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Do you consider it enough for elk in your opinion with the right bullets or not?


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Yes, easily, and especially with the right bullet.

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Just trying to get some opinions. Personally I think it's as minimal as a 2506 in my mind and I think there are a myriad of better elk cartridges but it has been done. That said I would personally never use it for Elk.


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Personally, would not be my first choice, but as always shot placement is key.

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If it was all I had, then I would use it. My choice would be a 125+ Partition, or the 127 LRX, as my bullets of choice. I would not take one, as I have two 7 mags that work great for that. The 6.5s have become my preferred caliber for all of my deer and antelope shooting. I am pretty much done hunting elk anyway.


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If I’d shoot it with a .270 Win..... I’d shoot it with a Creed.


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For SA rounds the 6.5 CM is a more than capable on elk, the 7mm-08 is better still. The 308 Win with 165, 180 and 200 grain bullets is about the best low recoiling SA option available on elk at 300-400 yards. The 308 Win is a lot more cartridge than given credit for these days. Again it just kills game from small to large with minor recoil.

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Them Swedes and Nordies kill a butt load of moose every year with the 6.5x55, and even a small moose is the size of an elk.


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Would not think twice about it.


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140-147 grains of copper and lead through the heart will leave a lasting impression. I doubt a couple hundredths of an inch will make much real world difference. That’s how I think about it anyway.

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Depends on the shooter more that the cartridge.

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If a 22-250: well never mind.


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A 130-150 gr bullet impacting at 2000-3000 fps does the same thing regardless of whether it is fired in a 26, 27, 28, or 30 caliber rifle.


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You need a 22-250/7-08. Forget about that Creed stuff.

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I’ve watched two Bulls get smoked by a 6.5CM and a 143gr ELD-X .


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How about for moose? Lol. Lots of moose fall to the .243 up here every year. There is usually about one .243 moose every year that makes the 60" club in the local paper.

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