Thread: Looking for a New Hunting rifle

Yep, as I've said a couple of times on this forum:

if you're shooting <200m it literally doesn't matter what you are using.
>200m <600m what you are shooting matters far less than how much you have practiced with it.
>600m go for a goddamn walk you lazy bastard.

in terms of cost, I'm not a reloader but for off the shelf ammo the cheapest soft tip .308 I've seen works out to $1 a shot cheaper than the cheapest 6.5crd. and once you get into the higher end stuff it's basically the same.

you know what, lets compare Ft/Lbs at 500 yards for 6.5 and .308:

from Hornadys website for american whitetail
.308 150grain- 891Ft/Lb drop of 52.3inch
6.5 129grain- 1015Ft/Lb drop of 45.5 inch

do those seem similar? It's because they are there are some minor differences, but for 95% of kiwi hunters it's a wash which one you choose.
the big push for the creedmore was annoying sure, but at this stage the brigade of old men who pop out of the woodwork to croak about the glory of the .308 is almost worse. It's the bloody Holden/Ford drama of the hunting world.