6 arc or 22arc and 25 cred

[Williammcinall]

I've been going down the rabbit hole of a new rifle, and as primarily upland bird hunter my brain capacity is full from that world. I had good success with the 6 arc and 108eldm out to 413yrds last year on a mature mule deer and am comfortable in the small caliber world.

I have a howa mini 6 arc now that's built up with a stockys vg hunter, NF nxs 2.5-10x42, trimmed mag, MDT bottom metal.

My brain is stuck on wanting a larger caliber for elk and moose here in alberta, now that .22 cal is legal I've been thinking of going from The 6 arc to a 22arc for deer/sheep and building a 6 or 25 creed for larger game

The other side of my brain is just keeping the 6 arc loaded hot or rebarrel to 6 dasher. Either option puts 1800fps past my max range of 550 and knowing its going to work on the larger game like elk and moose

I am confident in that range as I shoot further that that range almost daily at home in multiple positions.

 

[HandgunHTR]

The 6ARC will be just fine on larger animals. All the 6 Creed gets you is more distance. If you need that distance then, by all means, build yourself a 6 Creed.

I would do both in 6mm, so you don't have to get a whole new slew of bullets. You can just keep slinging the 108s.

 

[WyoWild]

I have a lightweight 6 ARC for backcountry deer hunts. I am going to use an extra action I have to build a 16-18" suppressed 25 Creed to use for elk. Should give me a bit more range and the 130ish grain 25 cal bullets have awesome ballistics and will deliver a bullet that can do a bit more work. I don't think you can go wrong either way.

 

[Williammcinall]

I have a lightweight 6 ARC for backcountry deer hunts. I am going to use an extra action I have to build a 16-18" suppressed 25 Creed to use for elk. Should give me a bit more range and the 130ish grain 25 cal bullets have awesome ballistics and will deliver a bullet that can do a bit more work. I don't think you can go wrong either way.

I ended up rebarreling my arc to a 20" 6 dasher for my bush gun shooting the 108 eldm at 2850. And putting together a 24" 25 creedmoor for my open country/ mountain gun

 

[sierracharlie338]

I ended up rebarreling my arc to a 20" 6 dasher for my bush gun shooting the 108 eldm at 2850. And putting together a 24" 25 creedmoor for my open country/ mountain gun

Nice. I never thought I’d say this but I really enjoy my 25cm. That thing is a hammer. I’ll be shooting some of the factory stuff out of it this weekend.

 

[Williammcinall]

Nice. I never thought I’d say this but I really enjoy my 25cm. That thing is a hammer. I’ll be shooting some of the factory stuff out of it this weekend.

Im excited to get it finished and get some hand loads done up for it.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

I sure like the idea of the 25 CM. Seems like it's a great balance.