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<blockquote data-quote="Sako284" data-source="post: 1937037" data-attributes="member: 113564"><p>If you're only poking holes in paper then yes I would have gone 243 or 6x47 or 6br etc. but your interest in energy says you'll be hunting with it. So yes I would lean towards the 6.5 to hunt with. </p><p></p><p></p><p>funny thing is all the 6.5 CM fan boys use the whole "you just want mote energy to make up for your poor shooting" when comparing a 6.5CM to anything bigger than it is. Yet when they compare a 6mm to a 6.5 all of the sudden energy matters? The Creedmoor fan club will try to convince you that the caliber will do it all for you including pack the game out, process it, and serve it to you table side if you let them.</p><p></p><p></p><p>6.5 CM is an excellent target cartridge And small to med game I say it's acceptable. But I've burned a pile of 6.5x284 and 6.5-06 and 264 win barrels. They do not kill as efficiently as the 7s. Or the 7s as efficiently as the 30s. this summer alone I had had 63 shot times at deer doing crop management for 60 confirmed kills between 340 and 949 yards using a 6.5x284, 7wsm, 7rum, and 300wby. Two of the three unconfirmed shots came from the 6.5-284 past 600 yards. The other unconfirmed came from a 190 A Tip from the 7rum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sako284, post: 1937037, member: 113564"] If you’re only poking holes in paper then yes I would have gone 243 or 6x47 or 6br etc. but your interest in energy says you’ll be hunting with it. So yes I would lean towards the 6.5 to hunt with. funny thing is all the 6.5 CM fan boys use the whole “you just want mote energy to make up for your poor shooting” when comparing a 6.5CM to anything bigger than it is. Yet when they compare a 6mm to a 6.5 all of the sudden energy matters? The Creedmoor fan club will try to convince you that the caliber will do it all for you including pack the game out, process it, and serve it to you table side if you let them. 6.5 CM is an excellent target cartridge And small to med game I say it’s acceptable. But I’ve burned a pile of 6.5x284 and 6.5-06 and 264 win barrels. They do not kill as efficiently as the 7s. Or the 7s as efficiently as the 30s. this summer alone I had had 63 shot times at deer doing crop management for 60 confirmed kills between 340 and 949 yards using a 6.5x284, 7wsm, 7rum, and 300wby. Two of the three unconfirmed shots came from the 6.5-284 past 600 yards. The other unconfirmed came from a 190 A Tip from the 7rum. [/QUOTE]
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