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Here’s a quick tip on the search function too..... it sucks.
Simply go to Google, and type this in:
site:24hourcampfire.com 6.5 Creed on Elk
Or
site:24hourcampfire.com What scope for .257 Weatherby
You get the picture.....
You better pray to the God of Skinny Punks that this wind doesn't pick up......
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Hey the counter guy at the SW in Roanoke flat out told me the 6.5 Creed is not for any big game hunting. It is strictly a target round.
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Hey the counter guy at the SW in Roanoke flat out told me the 6.5 Creed is not for any big game hunting. It is strictly a target round. It's extremely rare to find an employee who does know a lot about guns and is very well-versed when you only pay 9 to 10 bucks an hour. Usually you do not get the pick of the litter. Additionally with us gun guys we're very difficult to please cuz we're so fanatical about are sport.
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Hey the counter guy at the SW in Roanoke flat out told me the 6.5 Creed is not for any big game hunting. It is strictly a target round. It's extremely rare to find an employee who does know a lot about guns and is very well-versed when you only pay 9 to 10 bucks an hour. Usually you do not get the pick of the litter. Additionally with us gun guys we're very difficult to please cuz we're so fanatical about are sport. He went all warning label on me about how weak it was on big game. I should start with a 300 win mag was his next remark. He must have read a lot of Boddington articles. I agree on the pay grade as well.
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Do you consider it enough for elk in your opinion with the right bullets or not? That said I would personally never use it for Elk. Wait, What?
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I have lost more people then I care to think about to cigarettes . Yeah I know they should have never started smoking, but it sure did not help that tobacco companies added nicotine to the leaf either.
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Do you consider it enough for elk in your opinion with the right bullets or not? That said I would personally never use it for Elk. Wait, What? Confused? Here I made the key words stand out.
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Do you consider it enough for elk in your opinion with the right bullets or not? That said I would personally never use it for Elk. Wait, What? Confused? Here I made the key words stand out. Confused? Here I made the key words stand out: 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
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Correct, that is my opinion.........Hence asking OTHERS THEIR opinion. Since when is this not permitted on the fire?
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Ole Fotis - living experience through 24HC threads rather than doing.... That's not exactly correct. I have shot a bunch of elk. Smallest caliber was with 7mm rem mag with 150 Partition at 3150 fps. Largest was with the 378 Bee with the 300 Hornady 300 BTSP at 3100 fps now discontinued. I'm just asking about what you guys think. This was brought on by a father wanting to get a long range elk gun for his teenage son in sportsman's warehouse where I work part time. He said he wanted a 6.5 Creed for up to 800 yard elk shooting. Now I saw a bunch of things going wrong with this scenario but I did not say anything. He said that he has read up on it and he has seen it done a bunch of times on youtube etc. I said yes sir and I proceeded to help them with anything they wanted. Not a chance that will turn out badly.... This screams System Rig needed.... 😎
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System rigged???? I do not follow...
Either way this is just plain silly guys.
I had an opinion on the matter and I asked you for yours evidently an erroneous move on my part. I posted a question without searching past topics. Anyway, I thank you for your opinions and I truly apologize if the post bothered, annoyed, or upset anyone. Those who know me know this was certainly not my aim. If I need drama I can officially follow "Big Stick" for this and get tons of entertainment (if that is what that is) to boot.
Anyway, please consider this thread closed on my part. Thank you.
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I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave....
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Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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Hey the counter guy at the SW in Roanoke flat out told me the 6.5 Creed is not for any big game hunting. It is strictly a target round. If you can’t trust a ‘noker, who can you trust?
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I had an opinion on the matter and I asked you for yours evidently an erroneous move on my part. . It was a loaded question from the start, the 6.5 Creed has a line, there is no straddling it, either you dislike it or you think it is the end all be all. I have three 6.5 Creed rifles, 2 bolt and 1 AR, it has it's place and hopping around on a mountain side chasing elk is not one I would consider. I shot my last two elk with a Miller 300 Weatherby. When there are variables that you cannot control, going marginal on your caliber choice is not something a rational man would make.
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I said yes sir and I proceeded to help them with anything they wanted. Never get between a fool and his money, lord knows I have had more than one person stand by and watch me spend mine
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Bullets matter wayyyyyyyyy more than headstamps. The 147/Kreedmire melding has accounted rather well on Mooseses,Elkeses,Bears,Sheeps,Caribouskis and Venisons...less anyone musing a regret or a change. Belts are losing their "luster".
Hint.................
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I had an opinion on the matter and I asked you for yours evidently an erroneous move on my part. . It was a loaded question from the start, the 6.5 Creed has a line, there is no straddling it, either you dislike it or you think it is the end all be all. I have three 6.5 Creed rifles, 2 bolt and 1 AR, it has it's place and hopping around on a mountain side chasing elk is not one I would consider. I shot my last two elk with a Miller 300 Weatherby. When there are variables that you cannot control, going marginal on your caliber choice is not something a rational man would make. Ok I’ll bite. What is a Miller 300 Weatherby? What bullets does it shoot?
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You are fhuqking MEAN.
David's swan Song was a 168 SMK,in said chambering.
Hint...................(grin)
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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