Why all the 6.5 CM hate?
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Brian in Montana
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30-30
VikingsGuy
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A 6mm cm shooter?
tzone
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Big Slick
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It’s the Tom Brady affect.....
Addicting
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Almost to 300, keep Hammering guys!
Woodrow F Call
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15 pages? Has mtmuley been convinced to try 6.5 CM yet?
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All my hair is gone now so the manbun is as close I can get to hair in my head
There is this video of a moose being taken with a Browning Micro Midas in 7mm-08... So in reality... they both do about the same thing.
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Some good tongue tacos hanging out of that mouth!
WalkingBird
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Bella Twin, the .22 Used to Take the 1953 World Record Grizzly, and More
On 10 May, 1953, Bella Twin was hunting small game with her partner, Dave Auger, along an oil exploration cutline south of Slave Lake. She was 63 years old.
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The 6.5 Man Bun is great and all, but it'll never match the power of a .22 Short. It's so good, it got the job done on the former world record Griz!
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I will try to help get this thread to 300.
6.5mm projectiles are nothing new. The type 38 Arisaka was chambered in 6.5x50, and the Swedes used the 6.5x55 in their mausers. There have been countless other cartridges using a .264 projectile. I agree that the "hype" is what sold the average person on the creedmoor. Hornady is a marketing giant. Most of the populous does not understand ballistics or energy on impact. For hunting applications, if a hunter does not want to shoot an ELD-x or the like and prefers a more traditional hunting round such as a soft point, the 6.5CM does not lend itself to amazing out of this world performance as the same performance could be had with a 7mm-08. Of course, there will people who will argue that the 6.5CM is king and no other cartridge can touch it, blah, blah, bah.....but here's the real scoop, the deer, elk, moose or speedgoat isn't going to know the difference between a 6.5mm, 7mm or .30 cal projectile as long as the hunter does their part.
6.5mm projectiles are nothing new. The type 38 Arisaka was chambered in 6.5x50, and the Swedes used the 6.5x55 in their mausers. There have been countless other cartridges using a .264 projectile. I agree that the "hype" is what sold the average person on the creedmoor. Hornady is a marketing giant. Most of the populous does not understand ballistics or energy on impact. For hunting applications, if a hunter does not want to shoot an ELD-x or the like and prefers a more traditional hunting round such as a soft point, the 6.5CM does not lend itself to amazing out of this world performance as the same performance could be had with a 7mm-08. Of course, there will people who will argue that the 6.5CM is king and no other cartridge can touch it, blah, blah, bah.....but here's the real scoop, the deer, elk, moose or speedgoat isn't going to know the difference between a 6.5mm, 7mm or .30 cal projectile as long as the hunter does their part.
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Preacher shaner
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I will help. 300 here we come.
And I still think the 6.5 manbun is the greatest hunting round ever made better even than the 3006
And I still think the 6.5 manbun is the greatest hunting round ever made better even than the 3006
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Nein! Nein! Nein!
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I don’t think it’s revolutionary in any way, but if you’re in the market for a caliber with similar specs, I think your foolish to not seriously consider it. I think I will probably buy one for deer and antelope in the near(ish) future.
