6.5 vs 308

[HntnFsh]

Your not wrong!

[W_Ellison2011]

Ya or just buy a 7mm rem mag
And harvest EVERYTHING in North America

Never pickup another rifle and never look back.
 
Spreading some love now.
Tell me I'm wrong.
 

Or build a custom 7-300 win mag and have even more push behind the 180-195 gr .284 cal bullets.

[Cougartail]

Some important tips. Calibers needed shrink the farther you live from cities.   Also, people who actually leave camp or the truck own stainless steel rifles as elk hunting often happens in rain and snow. I'd use the rifle I cared the least about if they aren't stainless. Rust happens!

The 6.5x55 Swede has been killing Moose for over 100 years. They are very similar to the Creedmoor.

Good luck!

[hogslayer]

Either would do fine at 3-400.  I would choose the 6.5 because I really put an importance on seeing impacts on animals.  In my rifle arsenal, bigger the caliber and cartridge, heavier the rifle and bigger the brake.  I want to be able to see impacts at the distance I plan on shooting the rifle at.  Breaking a shot, to then be frantically trying to get back on the animal to see where it went, where you hit, is not a great feeling.

[dilleytech]

Within 500 yards the .308 is superior after that the 6.5 starts to make more sense or something like that. But either will work.