Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Hunting
The Basics, Starting Out
Tikka, first rifle calibers-recoil
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Timnterra" data-source="post: 1907431" data-attributes="member: 55944"><p>I think you have already made the right choice. The tikka is a great rifle and the 6.5 creedmoor is about as good as it gets for everything the average shooter /hunter will ever do. The caliber choice is easy in my opinion, the creedmoor beats the .308 in every category other than ammo price, and that only when you include junk surplus plinking ammo. </p><p>There is only one scenario i can think of where a 308 would ever be more beneficial than the 6.5 creedmoor and that would be short range big game hunting for moose or something like it. The kind of hunting where you want as much punch as possible but distant shots are not a reality. </p><p>That is not really what a 10yr old is going to be doing. The creedmoor has better ballistics at medium and long range. It is lighter recoiling. It has more than enough velocity and energy to kill most big game animals at moderate ranges and it has more energy and velocity at longer ranges than the 308 anyway. It's also got some unbelievably accurate factory ammo. I hope your son is super excited with his surprise!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timnterra, post: 1907431, member: 55944"] I think you have already made the right choice. The tikka is a great rifle and the 6.5 creedmoor is about as good as it gets for everything the average shooter /hunter will ever do. The caliber choice is easy in my opinion, the creedmoor beats the .308 in every category other than ammo price, and that only when you include junk surplus plinking ammo. There is only one scenario i can think of where a 308 would ever be more beneficial than the 6.5 creedmoor and that would be short range big game hunting for moose or something like it. The kind of hunting where you want as much punch as possible but distant shots are not a reality. That is not really what a 10yr old is going to be doing. The creedmoor has better ballistics at medium and long range. It is lighter recoiling. It has more than enough velocity and energy to kill most big game animals at moderate ranges and it has more energy and velocity at longer ranges than the 308 anyway. It’s also got some unbelievably accurate factory ammo. I hope your son is super excited with his surprise! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Hunting
The Basics, Starting Out
Tikka, first rifle calibers-recoil
Top