energy to get over 900lbs. You can argue vld or eldx all you want until you hit an elk rib at 300 yards and the bullet blows appart and doesn't penetrate. Been there seen that. 6.5 callibers are a great rounds with the power behind it and the right bullet for long range hunting. I prefer the 264 win mag 3400fps and the 6.5-284 2980 fps with 140 grn G1 sst using Retumbo or H1000 mag primers both do the job with less ES and consistency. But our go to is the game over 338 lapua mag for elk at extreme range. [/QUOTE]
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