But it has a fixed 10X ....... lol sorry couldnt help it at this point.
Yes, the Colorado Wildlife For Ranching program has some tremendous September rifle rut hunts. October can still be active in Colorado with the rut. Last October in New Mexico I killed a bull with my rifle while he was bugling at 70 yds .
Honestly lived in western colorado my whole life been hunting my whole life and for an all around rifle you really dont need to go over 1000 the budget guns these days shoot so dang well anyway thing in that 6.5 creed 270 win 30-06 308 7-08 is frankly all that you need any more than thats just unnecessary even on the big bulls with todays modern bullets like the monolithics and bonded options and really a 3-9 to 4-12 scope in that 500$ and under range is just about perfect for the close in shots and those 500 yarders and if you put this combo on a savage 110 remington 700 howa 1500 tikka t3x browning xbolt ruger m77 you really cannot go wrong.
Fellow CO resident here as well. Bless us with some knowledge brother
I'm curious why not many people recommend 6 mm ARC? they seem plenty good for 4-500 with better barrel life than the 6 creeds? I'm newer to the world of the smaller Calibers, and genuinely curious.
6 arc is awesome and I would love to own one. However it uses an odd case head size and can be challenging to re barrel a rifle for and is very limited in factory rifle offerings.
Interesting. That’s too bad. Hopefully that will change soon. It seems the factory ammo is everywhere now that the military adopted it.
@Unknown Munitions is currently building a 6 ARC for me on a Tikka action. My outfitting business sees a lot of new hunters, many of whom don't own a rifle, and I think a 6 ARC is the perfect cartridge to start them out on --- in my opinion, it's more than enough for hunting out to 600+ yards (new shooters will not be permitted to shoot game at those distances) but with very tolerable recoil. Add a suppressor and it should be a really good shooting experience.
You’re a good dude for doing that. Most outfitters I’ve talked to or seen still say 6mm is too small for big game.
I went down in caliber and am back to 7mm and .300 Win, now stop saying that because it isn't true.^^^this right here
Also, I've not heard of anybody on here that has gone down in cartridge/caliber size say they made a huge mistake and are going back to magnums.
Okay so there’s 1 person. Thanks for clarifying.
Interesting. What bullets, at what ranges -- and why?
I shoot at least 20 big game animals a year so mostly whitetails but also Antelope and Elk. 6MM Creed, mostly 108 Berger Elite Hunter but also ELD-M. I found the meat damage horrendous for no more benefit in vital organs. It's also very annoying to be spitting out shrapnel for months after a hunt. I also always felt I needed to take a broadside rib shot which is perfectly fine with small calibers on Elk, but IF my only chance is at a big bull is hard quartering I'll be thankful for a 180gr. TTSX from a .300 Win Mag. I have not yet needed to shoot a big game animal further than 500 yds, but shoot to 1000 on my range every other week or so.
Former boss went from 270 wsm to 6.5 creed, I know they re not magnums but Dad went from 06 to 243, brother went from 270 to 6.5 creed and I went from an 06 to a 223.
My comment was about him going back to big calibers from small calibers.
I thought the 95gr. .243 TTSx would save the day, but I could not get them to shoot. I still would not feel good about elk at hard angles because I've had Kudu (slightly smaller than an elk) stop TTSX bullets in ordinary shots.
Must have miss read that, that makes more sense.
