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

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

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 -

Is this not his first rifle.
I've seen many a new shooter put off from recoil of magnums.
The Creedmoor will handle big reds out to 500 with the right bullet.
Being a new shooter he should keep the rangers down to 300-400.
I've shot plenty of animals out to 630 with my 20" Creedmoor or 18" .260.


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Originally Posted by 25/08 IMP

Is this not his first rifle.
I've seen many a new shooter put off from recoil of magnums.
The Creedmoor will handle big reds out to 500 with the right bullet.
Being a new shooter he should keep the rangers down to 300-400.
I've shot plenty of animals out to 630 with my 20" Creedmoor or 18" .260.


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yes but its like going out the back and trying to fell the big 5 foot thru macrocarpara for firewood with ya $150 Warehouse electric chainsaw - on paper it will eventually do it but what ya need is a big 90cc Sthil with a 5 foot bar - nah - stand by my guns the 6.5 creedmore is not a long range deer rifle - I shot a lot of deer with .222 rem but I would not recommend it - get a magnum with suppressor very manageable and one is not undergunned - should not have to go thru all the rigmarole of bullet selection - what's available from local gunshop should work -

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

yes but its like going out the back and trying to fell the big 5 foot thru macrocarpara for firewood with ya $150 Warehouse electric chainsaw - on paper it will eventually do it but what ya need is a big 90cc Sthil with a 5 foot bar - nah - stand by my guns the 6.5 creedmore is not a long range deer rifle - I shot a lot of deer with .222 rem but I would not recommend it - get a magnum with suppressor very manageable and one is not undergunned - should not have to go thru all the rigmarole of bullet selection - what's available from local gunshop should work -

This is a silly argument. If the cartridge can deliver an appropriate projectile with enough energy at your intended range to penetrate and expand reliably giving a clean ethical kill then it's a suitable cartridge for that purpose regardless of what it was designed for.

Beside that, all the things that make it a good lr target cartridge(high bc, low wind drift, low recoil) are all advantages for hunting as well.

By the above logic wed all be shooting 416 cheytachs at anything over 300y