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thinking of buying a new rifle

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For me it will be a completely new experience as I have always played with old Milsurp rifles.
Talking to a shooting buddy who makes custom rifles and knows the kind of shooting I do.

His recommendation is a Remington 700 in 6.5 creedmoor!
He has one and has taken both deer and elk with it.
Uses it mostly for target shooting which is what I would be doing with it.
Have never shot one as do not shoot another mans weapon so am asking if anyone has one and what do you think about it? Good or bad


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I don't have one, but I'm curious about this caliber. I'm subscribed to your thread bee. Hopefully Someone chimes in.
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akuser47 wrote:I don't have one, but I'm curious about this caliber. I'm subscribed to your thread bee. Hopefully Someone chimes in.
I'll second that. +guns
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62chevy wrote:
akuser47 wrote:I don't have one, but I'm curious about this caliber. I'm subscribed to your thread bee. Hopefully Someone chimes in.
I'll second that. +guns
I'll 3rd that. If it's primary use will be target wouldn't it be wise to get what performs at the ranges you plan on shooting?
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I looked it up just for fun .
It is a Hornady creation from a 308 parent slightly shortened . For a more direct comparison it would be closer to say it was a neck down no trim 300 Savage or a necked up 250. It is apparently readily out preformed by the 6.5-284 or 6.5x55 because of their greater case volumes . Hornady offers 6 loads that on their website run about $47/20 for both target and hunting work it looks like it favors 110-125 gr bullets in the 26-2800 fps range .

I read a couple of articles some time back in Rifle or Handloader that stated like the Hornady site and Wiki that it was designed from day 1 to be a target cartridge.
I see a value in it in that if it doesn't work out you can ream to 6.5x55,260 Rem or 6.5-284.
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Strictly from what I've read, if I wanted a lightweight hunting rifle for cow elk and less, that could pull double duty as a target rifle, the creedmore or 260 are top notch. Other than availability of brass, I think their differences are pretty negligible until you get into target shooting way out there. Lots of people would probably tell you either would be fine for bull elk. In my mind though, it's best to have plenty of thump ready for that one in a thousand monster you hope to run into. Bring the THUNDER! For a dedicated target rifle the old 243 has a lot to offer. Low recoil, low bullet cost, brass offered by everyone that makes brass, and bullets of all sorts.
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357cyrus wrote:Strictly from what I've read, if I wanted a lightweight hunting rifle for cow elk and less, that could pull double duty as a target rifle, the creedmore or 260 are top notch. Other than availability of brass, I think their differences are pretty negligible until you get into target shooting way out there. Lots of people would probably tell you either would be fine for bull elk. In my mind though, it's best to have plenty of thump ready for that one in a thousand monster you hope to run into. Bring the THUNDER! For a dedicated target rifle the old 243 has a lot to offer. Low recoil, low bullet cost, brass offered by everyone that makes brass, and bullets of all sorts.

I have a bunch of 243 I found at the range. So you are right about that round.
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