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I just started shooting Hornady Custom Lite 125 grain bullets in my little 30-06 Merkel K3. It weighs in at about 6 pounds and thumps pretty good shooting full strength 180 grainers. The Custom Lites shoot great and have very little recoil. I think Hornady sells these in 7mm08 too. FYI.
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We will probably buy new in one of the entry level bolt rifles. With seasons over here this year we are biding our time with an eye out for a bargain. If the right deal comes along, new or used, a .243 or .308 would do. This will be primarily for blacktail deer in the wet jungle, but elk and black bear are on the local menu. As much as I like to geek out on BC, recoil, etc., for the uses stated I would be fine with any of your choices (.243, 6.5 Creedmoor. 7mm-08, .308). I'm not a big .308 fan per se, but we have TONS of factory ammo locally for that cartridge. Way more selection than the others, including 6.5 Creedmoor. Not sure if factory ammo matters to you though.
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PS - I hunted with a .308 this year. Rifle was for my kids but I fell in love with the thing during load development. I still like the 7mm-08 and 6.5 Creedmoor, but with 16" barrel and can the .308 was hard to resist. It hammers with 150 handloads, and doesn't give up much to the others if running shorter barrels on each for extended ranges.
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I would go 7-08, my wife and I both shoot one a fair bit and have taken 25+ elk with ours using 140 grain accubonds.
My 2 nephews both shoot 7-08's as well and have killed pronghorn, deer, and elk with them. One uses 120 grain ballistic tips, the other is shooting 139 grain interlocks.
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I've used both. Deer won't know the difference. Pick either and go kill stuff.
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I just started shooting Hornady Custom Lite 125 grain bullets in my little 30-06 Merkel K3. It weighs in at about 6 pounds and thumps pretty good shooting full strength 180 grainers. The Custom Lites shoot great and have very little recoil. I think Hornady sells these in 7mm08 too. FYI.
Mackey Hunting bud and I are really liking 125/130 gr ‘06 loads on local WT’s and hogs. At 3K+ fps, really whacks’em. DF
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What are advantages/disadvantages between 6.5 Creed and 7-08? I think I have a pretty good handle on them but wonder if there is something I don’t know or haven’t thought about.
We will probably buy new in one of the entry level bolt rifles. With seasons over here this year we are biding our time with an eye out for a bargain. If the right deal comes along, new or used, a .243 or .308 would do. This will be primarily for blacktail deer in the wet jungle, but elk and black bear are on the local menu. For your purposes, I would choose the 7mm-08.
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I helped a young man harvest his elk yesterday day with my 7-08 Hornady 140. The bullet passed though both front shoulders. Elk took two steps and dropped. Complete pass though. This is the 4th elk taken with this rifle and load. I am definitely impressed with the 7-08.
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