Americana Outdoors E-Magazine - October 2020

LOVE IT OR HATE IT: HUNTING WITH THE 6.5 CREEDMOOR BY WADE MIDDLETON

You can really start a lot of interesting debates on socialmedia, around thecampfire, outdoor forums, wherever it may be about the 6.5 Creedmoor as a hunting round. Based on who you’re talking to there’s a very love it or hate it type feeling about this cartridge. But to me, when you pair the 6.5 Creedmoor with the right ammo and the right situation, it’s a deadly combination. Just like most of the calibers out there, if you use the right bullets in the right conditions and make a good shot, you are going to find success with it. So those people that don’t like 6.5 Creedmoor are a lot of times (I think probably more often than not) using the wrong bullet when it comes to bullet selection and or being impatient and taking a bad shot.

I recommend to a lot of people that if you’ve got a new rifle and want to know what it does best, grab four or five different boxes with four or five different bullet weights, from different companies, and go shoot it. At the end of the day of shooting, I think what you will find is which bullet your rifle performs best with. When you do that and spend the time on the range, it’s going to make you a better shooter and hunter, because you understand and now know what your gun is going to do. I think that pays off a lot. Going back to our original thought and reason for this article, when you look at the 6.5 Creedmoor, there is a tremendous number of bullets available that are designed for long-range target shooting and not for hunting. Just like any cartridge, any round, anything out there, there are limitations. The 6.5 Creedmoor (shooting the right ammo), I

Looking back I’ve had a lot of conversations where