6.5 CM vs 1:9 twist 243

[TNHighlands]

I think it is just folks having more options now.

6.5 is a soft recoil. Everyone should shoot a light weight 30-06 or 300 mag so they can compare the recoil instead of getting a light recoil gun and try a lighter recoil gun.

For sure. There's no doubt in my mind lighter recoil equates to higher hit rates and i'm fully sold on their effectiveness having dropped multiple deer with 6.5 creed and 6 arc this year. No more dead than my 7 mag with 162's.

Having shot both beside a suppressed 300 win, the main concern with recoil would be spotting misses. But, that gun was still shooting .5" with experienced shooters and premium ammo without inducing flinches.

 

[Rich M]

For sure. There's no doubt in my mind lighter recoil equates to higher hit rates and i'm fully sold on their effectiveness having dropped multiple deer with 6.5 creed and 6 arc this year. No more dead than my 7 mag with 162's.

Having shot both beside a suppressed 300 win, the main concern with recoil would be spotting misses. But, that gun was still shooting .5" with experienced shooters and premium ammo without inducing flinches.

Eastern hunter - I dont usually get shots far enough to miss on first shot due to cold bore or wind or whatever. 2025 buck was 50 yds - off a rest. Was expecting 150-250 yd shot but not complaining.

 

[TNHighlands]

Eastern hubter - I dont usually get shots far enough to miss on first shot due to cold bore or wind or whatever. 2025 buck was 50 yds - off a rest. Was expecring 150-250 yd shot but not complaining.

Same. My max shots locally are maybe 300 tops.

 

[coyotekilla]

For me, I wouldn’t want the limits of a 9 twist 243 barrel.

Well, ive killed more whitetail than you can stack on a pickup with 100gr soft points in a 9.25 twist Remington. I'll stand behind any 243 that will sling a 85gr sierra hpgk or 100gr sp into 3/4" of an inch. For game under 400lb the combo has almost no equal.

I like my creed too, but the 243 did it first and just as good, if not better.

 

[AZ Gator]

Well, ive killed more whitetail than you can stack on a pickup with 100gr soft points in a 9.25 twist Remington. I'll stand behind any 243 that will sling a 85gr sierra hpgk or 100gr sp into 3/4" of an inch. For game under 400lb the combo has almost no equal.

I like my creed too, but the 243 did it first and just as good, if not better.

No doubt. That doesn’t mean it (that twist) would be sufficient for shooting a 107, 109, or 116.

If I were guessing, 10tw 243’s have killed more deer than 6CM ever will. That doesn’t mean it isn’t limited, which is what I was speaking (writing) to.

 

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