Help me decide...Ruger American .308 Win or 6.5 Creedmoor? GOT ONE!!! .308

[Allsmiles]

I had a pair of 308 predators and sold one because I didn't need two. The other one was good on targets out to 550 yards with a cheap scope. It has some recoil as most light 308's do (less than 30-06). Ammo is everywhere in what ever type you want it for. In GA, it is more than adequate for about anything you will find or hunt. One word of advice is to make sure to mark the new gun so you don't drop a 243 into it and have an incident when you pull the trigger.

 

[Poppa Mike]

7-mm08 = DRT
308 = DRT
243 = DRT

think shot placement

all great rounds
im 125 pounder naked, so 243 for me most of the time

Shot placement is the key for sure!! heck, a .22lr can kill one..... not that I would recommend this!

 

[3clicks_Off]

Shot placement is the key for sure!! Check, a .22

22LR = DRT...well maybe 50 feet, but never lost one with anything

 

[Poppa Mike]

I had a pair of 308 predators and sold one because I didn't need two. The other one was good on targets out to 550 yards with a cheap scope. It has some recoil as most light 308's do (less than 30-06). Ammo is everywhere in what ever type you want it for. In GA, it is more than adequate for about anything you will find or hunt. One word of advice is to make sure to mark the new gun so you don't drop a 243 into it and have an incident when you pull the trigger.

Don't think I will have a problem identifying them, my granddaughter's wears a muddy girl camo stock and the one I'm planning on buying has the moss green one.

 

[CBeck]

Not that anyone is hunting at that distance but that’s not true.

And at 800 and beyond, energy for hunting becomes an issue with the lighter 6.5 bullet.

 

[BIKER13]

I'm sure every deer cartridge has let people down. The harder hitting ones do it less often.

7-08 I will NEVER EVER OWN ANOTHER

 

[3clicks_Off]

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Not that anyone is hunting at that distance but that’s not true.

It aint hunting past 50 yards..... thats called sitting and shooting

 

[3clicks_Off]

7-08 I will NEVER EVER OWN ANOTHER

its just a 7mm crammed in a 308 case
did you miss

 

[CBeck]

You can down load a 308, you can't up load a 6.5.

Because the 6.5 has no real ballistic advantage until the higher BC of the 6.5 bullets comes in to play. That happens at around 800 yards.

Then why does it take less elevation for my 6.5 than my .308 at distances less than 800 yards of it has no real ballistic advantage? Less drop and less wind drift seem like characteristics of a ballistic advantage.

The bc of a bullet is less of a factor than the velocity of a bullet at distances of 500 yards and in.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

By the way, PoppaMike, the correct name of that 6.5 round you're considering is the CreedMOOR. "Moor" not "more." It's a reference to the NRA's official shooting range on Long Island, then the outskirts of New York City, in the 1870s through around 1905, I think, when it was closed to the public and later closed permanently.
"Moor" is a term for a field or grassy hills.