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Originally Posted by slm9s
I prefer my elk rifles be a min of 27 caliber, tho I'm sure a 65cm would be fine if that's all I had.


I'd like to see you shoot a 65cm.


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now that's moor...

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Originally Posted by huntsman22
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David, dropped a deer at 400 yes - LRF
6BR Amax

Flip a coin but if you are going far and on large game more will hedge

Otherwise they will all do well on deer to 1/4

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Originally Posted by Homesteader
4th_point - I've a RAR Predator in .243W and while accuracy is just 'so,so' right now I'm sure hand-loading will make it better. Same for a Savage SS Warrior in 7mm-08.
LGS availability for 6.5 Creed ammo/components is just hit/miss (hate waiting on the big brown truck). Good as the 6.5 Creed is it needs a bigger audience and user group. It is bucking the 6.5 Swede and .260 rem after all. Homesteader


A couple weeks ago people were predicting that factory 140gr AMAX ammo would get scarce, especially with the release of the Ruger Precision rifle. Rumor had it that Horny was getting ready to make another batch but current inventory at that time was low everywhere. We literally watched it evaporate off of local shelves and online in a couple of days. Not sure if the Precision rifle has anything to do with it, but the Creed seems to have a decent following right now.

Personally, I like the 7mm-08 with 162 AMAX. And 243 on the low recoil end. I don't see myself getting a 6.5 Creed but can see the appeal.


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I have a vintage ADL .22-250 M-700, probably from the seventies, with a tired barrel. I'm thinking about a rebore to an 8 twist 6.5 Creedmoor.

A friend has a Savage Creed and says it feeds rough, although it's a tack driver. He thinks it feeds like that because of the Creed shoulder angle.

I'm thinking a vintage M-700 should feed slicker than a new Savage.

I bought a used SA HS stock and take off BDL bottom metal to convert ADL to BDL.

Appreciate input.

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I bought a barreled action from SAS in 6.5CM built on an old Rem 700 action. No feeding issues at all, very slick.

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Should feed like a fat boy at a buffet. I use and have used more than a few with sharper shoulders with no issues.


Why is it that you never hear about feeding issues with the 300 Savage.


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Some may disagree, but for long range not a .243 fan. Nice and flat shooting, but those 100 gr bullets (at least in my experience) lack the mass for a consistent exit wound. If elk were even in the equation, yet another strike against the .243.

No experience with the other two calibers so no comment on them.


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7mm-08 for game. Great selection of bullets, ballistics similar or better than the 7x57 which Mr. Bell used on elephant. Can be used for LR target/varmint work.

6.5 would be next on my list. I have heard a few make the point that the moose in Sweden are not the size of the moose in the U.S.? Not sure if that would change the outcome of the 6.5 on them as long as it reaches the vitals it would kill them.

Either of these would be my choice for the game you plan on hunting, with a little bias going towards the 7mm-08.


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6.5 or the 7-08.

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Originally Posted by cv540
Some may disagree, but for long range not a .243 fan. .... If elk were even in the equation, yet another strike against the .243. .....





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Originally Posted by Mackay_Sagebrush
6.5 or the 7-08.

In a Tikka.


Hard to answer. To me, it would depend on what you already have and how this one fits in. And, intended use.

I'm going 6.5 Creed because I have a good collection of 7mm's.

Well, I guess I have a pretty good collection of 6.5's, as in 6.5x55, 6.5-284 and 26 Nosler.

Hard to have too many 6.5's... grin

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In a factory 10 twist barrel I wouldn't even really consider a .243 Win. With a factory 9.25 twist (Savage or Rem) shooting 105 Amax, well that's a different animal all together. Custom 7-8 barrel and I'd run it against anything the CM OR 7-08 has to offer at long range.

For what OP is shooting the 6.5 CM RAR Predator is a no-brainer. It's the only rifle twisted right to maximize his use of bullets available for the 6.5mm. Put a custom 8 twist tube on the Tikka's and it changes the dynamics of things greatly.

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Some may disagree, but for long range not a .243 fan. .... If elk were even in the equation, yet another strike against the .243. .....





Just because it worked doesn't mean it was a good choice. The 243 has no place for elk at 688 yards

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Proper shot placement of a .243 caliber hunting bullet will work as well as any other larger caliber on elk.

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6MM Rem or 243 Win for me


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no matter what you 'think', you've just been proved wrong......



I love that video


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