Oregonhuntrboi
WKR
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2022
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Eating some humble pie and trying to be honest and objective with myself on what the most effective cartridge I should be shooting given my goals. I drank the marketing cool aid before and always thought bigger was better and “energy” was king.
So to be clear, I hunt out west and after trial/error/ and much practice I’ve decided 500 yards will be my max limit on game ( given a solid rest, angle of animal, and minimal wind ). I currently am shooting a 7mm prc and I have developed a pretty good flinch, can’t view where my shots hit, with it and struggle to stay in site picture. Soooo I’m considering switching to a 6mm creed or 6.5 prc. Sounds like given the minimum bullet expansion of 1800 fps a 6mm creed would be effective on elk to 500 yards. Before I commit to the switch I just wanted to get some final input from fellow members here With some objective opinions on 6mm creed vs 6.5 prc for an all around hunting rifle to a max of 500 yards. Thanks all!
So to be clear, I hunt out west and after trial/error/ and much practice I’ve decided 500 yards will be my max limit on game ( given a solid rest, angle of animal, and minimal wind ). I currently am shooting a 7mm prc and I have developed a pretty good flinch, can’t view where my shots hit, with it and struggle to stay in site picture. Soooo I’m considering switching to a 6mm creed or 6.5 prc. Sounds like given the minimum bullet expansion of 1800 fps a 6mm creed would be effective on elk to 500 yards. Before I commit to the switch I just wanted to get some final input from fellow members here With some objective opinions on 6mm creed vs 6.5 prc for an all around hunting rifle to a max of 500 yards. Thanks all!