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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1525676" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Well few people hunt elk and I would have agreed with you until doing a lot more research into the 6.5's before buying my first .260 Rem.</p><p></p><p>People have had an enormous amount of success on Elk, Red Deer/Stag, Moose, Bears, and all of the African plains game with 6.5's for far longer than most of our favorites have even existed.</p><p></p><p>For pure utility you can't beat the 300wm, or as I say frequently "The .300wm is never the wrong answer", you can pretty well do anything with a well placed shot from one.</p><p></p><p>The STW remains my favorite though as nothing has come along yet that is really superior at least for 90% or more of what I do. There are faster 7's for sure but you pay for that added speed in substantially increase muzzle blast, recoil, and greatly shortened barrel life. There are some that match or come close to matching it's performance but they aren't doing anything it hasn't done for 30 years and done better than most.</p><p></p><p>It's just at that point in case capacity and performance right where the law of diminishing returns starts to take effect at least for my purposes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1525676, member: 30902"] Well few people hunt elk and I would have agreed with you until doing a lot more research into the 6.5's before buying my first .260 Rem. People have had an enormous amount of success on Elk, Red Deer/Stag, Moose, Bears, and all of the African plains game with 6.5's for far longer than most of our favorites have even existed. For pure utility you can't beat the 300wm, or as I say frequently "The .300wm is never the wrong answer", you can pretty well do anything with a well placed shot from one. The STW remains my favorite though as nothing has come along yet that is really superior at least for 90% or more of what I do. There are faster 7's for sure but you pay for that added speed in substantially increase muzzle blast, recoil, and greatly shortened barrel life. There are some that match or come close to matching it's performance but they aren't doing anything it hasn't done for 30 years and done better than most. It's just at that point in case capacity and performance right where the law of diminishing returns starts to take effect at least for my purposes. [/QUOTE]
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