6.5 creedmoor for hunting

[slm9s]

If elk are on the menu I'd choose a 270 or above.  Roosevelt bull elk are pretty big animals, and Murphy's law has a tendency to show up when your hunting.  If its the last day of your hunt and a "texas heart shot" is your only opportunity on a big bull, the bigger the better - IMHO.   

[jrebel]

If elk are on the menu I'd choose a 270 or above.  Roosevelt bull elk are pretty big animals, and Murphy's law has a tendency to show up when your hunting.  If its the last day of your hunt and a "texas heart shot" is your only opportunity on a big bull, the bigger the better - IMHO.   

Last day or not....that is horrible advise. 

[Jonathan_S]

If elk are on the menu I'd choose a 270 or above.  Roosevelt bull elk are pretty big animals, and Murphy's law has a tendency to show up when your hunting.  If its the last day of your hunt and a "texas heart shot" is your only opportunity on a big bull, the bigger the better - IMHO.   

Good point, huge difference between .264 and .270

[BULLBLASTER]

If elk are on the menu I'd choose a 270 or above.  Roosevelt bull elk are pretty big animals, and Murphy's law has a tendency to show up when your hunting.  If its the last day of your hunt and a "texas heart shot" is your only opportunity on a big bull, the bigger the better - IMHO.   

Good point, huge difference between .264 and .270

Especially when both bullets are 140 grains. 

[Taco280AI]

If its the last day of your hunt and a "texas heart shot" is your only opportunity on a big bull, the bigger the better - IMHO.   

Then you go without elk in the freezer that year

[BullMagnet76]

If elk are on the menu I'd choose a 270 or above.  Roosevelt bull elk are pretty big animals, and Murphy's law has a tendency to show up when your hunting.  If its the last day of your hunt and a "texas heart shot" is your only opportunity on a big bull, the bigger the better - IMHO.   

Last day or not....that is horrible advise.

   Never take the Texas heart shot

[300rum]

Unless you are shooting at over 1k yards or just want something different, I can't find a reason to go with the 6.5 over the .308.  The ammo is more expensive, the brass is more expensive and you can't walk into the hardware store in Ronan Montana and buy a box of 6.5 off the shelf. 

The 6.5 is a fine cartridge if you want something different and it shines after 1k yards but every truck on the east side of the mountains has a loaded round of .308 rolling around on the floor somewhere.   

[longrange7mm]

The gun I am looking at is a 18" 6.5 that has a threaded barrel and I was planning on putting my omega on it.


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Thats what the one I'm shooting is 18" barrel and Im running a Thunderbeast shooting the 143 @ 2600 fps

[CAMPMEAT]

6.5 Creedmoors sucks. I have 3 of them....

[coachcw]

Your 308 s are great medium range hunting rounds . If you want to step up to the 6.5 game I'd look at the 6.5 x284 with a 24 plus pipe to see the real benefits  of what it has to offer .

[BULLBLASTER]

I see nothing wrong with a 6.5 Grendel as an elk gun! 

[Karl Blanchard]

I see nothing wrong with a 6.5 Grendel as an elk gun! 

 

[2labs]

I see nobody is interested in the Swede? Stupid people amuse me!

[Jonathan_S]

I would shoot anything with a 6.5 Creedmor at 150 yards. Some incredible bullet selection. Load data shows it pushing 140-142 bullets between 2500-2750 FPS. A Hornady ELD or Accubonds Long Range at that weight and speed is far above the minimum for elk or black bear or anything on the continent for that matter.

It would be one of my last choices in the 6.5 family but it's still a 6.5 

[DJ_Mack]

The gun I am looking at is a 18" 6.5 that has a threaded barrel and I was planning on putting my omega on it.


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Thats what the one I'm shooting is 18" barrel and Im running a Thunderbeast shooting the 143 @ 2600 fps

What gun are you running? Do you hand load? And if so what is your load data?


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