Re: Annoyed with this 6.5 crap
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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07/26/22 08:40 PM
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Lost a deer on what I thought was a terminal neck shot, deer was down for 5 minutes, got up and ran of while I went to get the truck, (30 minutes), switched to Barnes 120 gr now for hunting deer. I don’t carry it to hunt, my daughter sort of claimed it, she has killed a couple buck with it since.
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Re: Annoyed with this 6.5 crap
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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07/26/22 08:47 PM
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Re: Annoyed with this 6.5 crap
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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07/26/22 10:48 PM
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What makes the gun good is not entirely the gun but the man loading the bullets.
No matter where you go there you are.
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Re: Annoyed with this 6.5 crap
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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07/26/22 10:55 PM
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Idk what I'm more annoyed with when it comes to the 6.5 craze lately, the constant advertising hailing it as the best thing ever or eveyone and their uncle who has to to go off on a paragraph essay full of lame , trying to be offensive puns,on why the. 260 rem or 6.5x55 are just as good and they can't figure out why eveyone just dosent use that. Like geezzzz I don't even like to mention it when I go into a shop. Was in the pawn shop last week and was asking the lady at the counter if they could order me in a 6.5 grendel and do a lay away payment . Before I could say Gr... Had some guy snort from the other end of counter snort and start goin off on a rant about why .260 is better. Ends up the guy never own one of either That then I was at the range shooting my .243 had a guy next to me ask what I was shooting and he started talking about his Creedmore and how good the BC was. I asked him what BC was and how far did he generally shoot guy says he don't shoot past 100yd most of the time and couldn't tell me how BC even made a difference when shooting. Was shooting 3" groups @100yd Idk I just hope they hurry up and kill it already , getting to the point I can basically predict what's going to be in a comment section or what's going to come out of somones mouth to the point it's not even fun anymore. Had to unfollow a few pages like outdoor life on FB because that's all these ever on it it seems anymore I usually reply to snorters with something like, "I had planned on paying for this with my own money. You can keep your 2 cents." But I'm friendly like that. Shoot what you want to shoot. Hang what everyone else has to say. Mike
One man with a gun may control 100 others who have none.
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Re: Annoyed with this 6.5 crap
[Re: Law Dog]
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07/27/22 01:18 AM
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7MM-STW is my flat shooter less recoil gun. x2 I grew up using a 270, and still love my 270 pump for timber hunting, but my long range rifle is a 7mm STW. Have a 260 for the wife that is a nice little gun and shoots nice. I'd have to spend some time counting to figure out how many guns I own, but I generally hunt with three centerfire rifles, 270, 7mm STW, and 45-70. The others get taken out occasionally, but most I have killed maybe one critter with, and/or loaned them to someone else to shoot something with, and I fall back on the same three favorites, preference depending on what type of hunting I plan on doing that day.
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Re: Annoyed with this 6.5 crap
[Re: Ridge Runner1960]
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07/27/22 01:28 AM
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The ELDx is just an a-max with a bit of change in the shape to give it a better BC, the amax was an excellent deer bullet as long as the impact velocity was below 3100 fps. the creed is an excellant cartridge, the high BC of the .264 diameter is what allows the bullet to remain supersonic to allow the 1k target shooting with the small capacity of the creed's case. but any high BC bullet drops and drifts 30% less than a bullet of lower BC. it can be done with any cartridge. I have shot some 284 bullets of 200 gr. that has a BC of around .84, at 3250 fps they are amazing! What 200 grainers were you using?
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Re: Annoyed with this 6.5 crap
[Re: bearcat2]
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07/27/22 05:21 AM
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The ELDx is just an a-max with a bit of change in the shape to give it a better BC, the amax was an excellent deer bullet as long as the impact velocity was below 3100 fps. the creed is an excellant cartridge, the high BC of the .264 diameter is what allows the bullet to remain supersonic to allow the 1k target shooting with the small capacity of the creed's case. but any high BC bullet drops and drifts 30% less than a bullet of lower BC. it can be done with any cartridge. I have shot some 284 bullets of 200 gr. that has a BC of around .84, at 3250 fps they are amazing! What 200 grainers were you using? wildcats
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Re: Annoyed with this 6.5 crap
[Re: TheYouthTrapper]
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07/27/22 10:12 AM
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I run a 6.5 Creedmoor with custom loads and I love the thing to death, I can shoot dimes at 100 yards and probably a 6" group at 600 yards which considering how often I actually go to the range is surprising. I shot my first antelope with a 6.5 Grendel at I think 200 yards and it dropped it on the spot with no issues. We also run a 22 Creedmoor for thermal hunting coyotes and another one for day hunting and they're both good very nice rifles. Also, have shot a 6.5 PRC quite a few times and love that too. To be entirely honest though, I don't care what gun I'm shooting because at the end of the day skill and experience beats out every other factor. “ I run” I hear that term on here Wouldn’t it be easier to hit the target if you were sitting still ? What does that even mean ? Yea I might see running a belt thru an auto machine gun Or even “running “ a full clip thru a pistol
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Re: Annoyed with this 6.5 crap
[Re: jbyrd63]
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07/27/22 10:27 AM
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I run a 6.5 Creedmoor with custom loads and I love the thing to death, I can shoot dimes at 100 yards and probably a 6" group at 600 yards which considering how often I actually go to the range is surprising. I shot my first antelope with a 6.5 Grendel at I think 200 yards and it dropped it on the spot with no issues. We also run a 22 Creedmoor for thermal hunting coyotes and another one for day hunting and they're both good very nice rifles. Also, have shot a 6.5 PRC quite a few times and love that too. To be entirely honest though, I don't care what gun I'm shooting because at the end of the day skill and experience beats out every other factor. “ I run” I hear that term on here Wouldn’t it be easier to hit the target if you were sitting still ? What does that even mean ? Yea I might see running a belt thru an auto machine gun Or even “running “ a full clip thru a pistol He "runs" or uses a 6.5 CM.......
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