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<blockquote data-quote="Jud96" data-source="post: 1717744" data-attributes="member: 69478"><p>The funny part is, there's a ton of people shooting 7mm Rem Mags and 300 Win Mags with factory ammo and they think they are cannons. Yes they're powerful, but obviously can be handloaded to much more. But still yet, everyone is okay if you say you are shooting elk with a 7mm Rem Mag. That 7mmRM with a factory 150gr bullet at 3000fps is nothing compared to this cartridge loaded with a 156gr Berger at the same velocity. </p><p></p><p>People have killed everything walking in North America long before heavy, high, for caliber BC bullets. Those same loads and ammunition they used then is still used by a lot of people today. If you take advantage of modern powders and bullets, that dinky 6.5 turns into a heavy hitting cartridge. For shots past 300 yards, I will take this 6.5 RPM loaded with 156 Bergers everyday over a 300 Win Mag with 180gr Soft Points. Just because one sounds bigger and was better way back when, doesn't mean it's still vastly superior than the new age stuff. Of course you can do everything and more this does with a big .300 loaded with 200-215gr bullets, but it will kick a lot more and it will drop more and probably still drift more in the wind. Everything has trade offs. The 6.5 isn't my first choice for elk, but neither is a 7mm Mag with 150gr bullets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jud96, post: 1717744, member: 69478"] The funny part is, there’s a ton of people shooting 7mm Rem Mags and 300 Win Mags with factory ammo and they think they are cannons. Yes they’re powerful, but obviously can be handloaded to much more. But still yet, everyone is okay if you say you are shooting elk with a 7mm Rem Mag. That 7mmRM with a factory 150gr bullet at 3000fps is nothing compared to this cartridge loaded with a 156gr Berger at the same velocity. People have killed everything walking in North America long before heavy, high, for caliber BC bullets. Those same loads and ammunition they used then is still used by a lot of people today. If you take advantage of modern powders and bullets, that dinky 6.5 turns into a heavy hitting cartridge. For shots past 300 yards, I will take this 6.5 RPM loaded with 156 Bergers everyday over a 300 Win Mag with 180gr Soft Points. Just because one sounds bigger and was better way back when, doesn’t mean it’s still vastly superior than the new age stuff. Of course you can do everything and more this does with a big .300 loaded with 200-215gr bullets, but it will kick a lot more and it will drop more and probably still drift more in the wind. Everything has trade offs. The 6.5 isn’t my first choice for elk, but neither is a 7mm Mag with 150gr bullets. [/QUOTE]
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