Thread: Real world ranges for 6.5 creedmoor

600m all good with the right skills and appropriate drop testing. 650m starting to get a wee bit past my comfort zone. 700m absolute tops for me on a good sized goat. There is plenty of velocity and energy at that range but the environmental conditions can easily convince the bullet to do its own thing if you aren’t 100% on top of what’s going on out there, and everywhere in between.

To be honest in reasonable conditions I don’t really think twice about shots in the 400-600m range now, but it took a while with this rifle to develop that level of confidence, especially on bigger deer. It has to be blowing 40 bastards to make me uncomfortable. But even if it’s quite a stiff breeze, if it is a constant wind then I’m reasonably happy. Where it becomes really tricky is shooting over interim spurs and ridge lines, that’s where the wind can get a bit of a mind of it’s own.