Treeman_MG
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- Oct 29, 2025
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I grew up shooting 12ga slugs at deer, recoil wasn't something that was talked about at all. Imagine a 16 year old kid shooting 1oz hunks of lead for deer. When rifles became legal to hunt with where we hunt, I killed deer with a number of different calibers, .30-06, .444 Marlin, .300 win mag, .358 Winchester. Always gravitated towards "bigger is better".
After a few years of reading on here, I bought a 6.5cm, and killed a couple deer with it. Geez, this thing is pretty fun to shoot! Killed deer as well as anything else I used. Sold my .300 wm, bought a 1:8 twist Tikka .22-250. I have killed 5 deer with it and 80gr eldx's in the last 2 years, and it's now my favorite deer rifle. The 6.5 cm will be coming to Alaska with me, on a moose hunt this September.
After a few years of reading on here, I bought a 6.5cm, and killed a couple deer with it. Geez, this thing is pretty fun to shoot! Killed deer as well as anything else I used. Sold my .300 wm, bought a 1:8 twist Tikka .22-250. I have killed 5 deer with it and 80gr eldx's in the last 2 years, and it's now my favorite deer rifle. The 6.5 cm will be coming to Alaska with me, on a moose hunt this September.
