Tikka elk build

[Steve300xcw]

h1000 and 105ish gr bullet of your choice is a nice place to be with a 243

 

[beforethehunt]

Thank u all for the responses so far. Looking into 6arc too now….

 

[Steve300xcw]

Say no to the hipster rounds

 

[BLJ]

Say no to the hipster rounds

Does that include the 22 ARC too…….

 

[Steve300xcw]

Does that include the 22 ARC too…….

The adults are talking. You an your flat bill with the sticker still on it need to go elsewhere

 

[beforethehunt]

Would a 6.5 creedmore and a lower weight bullet do the same thing as a 243 fast twist or 6 creedmore? (Lower recoil and raise velocity etc). 6.5 creedmore barrel last longer and ammo readily available

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Would a 6.5 creedmore and a lower weight bullet do the same thing as a 243 fast twist or 6 creedmore? (Lower recoil and raise velocity etc). 6.5 creedmore barrel last longer and ammo readily available

It would still work, but it might not do the same thing. The light, larger diameter bullet might not have as good a BC as some of the heavy for caliber .243 options. But I would be very comfortable using a 130-grain TMK, 140-grain ELDM, etc. on an elk.

 

[TradLife406]

The adults are talking. You an your flat bill with the sticker still on it need to go elsewhere

Hear me out, flat bills minus the sticker are pretty functional

 

[Chris in TN]

Would a 6.5 creedmore and a lower weight bullet do the same thing as a 243 fast twist or 6 creedmore? (Lower recoil and raise velocity etc). 6.5 creedmore barrel last longer and ammo readily available

WIthin reason, yeah, but at the end of the day, if you want to push both the 6cm and 6.5cm to their absolute max range, the 6 will do it with less recoil-per-yard if you want to look at it that way.

It would still work, but it might not do the same thing. The light, larger diameter bullet might not have as good a BC as some of the heavy for caliber .243 options. But I would be very comfortable using a 130-grain TMK, 140-grain ELDM, etc. on an elk.

Same.

I really want a .24 for the kids from a recoil standpoint. But what I have is a .26. So I have looked at trying to go to a lighter bullet and a smaller charge of a faster powder to get the recoil down closer to the .24 recoil levels while still holding on to enough effective range for what I want to do......

And I end up not doing it. The 147s have been very accurate in my Tikka 6.5cm and they make hits on breezy days easy. I do not get to practice in high winds much, likely never will, and have spent very few days hunting where shots in wind were even possible, but that just pushes me more and more to stay with the higher BC bullets. I built my .280ai for that reason (low wind drift) and while it's just too much recoil for the kids, man does it look like an easy button on the rare days that I have been able to take it out in the wind. That's with the 180ELDM which has a really high BC.

I guess the point is that I see loading any given cartridge with lightweight bullets trying to turn a 26 into a 24 or a 30 into a 28 or whatever, as just not a good long-term long-range solution. I will likely continue to load 130s in the 6.5cm for our eastern hunting and short to medium range practice but at the end of the day it's a 'hack' not a proper long term solution. The proper long range solution is to load the highest BC quality accurate bullet you can, at the lowest recoil level that's feasible. People will argue forever about what that recoil level is or which bullets those should be, but the concept holds.