Originally Posted by Jordan Smith
Originally Posted by noKnees
The understanding that a 243 or a 250 killed deer pretty much just a like a 30.06 or 300mag was a big one for me. It made shooting a much more enjoyable sport.

I’ll also second this. One of my big “ah-hah” moments was when I realized that I didn’t need to put up with the recoil, blast, or powder consumption of a 7 Mag or .300 Mag to cleanly kill BG. I think bullets like the Barnes X and NPT were a big part of that.



My thought is the introduction of the 6.5 Creedmoor showed many of us aging deer hunters we could have fun again at the range without menacing recoil and still kill deer close or afar.