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The main reason I started my thread, I had read somewhere he that the 6.5 CM was not a good deer cartridge as it was under powered, even though I had bought mine just previous to reading about it here recently.
I hesitate to call someone a "fool", but that "author" is certainly ignorant.The main reason I started my thread, I had read somewhere he that the 6.5 CM was not a good deer cartridge as it was under powered, even though I had bought mine just previous to reading about it here recently.
The main reason I started my thread, I had read somewhere he that the 6.5 CM was not a good deer cartridge as it was under powered, even though I had bought mine just previous to reading about it here recently.
The 6.5cm is an awsome round my wife and i have used it on many big game animals, in several states BUT it will never replace the 7/08No question the 6.5 CM is an awesome deer round. I fear it's well on it's way to pushing the 7mm-08, my personal favorite for deer, into obscurity.
I've never heard anyone say the 6.5 Creed is bare minimum for deer.
To answer your thread title question, I'd say...no one. Plenty of people use .243 to great effect and that's smaller than 6.5 Creedmoor.
I know someone who took an elk at 700 yards with a 6.5 Creedmoor. I certainly wouldn't advise it, but it's capable.
Who said the 6.5 Creedmoor was the Bare Minimum for Deer
The Sweeds have killed a lot of moose with their old 6.5 round over the years.Fans of the 6.5x55 Swedish have known that a 120-156 grain bullet at this speed is a low-recoil, flat shooting, game killing machine since 1895. The USA, being fond of the basic 30-06 case size and distrusting things from Europe came up with the same formula at 6.8mm (.270) and a 130-150 grain bullet and a bit more velocity and recoil.
Great job on your buck, and glad you have found your happy rifle!