Mountain Goat with a 6 Creedmoor or 6.5 Creedmoor?

[Marty]

Shoot your 5.5, 6, 6.5 ~12.7mm, or whatever you want, but shoot a bunch so the bullet goes exactly where you want it. Practiced shooting from angles. Watch impact. Practice wind calls.

From personal experience, I would shy away from copper monolithics (Hornady CX and the like). In my sample size of one goat, they produced narrow wound channels but eventually killed. In retrospect, I would have been better served with an ELD-M, ELD-X, MB, SMK, DTAC type bullet.

 

[StopMakingSense]

I shot my last one with a 22cm 80gr ELDX. Bullet choice and shot placement are everything. They die just like any other animal.

 

[Scottstu]

Haven’t hunted goats but 147 ELDM never fails me. Leaves massive wound channels on deer out of my 20” 6.5 cm.

 

[Banana_Horn]

I shot my last one with a 22cm 80gr ELDX. Bullet choice and shot placement are everything. They die just like any other animal.

Any autopsy photos?

 

[Marbles]

Goats die fine if you do your part. I took a 2 year old billy with a 243, he never stood up from his bed. My buddy used the same gun to take a large 6 year old billy. First two shots were too high and the goat bailed off the mountain. 3rd shot hit vitals and he died less than 30 seconds after that.

It was a 108 ELDM going about 2600 fps on my goat and 2500 fps on his.

 

[StopMakingSense]

Any autopsy photos?

The bullet is in the 22cm thread. It was too dark to take any photos after dragging him down hill 1000’. It was a 643m shot which is on the edge of what should be done with this bullet and cartridge. It does the job just fine. Under 200 though it’s violent. Again, bullet choice matters.

Post in thread 'The 22 creedmoor thread'

Nov 12, 2025

Took another booner billy this weekend with the 22cm at 643m, specs below. I was a bit hesitant to post this but figure the data and proof is there for y'all to interpret and make your own decisions.

I stuck with @Formidilosus rec on 1800 FPS with the ELDX/M

80gr ELDX ~3057 - 40.0 of H4350 in Alpha LRP w/ CCI200 out of an 18" barrel

• StopMakingSense

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I still feel weird about shooting that far on an animal. Probably going to go back to archery equipment if I’m honest. It’s just too easy. I’m lucky though and get to hunt goats every year in BC and don’t mind going home empty handed.

My buddy also hammered one the day prior with a 7SAUM at 340m in the heart with a 180 ELDM. I saw the impact and it immediately did a 360 in the air followed by the death roll. That combo is down right violent. Insane how much energy it hits with.

Either way, the 22cm combo is very capable and is downright deadly with practice in the mountains. I’d be pretty happy with a 6cm as well. I’d also probably get less crap from people for shooting such a light cartridge

 

[StopMakingSense]

Here’s an autopsy of a 162 ELDM shot 394m from a 7SAUM. This is what’s left of the lungs, carnage.

 

[Steve O]

The bullet is in the 22cm thread. It was too dark to take any photos after dragging him down hill 1000’. It was a 643m shot which is on the edge of what should be done with this bullet and cartridge. It does the job just fine. Under 200 though it’s violent. Again, bullet choice matters.

Post in thread 'The 22 creedmoor thread'

Nov 12, 2025

Took another booner billy this weekend with the 22cm at 643m, specs below. I was a bit hesitant to post this but figure the data and proof is there for y'all to interpret and make your own decisions.

I stuck with @Formidilosus rec on 1800 FPS with the ELDX/M

80gr ELDX ~3057 - 40.0 of H4350 in Alpha LRP w/ CCI200 out of an 18" barrel

• StopMakingSense

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I still feel weird about shooting that far on an animal. Probably going to go back to archery equipment if I’m honest. It’s just too easy. I’m lucky though and get to hunt goats every year in BC and don’t mind going home empty handed.

My buddy also hammered one the day prior with a 7SAUM at 340m in the heart with a 180 ELDM. I saw the impact and it immediately did a 360 in the air followed by the death roll. That combo is down right violent. Insane how much energy it hits with.

Either way, the 22cm combo is very capable and is downright deadly with practice in the mountains. I’d be pretty happy with a 6cm as well. I’d also probably get less crap from people for shooting such a light cartridge

What an awesome looking goat! Congratulations.