22 creedmoor vs 6 creedmoor for sub 600 yard Big game?

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I myself vote for 6mm. I am getting 3400fps with a 95gr Accubond shooting sub moa. I like to have a little more bullet with the game size possibilities you mentioned. Not knocking 22 just putting in my 2cents.
if you shot something like a 88 out of the 22 creed would you really be giving anything up in comparison to a 95gr 6mm?
 
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Sorry it is a 99gr accubond. I load so many different guns i forget.
Damnit 90gr can't type or remember stuff. FYI also shooting one ragged hole.
 

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But what do you really gain by going 22 cm over 6 cm? Wouldn’t 6 cm be just as good and you wouldn’t have to worry about if it’s legal to hunt with in any particular state in which you may draw a tag?
 
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But what do you really gain by going 22 cm over 6 cm? Wouldn’t 6 cm be just as good and you wouldn’t have to worry about if it’s legal to hunt with in any particular state in which you may draw a tag?
Yep 6 creed is the way to go. Then you can use it to hunt big game in all states. In Colorado you can’t hunt with .224 for big game
 
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But what do you really gain by going 22 cm over 6 cm? Wouldn’t 6 cm be just as good and you wouldn’t have to worry about if it’s legal to hunt with in any particular state in which you may draw a tag?

That might be a factor for us residents but not for me in Canada. The 22 cm does have a few advantages in short barrels to 600 over the 6 cm that's what led me to the 22
 

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That might be a factor for us residents but not for me in Canada. The 22 cm does have a few advantages in short barrels to 600 over the 6 cm that's what led me to the 22
That makes sense. I hunt a lot of different states so I would really hate to have to wonder every time if I could legally take my potentially favorite rifle.
Im 95% convinced I’m going to put a 16 in 6 cm barrel on a spare tikka action i have. Do you mind laying out the advantages a 22 cm would have over 6cm?
 
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That makes sense. I hunt a lot of different states so I would really hate to have to wonder every time if I could legally take my potentially favorite rifle.
Im 95% convinced I’m going to put a 16 in 6 cm barrel on a spare tikka action i have. Do you mind laying out the advantages a 22 cm would have over 6cm?

The advantages are the same as basically any other situation where a case is necked down one bore size. Faster, flatter, less recoil. The 88 ELDm has a BC thats basically on par with 108 ELDm.
 
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That makes sense. I hunt a lot of different states so I would really hate to have to wonder every time if I could legally take my potentially favorite rifle.
Im 95% convinced I’m going to put a 16 in 6 cm barrel on a spare tikka action i have. Do you mind laying out the advantages a 22 cm would have over 6cm?

Ya basically as said above the 22cm has a little better velocity to bc ratio, especially in a short barrel. Also little less recoil. It's not a real big difference but it does exist. Either one is a good choice,for me I figured the 22 was a little gooder.
 
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