I happen to know the author very well, and he's a real rifle loony, who owns a bunch in a LOT of different chamberings. Which, of course, I do as well. In fact since 2010, when I purchased and hunted with my first 6.5 Creedmoor, I've hunted big game with my other rifles in .22-250, .257 Roberts, .25-06, .257 Weatherby Magnum, 6.5x54 Mannlicher-Schoenauer, .260 Remington, 6.5x55, 6.5x57R, 6.5 PRC, 26 Nosler, .270 Winchester, 7x57, 7mm Weatherby Magnum,.308 Winchester, .30-06, 338 Winchester Magnum, 9.3x62 Mauser, and .416 Rigby. I've only sold two of those rifles, a .25-06 Ruger No. 1 and a 7mm Weatherby Mark V Ultra Lightweight, mostly because I enjoyed hunting more with other rifles of the same bore-size.
I may or may not hunt with my present 6.5 Creedmoor this year, in fact probably won't, because there's always something new I want to try--or go back to. But unlike so many 6.5 Creedmoor critics, I've actually shot and hunted with one, so along with my continuing experience with other rounds have some basis for evaluating what the Creedmoor actually does.
M D - Obviously I can't One Up You, being a G W and having hunts, rifles, ammo, etc. provided to you.>> JOKING.
I have killed WT with quite a few cartridges. When I had a 223 - it WAS NOT legal for deer hunting.
I have killed WT with 243 W, - 6mm R,- 6.5X55 (? creed ? ),- 270,- 284 W. - 7mm RM,- 30-30,- 308,- 30-06,- 300 WM,- 8mm RM,- & 358 W.- & 44 RM SBHWK and - ? maybe another or 2 ? I even dispatched a doe which was hit by a car but unable to move with a 22 R F M.
I DON'T mean to brag, I don't know ANYONE personally who has killed WT with AS many cartridges as I -- no brag, really.
Yes, I agree, >> ALL deer died.
I used WW factory 140 ammo in the 6.5X55 > SO that's close to Creed performance.
I've posted this before --- I have an irrational affection for the 300 WM. I've always liked the looks of the round PLUS its velocities. IF I hunted more open territory than I do now, I'd hunt my 300 often, it's just not justified now.
The CLOSEST I've killed a WT was 12' (feet) with a 7 mm RM. I've killed a few +/- 400 yds >> ALL with 7 RM or 300 WM.
MAYBE this is an irrational affection too --- I just like FAST, FLAT shooting cartridges.
As stated earlier, this thread WAS about C B and the 270 W..................... so where are we ? That's my biggest gripe.
JOKING.
