Thread: Calibre, Rifle & Scope Sugestions For Longer Range Hunting

Originally Posted by 25/08 IMP

If it's your first center fire rifle then let's face it you will buy another in 12 months.
You will want to get out and shoot all sorts of shit from targets,rabbits deer goats and gongs.
So get something that you can afford to run and something that isn't going to boot the shit out of you.
I would buy a Tikka in 6.5 Creedmoor as plenty of ammo buy all the same brand to give you good brass to reload later.
Put a vx5 or a Z5 on it and a DPT and go hunting being a happy man.
Spend the big dollars and rifles once you have tried a few others. Z

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no no no no dont go down this route - you asked for good advice well thats not it - the 6.5 creedmore was developed as a target round - it is not a long range deer cartridge - it was never intended to be or designed to be - many young hunters will learn that the hard way - it has not been around in NZ hunting circles for long - basically what is wrong is that is just not have the knock down power at range simply as that - there will be forum users who will jump on here and quote chapter and verse about its credentials on paper but its basically a squaw gun - get a magnum for long range - that is what they were designed for - tikka yes very nice but others out there just as good -