Caliber Battle: 6mm ARC vs 6.5 Creedmoor for Deer Sized Game

[General RE LEE]

Literally doesn’t matter… pick one and shoot it… a bunch.

6 ARC barrel life from what I’ve read is comparable to 308 so lots of guilt free shooting.

 

[General RE LEE]

In the right action, the 6mm ARC is perhaps the finest medium-game cartridge ever made. As you can see with the ballistic chart I recently generated comparing the ARC to the .223, it's an impressive round through a 16-inch barrel. Compared to the 6.5 CM, the recoil difference is substantial.

The only limiting factor to the ARC is actions sized to the round. Besides ARs, there's Howa's Mini Action, which maybe isn't custom-level quality but still very usable. Paired with the right stock, scope, and suppressor, a Howa in 6mm ARC would be a world-class deer rifle.

I currently have three ARCs and another planned. On the AR front, I have an 18-inch gasser and a 16-inch straight pull. My bolt-action 6mm ARC is a NULA with 20-inch barrel. A future ARC in my collection is a stainless Sako A1 currently in 7.62x39. I'm pumped for that one; dinky Sako actions are the coolest actions ever made.
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6 ARC Howa Mini bolt gun 108 ELD-M at 600 yards today. Velocity drops below 1800 FPS beyond 600.

 

[mahonsr]

Nice! Hey @General RE LEE your hub battery is low whatever that is haha! Whats your load and barrel length? Looking forward to my howa mini action in 6arc whenever brownells finally gets them back in stock

 

[General RE LEE]

Nice! Hey @General RE LEE your hub battery is low whatever that is haha! Whats your load and barrel length? Looking forward to my howa mini action in 6arc whenever brownells finally gets them back in stock

22” barrel Howa Mini 108 ELDM 27.5 grains of TAC.

 

[wabash503]

For just deer, maybe not... But if you want to start shooting more often, reloading is considerably less.

 

[General RE LEE]

This one is still up for debate less than two weeks before season. It's a tough decision for me, but I am leaning towards my 6.5 Creedmoor cause its a Tikka UPR and the trigger and stock are better in many ways that my Howa Mini.

 

[wind gypsy]

In the right action, the 6mm ARC is perhaps the finest medium-game cartridge ever made. As you can see with the ballistic chart I recently generated comparing the ARC to the .223, it's an impressive round through a 16-inch barrel. Compared to the 6.5 CM, the recoil difference is substantial.

The only limiting factor to the ARC is actions sized to the round. Besides ARs, there's Howa's Mini Action, which maybe isn't custom-level quality but still very usable. Paired with the right stock, scope, and suppressor, a Howa in 6mm ARC would be a world-class deer rifle.

I currently have three ARCs and another planned. On the AR front, I have an 18-inch gasser and a 16-inch straight pull. My bolt-action 6mm ARC is a NULA with 20-inch barrel. A future ARC in my collection is a stainless Sako A1 currently in 7.62x39. I'm pumped for that one; dinky Sako actions are the coolest actions ever made.
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Saw this old post and you got me curious about that sako A1 now! Wasn’t aware they were a thing but that sounds like fun!

 

[BjornF16]

Saw this old post and you got me curious about that sako A1 now! Wasn’t aware they were a thing but that sounds like fun!

https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/101610416

A 6mm PPC would work as well…

 

[wind gypsy]

https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/101610416

A 6mm PPC would work as well…

Single shot?

This new consideration has my mind a spinnin. An old sako with a wood stock chambered in 6 ARC.. sounds incredible.

 

[fwafwow]

Saw this old post and you got me curious about that sako A1 now! Wasn’t aware they were a thing but that sounds like fun!

Me too, damnit. If you get farther down the rabbit hole before me, please summarize what you find.

 

[BjornF16]

Single shot?

This new consideration has my mind a spinnin. An old sako with a wood stock chambered in 6 ARC.. sounds incredible.

There are some repeaters out there in 6mm PPC

 

[wind gypsy]

Don’t let me find one available like this.. https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...r-rare-caliber--like-new.cfm?gun_id=100824968

 

[The Guide]

Don’t let me find one available like this.. https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...r-rare-caliber--like-new.cfm?gun_id=100824968

That is a thing of beauty!

Jay