I have one of those, too, shooting 180s, and that's what I killed my elk with. So I know what you're saying. Still say with shot placement I and the 6.5's can get it done. I can show you pics of guys that have done it.

Same here. Every day I leave the house headed 40 miles to the range there is usually a 260 and occasionally a 7 Rem Mag butt down in the passenger floor board. And that is 2-4 days a week. So 2-4 days a week I'm making an occasional hunting shot but every day shooting at something.

Big difference in punching paper or steel from hunting. Paper is to check zero, steel is to test myself. You miss steel its not a gut shot, its a miss, plain and simple. Sorry I cant tie hogs up at every berm to practice on.

I would like to build a 6.5 AR-10, but I still haven't finished my last 300 BLK Out build

What's the advantage of the 6.5 creedmoor vs 6.8 SPC?

My 7 mag I'll shoot a few times a year to check zero and then whatever animals
I shoot

I use 140 grain ballistic silver tips for deer and 160 grain swift a-frames for bigger stuff

My point is that the shooters are the ones that argue about ballistic coefficiencies and sectional densities and the hunters talk about what happens when you shoot animals with such and such bullet

How many animals have you guys killed with these .260's and 6.5 creed mores to give your strong convictions of them?

(I am a big believer in .26 caliber rounds for deer sized game, but you get my point)

Have venison in the freezer for several years with a 260. Killed some big hogs with a 260. Dont know numbers, sorry.

How bout predator hunting? Is that still hunting? I kill more coyotes per year than anything else (save prairie dogs) and I've killed many outside a quarter mile. Hunting/ shooting/ killing that far and beyond, BC matters, the wind is usually a factor.

I'll I'm saying, it's alot more impressive, when somebody questions a cartridges merit on game, to show alot of pics of dead animals than it is to post pics of ballistic charts and wind drifts and argue what cartridge is faster at 800 yards.

A .260 is a great cartridge....but it isn't doing anything on live critters that a .270 Hasent been doing since the 1930's, so why do these threads keep comming up about how it and the 7mm-08 and now the 6.5 creed are the greatest thing since sliced bread?

Do they work on game? Absolutely. Do they work better than cartridges that have been in production for 40+ years already....eh.....well....

I killed more pigs this year alone with the creedmoor than most people will in ten. It's a killer. I was just asking who is using it as their #1 deer rifle this year.

Im using my 6.5x55 close enough..lol ..

From the Hornady site

"Originally developed from the ground up to give competitive shooters a factory-loaded cartridge that would allow them to compete and win in the highest levels of competitive shooting. With pedigree firmly rooted in precision shooting, the 6.5 Creedmoor is making its way into the world of hunting. Chambered by both Ruger and DPMS in hunting rifles, the 6.5 Creedmoor is making its debut as a hunting round in our new Superformance™ line of ammunition. Loaded with both the new 120 grain GMX® and the venerable 129 grain SST®, the 6.5 Creedmoor brings a world of precision-based performance to the hunting arena, and it’s light recoil make it a DREAM to shoot for extended periods. It’s perfect for any North American game up to and including Elk."



My AR 6.5 creed should be ready in a few weeks!

I personally don't use a 6.5 anything as I prefer the 7mm. Only reason I got into this discussion is because of some slight misinformation being given. That being said I shoot a lot of pigs for no other reason than trying out new bullets and it's fun.

It's funny you limit it to deer size game the 6.5x55 has probably killed more moose than any other round out there and the creed/260 are ballistic twins to it.

And everyone always touts shot placement. Well there ya go...moose.

Where did that hug go somebody was talking about???

Last year I took mine with a 130gr VLD that had a MV 3000 FPS. (44.1gr of H4350) Laid a deer right down at 200 yards.

6.5 x 280 AI...close to Nozzie 26's... ummm uhhh that sounds good, & in lots easier to find & cheaper brass too.

Horizon don't be shy and hide the "Good News" under a bush when you get it off the ground and running.

I assume a 26" barrel too. Redding doing dies yet?
Ron

Redding will always do the dies it just costs a little extra if they are special.

Or use a 280AI bushing die and just cange the bushing out.

The moose in Sweden are not the 2000 lb beasts you see in the Yukon

They are much smaller

So how big are they? Bout equivalent to North American wapiti?

600-800 lbs.

But it's well known that moose are not as tough as elk.

Lb for lb elk is one of the toughest animals out there.

That being said, our own BMD just returned to Africa with his daughter and a pile of animals that fell to her 7mm-08

I'm not putting down the .260 or the 6.5 creedmoor as a hunting cartridge.

Over personally seen kills made at 400 + yards with a .260

What my question was, was what do they offer a hunter over a .270 or a .280?

And I'll stand by my statement that a .260 is not an elk cartridge.

Where do you find 1k lb Rocky Mountain elk

270/280----- SA and less recoil for similar performance.

I built my wife 6.5 CM for as an Elk/Mulie/WT/Antelope gun.

She doesn't shoot over 300 but I do.

I already showed you what it offers over the 270 at just 100 the 6.5 is already being affected less by wind.

Dee, thank you for that, that was my question

My question was is there any real world advantage to using a 6.5 in a real world hunting scenario

Again, I was not saying a 6.5 is inadequate

The argument tht they can be had in a gun a few inches shorter IMO is a moot point

Mute? Yet the 308, 7-08, 260/CM, 6mm, 243 are all extremely popular. Common theme shorter overall rifle, less barrel length temperament ,And excluding 308..less recoil.

In Finland, where they locals call Shirras Moose an "Elg" in Swedish - Finland has 2 Official Languages ...Finnish & Swedish, left over from the thousands of years of occupation either by Sweden or Russia - the ones I saw were about the same % of difference as White Tails to Mule Deer...from western Canada. About 20-25% smaller on average, not only in body weight but in overall size and much smaller head gear.

When I was there in '84 the Finns had instituted a mandatory 30 cal & 200 gr minimum cartridge size along with an Energy minimum, so most of the 6.5x55 Swede 160gr RN's used on Moose probably came from Norway or Sweden where the populations are much larger. We used 30'06's & SAKO 200gr Hammerhead semi SP ammo that at the 100 meters running Moose Target we shot at Permit Qualifying, the ammo shot about like you would expect with lots of drop evident. The critter I saw in the bush but could not get a shot at, a mature cow, I'd of been surprised that a 160 gr RN at 2400fps would have put down, moving at a dead run in front of the Dogs & Beaters in the Line. But the 225lb field dressed & skinned Wtail Doe that was killed was stopped DRT.

Shirras just eat outstandingly well, and there is a small huntable population in Wyoming & Montana & mebbe Idaho on Once in a Lifetime Permit drawn by Lottery for Resident Hunters only. Seems like I saw some pics recently from either Glacier or Jellystone.
Ron