6.5 CM or 260 Rem

[BRENT ERWIN]

Are you dead set on the 260? I would look at the 6.5 and the Win 270. Everyone carries a huge variety of .270 and on paper the 270 out does the 6.5 Just a thought.

 

[Bubba Q]

I have both, a 6.5 CM in Fierce Firearms that is a stupid accurate rifle and a .260 in Sako 85 Grey Wolf...also a tack driver...superior in fact for a "stock" rig. I get about 100 FPS more out of the .260 and a bit more accuracy out of the 6.5CM. I shoot 142 Nosler ABLR out of both and that bullet has a better ballistics coefficient and sectional density than the 140 gr .270 Win. at about the same velocity. Not too many on this thread would cite the .270 as too light for Elk, so I'd say use your .264 rig like you would a .270 and you should be fine...assuming your load gets you 2800 fps out of that ~140 bullet. I've been experimenting with 150 ELD-X and 156 Oryx....jury is still out. Btw, wife killed Gemsbok, Sable Antelope, and Wildebeast in Africa last month using a Weatherby Camilla rifle, 20" bbl in a 7mm-08 shooting 145 Barnes LRX at 2700 fps...one shot kills at 100-150 yds, so a few data points there on range and those medium calibers. I'd personally keep all my Elk shots using any of those rifles to about 3-500 yds...but that's just me...and I'd do the same with a .270 Win.

You hit the nail on the head: drop the yardage and get closer. Bow Hunters do it every year, year in and year out. 800 , 1000 yard shots are great for paper but, with a animal the risk of those hail Mary shots are just plain ridiculous. If you can't get within 500 yards, you need to go back to sneaky school !!!!

 

[betolatinlu]

A friend is going to be loading my stuff. With these new 156 gr Berger's, I am hoping to get 2850-2900. I am probably going to go with the creedmoor in a 22" barrel.

Wow ! 2850 to 2900 fps with a 156 gr. bullet in the Creedmoor. And in a 22 inch barrel. That's pretty optimistic. Good luck .

 

[aushunter1]

Gettin' the popcorn & soda ready, for anther 50+ page thread....
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Don't you love it when people split hairs.

Do some internet research people, it aint that hard

 

[Aussie Hunter Steve]

6.5-300 Weatherby....for hunting game it is very impressive. Accurate too

 

[98dyna]

I use 7mm-08 brass to make my .260(if I need to) and .260 AI brass. My father bought a Remington 722 .270 in 1947 and killed at least 100 elk with it shooting 130 grain factory loads out of a 24" barrel at about 3000 fps. My .260 AI is shooting 140's at 2925 out of a 26" barrel. Not much difference, not enough that the animal will notice. I have also discovered that certain brands of 6.5 Creed brass won't take the higher pressures of 2800-2900 fps loads for very long, they pop the case heads off.

 

[Bstick]

I have decided to go with a 22-250 because of velocity.

Ordered the rifle last night. Gonna get a Sightron 10-50x60 so I can see.

 

[Holycity73]

@Bstick

 

[Remmy700]

22-250 WHAT?

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

Wow this is a quick turn of events. Here we have a criteria of out west hunting ting rifle which includes pigs, with ranges out to 800 yards and go from a 260/6.5 cm and now buying a 22-250. 22-250 is way to light for that. Did I miss something?

 

[Remmy700]

Geez at 800 yds with a 22-250 there are going to be some mad pigs after that little bullets bounces off of them. On the bright side you can beat them in the head with that 10-50x60 Sigtron!

 

[Rhino55]

I love my 22-250!!! Built on a Swed 96. 1-7.7 Krieger barrel with a Remington contour. Running 80 gr SMKs. it is sweet!

 

[Bstick]

A friend of mine suggested the 69 SMK for deer and the 75 BTHP for elk and pigs.

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

I love my 22-250!!! Built on a Swed 96. 1-7.7 Krieger barrel with a Remington contour. Running 80 gr SMKs. it is sweet!

I had a 22-250 and loved it too. That doesnt mean it's a elk gun. Or deer for that matter. It will get the job done, but why do a 10lb sledgehammers job with a 5 lb?