6.5 Creedmoor vs .308: Which is more of a "Killer"

[General RE LEE]

Rifle season is fast approaching here in Tennessee and I have two excellent Tikkas. 1) Tikka UPR 308 2) Tikka CTR 6.5 Creedmoor

I handload for both

308:168 grain Berger Classic Hunter or 168 grain ELD-M/AMAX 2)
6.5 Creedmoor: 143 grain ELD-X

Between the two short action cartridges, which is more of an emphatic "killer" at yardages from 10 to 500 yards?

 

[PNWGATOR]

The difference won’t be noticeable

 

[goodorbit]

Which do you shoot better with?

 

[General RE LEE]

Which do you shoot better with?

I shoot both really well. The 308 does have a little more wind drift and is harder to watch hits.

 

[Marbles]

Rifle season is fast approaching here in Tennessee and I have two excellent Tikkas. 1) Tikka UPR 308 2) Tikka CTR 6.5 Creedmoor

I handload for both

308:168 grain Berger Classic Hunter or 168 grain ELD-M/AMAX 2)
6.5 Creedmoor: 143 grain ELD-X

Between the two short action cartridges, which is more of an emphatic "killer" at yardages from 10 to 500 yards?

With that bullet selection, the ELD-M will likely destroy more tissue, so potentially kill more emphatically and waste more meat.

My guess, not having used either is the 6.5 will kill very well with an ELD-X and produce more desirable amounts of damage.

Form's pictures of wounds from a 308 using bullets like the ELD-M show what I would consider excessive meat damage.

 

[Mule3006Elk]

Personally, I favor high weight retention bullets to minimize meat loss.
Of those choices, both will work, but I would favor 6.5 CM with ELD-X.

 

[hereinaz]

Bullet placement is higher on my list of “killer“ potential, and you essentially have some of the best performing bullets.

If you drew a circle around the best, a 65 could shoot and the best hey 308 could shoot, when you consider environmental factors, then the 6.5 Creedmoor is a better choice.

To make my point, draw that same circle around a six Creedmoor, shooting a 105 or 115 burger, and it will kill more effectively simply because it will print a smaller group at distance, considering wind drift and drop.

 

[General RE LEE]

The 143 ELD-X does put nice holes in deer.

 

[Lawnboi]

I don’t like what bergers do to deer, so I wouldn’t choose that one.

 

[svivian]

Looks like plenty of relevant discussion on these threads

6.5 PRC vs 30-06 as a Hunting Cartridge

Here’s one I’d be interested in seeing a discussion. Both have their benefits but does one really outshine the other? I believe the 06 covers just about all big game in North America. I bet the 6.5 PRC is pretty close.

rokslide.com

6.5 creed vs 30-06

Not trying to start a war but if yall have to pick one, which would it be? Rifles weigh the same and you can handload for both. Which is getting the nod for back country deer ( out to 600 )?

rokslide.com

 

[General RE LEE]

Looks like plenty of relevant discussion on these threads

6.5 PRC vs 30-06 as a Hunting Cartridge

Here’s one I’d be interested in seeing a discussion. Both have their benefits but does one really outshine the other? I believe the 06 covers just about all big game in North America. I bet the 6.5 PRC is pretty close.

rokslide.com

6.5 creed vs 30-06

Not trying to start a war but if yall have to pick one, which would it be? Rifles weigh the same and you can handload for both. Which is getting the nod for back country deer ( out to 600 )?

rokslide.com

My question was about .308...not 30-06.

 

[NSI]

Your creed is easier to follow up and spot from field positions, and is firing a more than adequate projectile. I'd go that way.

-J

 

[ElPollo]

I was debating the same two cartridges not too long ago and went with the 6.5 due to lower recoil and better down range ballistics. I took three animals with it last year and have no regrets. If anything, I’d go smaller now. I’m in the process of picking up a 223 bolt gun. The ammo is way cheaper for practice. And I am confident that, with the right bullets, it’ll handle anything I’m hunting these days.

 

[amassi]

Your creed is easier to follow up and spot from field positions, and is firing a more than adequate projectile. I'd go that way.

-J

I don’t think field positions are important here. I believe this rifle will be leisurely rested on The frame of a box blind


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[amassi]

The A-max is a messier bullet than the eld-x.
Potentially would result in more emphatic kills
But like already noted, you’d be hard pressed to tell a difference between the 2.

 

[General RE LEE]

I don’t think field positions are important here. I believe this rifle will be leisurely rested on The frame of a box blind


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You’ve been reading my mail.

 

[JGRaider]

What's the longest shot you made that killed a deer?

 

[dv8pnt]

I have shot a lot of PA whitetails with hornady precision hunter 143 grain eldx 6.5 creedmoor. None went far.

 

[TxxAgg]

If you can add some sort of rear support it does wonders for accuracy

 

[11boo]

I have got to try that leisure hunting. And my .308 has easily dropped elk, and I just got a 6.5 a while back. Really, I like it more.