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<blockquote data-quote="johnlittletree" data-source="post: 1546785" data-attributes="member: 105653"><p>I would love to know why that person would recommend 6.5 Creedmore. Obviously that person is very trendy and likes to be short on ammo and brass! LOL I bet he said to get a short action as well because they are stiffer if so runaway from that guy he is likely the sort that golfs during a thunder storm! LOL</p><p></p><p>Elk are not hard to bring down with one shot. The trick is to get a good lung shot. In a perfect world you would want to penetrate both lungs with the same shot. So if you happen to be soloing Mt. Everest and see an Elk at the base The angle is such that you would be hard pressed to hit both lungs with one shot. I like a round that will produce a through and through shot so I get a good blood trail just in case.</p><p></p><p>If anyone recommends the "anything made only by Hornady cartridge" just look at them start point and laugh your but off. The Remington 260 beats the Creedmore almost every time because you can actually find plenty of high quality brass for it now. Proprietary cartridge equals almost always sold out and lack of choice! Now if you have 20 rifles in your gun safe and it does not matter if you can not get loaded ammo of components to reload it yourself for 3-6 months at a time than go for it! In fact if that is true you should skip the Creedmore and go right to unobtanium gold with the 6.5 PRC! </p><p></p><p>Maybe you did not read my rant on the 300 PRC vs 300WM on another thread? Basicly the 300 WM represents huge choice and everyone has it and the 300 PRC equals almost no choice and everyone is out of stock. </p><p></p><p>At the ranges you are looking at 500-600 meters I would take a historical look at what has killed the most Elk in the last 40 years+. You will end up with a cartridge that is stocked almost every where and if you reload components are common as well! Traditionally 270, 30-06, 25-06, 300WM, 7mm RM, 280 Remington, 6.5x55 Swede, 7mm Mauser and 338 Win Magnum have prob. taken 95% of the Elk killed in North America in the last 40+ years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnlittletree, post: 1546785, member: 105653"] I would love to know why that person would recommend 6.5 Creedmore. Obviously that person is very trendy and likes to be short on ammo and brass! LOL I bet he said to get a short action as well because they are stiffer if so runaway from that guy he is likely the sort that golfs during a thunder storm! LOL Elk are not hard to bring down with one shot. The trick is to get a good lung shot. In a perfect world you would want to penetrate both lungs with the same shot. So if you happen to be soloing Mt. Everest and see an Elk at the base The angle is such that you would be hard pressed to hit both lungs with one shot. I like a round that will produce a through and through shot so I get a good blood trail just in case. If anyone recommends the "anything made only by Hornady cartridge" just look at them start point and laugh your but off. The Remington 260 beats the Creedmore almost every time because you can actually find plenty of high quality brass for it now. Proprietary cartridge equals almost always sold out and lack of choice! Now if you have 20 rifles in your gun safe and it does not matter if you can not get loaded ammo of components to reload it yourself for 3-6 months at a time than go for it! In fact if that is true you should skip the Creedmore and go right to unobtanium gold with the 6.5 PRC! Maybe you did not read my rant on the 300 PRC vs 300WM on another thread? Basicly the 300 WM represents huge choice and everyone has it and the 300 PRC equals almost no choice and everyone is out of stock. At the ranges you are looking at 500-600 meters I would take a historical look at what has killed the most Elk in the last 40 years+. You will end up with a cartridge that is stocked almost every where and if you reload components are common as well! Traditionally 270, 30-06, 25-06, 300WM, 7mm RM, 280 Remington, 6.5x55 Swede, 7mm Mauser and 338 Win Magnum have prob. taken 95% of the Elk killed in North America in the last 40+ years. [/QUOTE]
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