Thread: 6.5 Creedmoor? whats everyones thoughts? on hunting performance

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

I know a few (quite a few) people in the guiding industry.
There's an understanding that when guiding bowhunters the guide carries a rifle. A few are considering adding creedmore hunts to that understanding due to the percentage of cockups.
Probably not the calibers fault. But it seems like a percentage of creedmore owners are in the "all the gear but no idea category."

Yeha, it will just be a bunch of new hunters. The creedmoor is massively popular at the moment, so it makes sense lots of new hunters are adopting it.
Which means more fucked up shots, they'd still be fucked up shots if 308 was the cool new kid.

In all honesty it's a pretty good first rifle option. Decent quality and variety of ammo available, low recoil, good external ballistics and decent killing power. If a mate came to me tomorrow asking what to buy for his first deer gun I'd point him in that direction.
I bought one because I've always liked the medium 6.5s having owned both the swede and the 260 but it's nice having the factory ammo availibility.