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<blockquote data-quote="Gcan" data-source="post: 2246751" data-attributes="member: 102867"><p>I'm sure there will be a lot of answers but here's my 2 cents. Any who's ever read my responses knows I am not a 6.5 Credemore fan for long range hunting. In a perfect world 6.5 Crede might be a choice for game under 350 lbs. Just not in mine. I'm not a Gucci guy shooting the newest 6.5 offering because Im a marketing nut. A 308 is just better. Before anyone starts spewing numbers, a 308 is A %^*#ing lot bigger in diameter and will deliver the hate. You can theoretically get any light weight anything going fast enough to make foot pounds of energy. That don't mean it will kill, break big bones, create massive hydrostatic shock or carry that energy thru a large animal creating massive tissue damage.</p><p></p><p>will a 6.5 kill an elk. Sure. Will a 308 do it better? Absolutely. Do great shots kill elk with 6.5s? Sure. But how many idiots take marginal shots and wound elk every year they never see again? Lots.</p><p>IMO the answer to ethically killing an elk from 300-500 yards aint with a 6.5 Credemore. </p><p>great deer or antelope guns. Thats all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gcan, post: 2246751, member: 102867"] I’m sure there will be a lot of answers but here’s my 2 cents. Any who’s ever read my responses knows I am not a 6.5 Credemore fan for long range hunting. In a perfect world 6.5 Crede might be a choice for game under 350 lbs. Just not in mine. I’m not a Gucci guy shooting the newest 6.5 offering because Im a marketing nut. A 308 is just better. Before anyone starts spewing numbers, a 308 is A %^*#ing lot bigger in diameter and will deliver the hate. You can theoretically get any light weight anything going fast enough to make foot pounds of energy. That don’t mean it will kill, break big bones, create massive hydrostatic shock or carry that energy thru a large animal creating massive tissue damage. will a 6.5 kill an elk. Sure. Will a 308 do it better? Absolutely. Do great shots kill elk with 6.5s? Sure. But how many idiots take marginal shots and wound elk every year they never see again? Lots. IMO the answer to ethically killing an elk from 300-500 yards aint with a 6.5 Credemore. great deer or antelope guns. Thats all. [/QUOTE]
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