Need some guidance..

why a muzzle brake? You don't feel the shot while hunting but with a brake you will hurt your ears. Only ones supporting muzzle brakes for hunting are the ones selling them.
 
why a muzzle brake? You don't feel the shot while hunting but with a brake you will hurt your ears. Only ones supporting muzzle brakes for hunting are the ones selling them.
I'm planning on getting some Walker Game Ears soon. Those should help with the muzzle brake situation.
 
I will be moving to Utah from Oklahoma in March. I definitely will be getting into Elk hunting and I was told to go with a 6.5 Creedmore. My main goal is primarily to hunt Elk and do some long range shooting at a range with yardage up to 2,000yds. I was also contemplating building a 300WM and putting a good muzzle brake on it to help with recoil. With me being new to Elk hunting I told the gentleman I don't plan on shooting past 400-500yds. I'm just concerned with penetration with the 6.5 Creedmore on a large animal. Also, what would you guy's recommend for a good muzzle brake? Thanks for any input gentlemen.
Rem Sendero in 300 win mag really minimizes recoil, add a timney trigger and your choice of scope, bipod etc. Enjoy shooting and do lots of it!
 
I will be moving to Utah from Oklahoma in March. I definitely will be getting into Elk hunting and I was told to go with a 6.5 Creedmore. My main goal is primarily to hunt Elk and do some long range shooting at a range with yardage up to 2,000yds. I was also contemplating building a 300WM and putting a good muzzle brake on it to help with recoil. With me being new to Elk hunting I told the gentleman I don't plan on shooting past 400-500yds. I'm just concerned with penetration with the 6.5 Creedmore on a large animal. Also, what would you guy's recommend for a good muzzle brake? Thanks for any input gentlemen.

I got on the 6.5 Creedmoor early and I love my Savage Lightweight Hunter. But I would counsel you to go with the 300 WM also. It is easy to make a shot mistake at the long range distances that Utah can offer. For some reason, there is a group of people out there that act like a 6.5 CM rifle is really a magic wand. While I like everything about the caliber, I would definitely take my 300 WM on an elk hunt. As to a muzzle brake, my only advice is to make sure that it is easily removable. You will run into situations for both "on and off".
 
Are you aware the-late Roy Weatherby took a Cape Buffalo with a .257Wby?

"Range" is typically defined as: a set of different things of the same general type.

Ballistically, "range" is generally a function of a specific caliber's ballistic properties; the projectile's mass; and terminal velocity. Sans the affect of the Earth's rotational drift...

I thought we were talking about effectively taking elk at 1/4mi here. LOL my grandmother killed a moose with a 22LR one time... I don't see how that applies to the discussion, but I could me missing something!

I just wanted to point out this is not the kind of forum where 'real' hunters only need .22cal.

Carry on.
 
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