Best all around Caliber??

[Cherokeeguide]

Just have the itch to buy a new rifle. I don't Wana hear save your money and buy more ammo for the guns I have lol)

If you don't like the answer, ask a different question (lol).

You have a 6.5 Creedmoor. I could kill every kind of hooved critter that roams the North American continent with that cartridge. Nothing else compatible with a .470"-.473" bolt face is going to kill any deader. Save your money.

Unless, of course, you don't think you could "git 'er done" with the 6.5 Creedmoor.

Everything is bigger in Texas, right? Even your supermarkets, like Herbert E. Butts, take up entire city blocks. Might was well use a .338 Winchester Magnum for your whitetail whacking and trips out west, based on that "everything's bigger in Texas" logic. Trajectory is about like a good 165 grain .30-'06 load, but it makes a bigger entry hole. On the other hand, you could do like some on the African continent do and use a .375 Holland and Holland for everything, including big bears that might want to eat you back. Out to 300 yards, a 275 grain soft-nose spitzer from a .375 H&H shoots as flat as a .30-'06 does,

So, there you have it: get yerself a custom rifle in something like .338 Win. Mag, .340 Weatherby Mag, .375 Ruger, or .375 Holland and Holland.

"Go big, or go home...."

 

[Rodeotime]

I had a 7-6.5prc built, absolutely love it. Similar to a 7 saum or .280ai but with a 6.5prc case. Shoots the 175eldx at 2940 or the 160 accubond at 2975 with light recoil.

 

[JPW13]

.458, add a thumper to your world

 

[Dave Thomas]

I'm interested in a 6creed for something flat or a 358Win or 35Whelen for something different, plus in my state, centerfire rifles must be at least 35cal for deer but 35whelen is just cool in general.

I wonder the reasoning behind that law.

 

[hunting1]

I had a 7-6.5prc built, absolutely love it. Similar to a 7 saum or .280ai but with a 6.5prc case. Shoots the 175eldx at 2940 or the 160 accubond at 2975 with light recoil.

I would love to see this become a commercial cartridge!

 

[craigrh13]

What would mac effective range for elk be with a 6mm creed? What factory ammo?

 

[UnckleBob]

If this Texan could only keep one of my many rifles, my Browning X Bolt 6.8W would be the one.

It wouldn’t be overkill for deer and hogs, does not have excessive recoil, and can slaughter bigger game with the heavy for caliber .277 bullets.

 

[Bluefish]

I wonder the reasoning behind that law.

Bigger diameter bullets tend to have poor bc for weight ranges most people will use. In theory this limits range compared to typical 30 cal, 7mm, 6.5 mm hunting rounds. It’s hard to get a 400 yard gun in 35 cal or larger with less than 20 ftlbs of recoil in a light weight hunting rifle.

Iowa is 35 cal minimum for whitetail. Bottleneck is allowed. Used to be shotgun only, then straightwall, now 35 cal or larger. Once you did into the ballistics, it sort of makes sense.

The best 200g 35 cal bc I have found is .369 g1. Most are in the .2’s and its hard to even get to 300 yards before you are under 1800 fps. You can get better with 225 or 250, but recoil quickly is more than a 300wm.

 

[Chase4566]

Will start by saying your 270 will do it all. However, I too can’t help myself when it comes to buying a new rifle in a cartridge I don’t have, so I feel ya.

I mean, the 25-06 has a pretty solid following here in Texas for whitetail. 25-06, or 25creed would be on my list to add to the stable. It’s a fantastic versatile caliber, and the 25-06 specifically is time proven. I’m pushing a 120gr Sierra Gameking HPBT at 3100fps and it’s bad medicine.

The 30-06 can do it all, and is just a fun proven cartridge. I personally prefer “old school” over new school for the nostalgia. Same with 308win, it will do it. Buddy of mine in Colorado uses a 308 for all of his critter hunting(mule deer, elk, ect).

So, my suggestion to your question. Find you a rifle you like in 25-06. Then in a year when you get the itch again, look at something like a 30-06, 308, 7mag, 7prc. Rinse and repeat until the gun safe is full or your wife divorces you because you won’t stop buying rifles(I’ve hit the former… hoping the latter doesn’t happen )