Choose... 6.5 creedmoor or 300 savage for hunting?

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MW65

Wetside, Oregon
Thinking about chasing deer this year down in Southern Oregon (as long as my hunting spot doesn't burn up!!)

I've been thinking about these two for getting them bloodied this season. Both are newer to me, and both fit well and handle well. Hunting area is industrial timberland and some private land with a scattered BLM in holding... 150yd shot is the longest possible, but more likely 100 or less.

Possibilities of bear as well in this area... have partitions ordered for both 6.5 creed and the 300 sav. Both are very accurate and capable.

Thoughts from the peanut gallery?!? What would you choose and why?

Currently leaning toward the 300 sav... planning on chasing wild pig in California soon with nosler e-tips... and thinking that might be a good practice session.

Thanks!!
-Andy
 
Brad

Brad

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300 Sav would be my choice. A nice 165 Partition would work well on bears or do what I did for my dad and use a standard Hornady 165 and call it good. Black bears are not that hard to kill, a solid double lung shot and they are done.
 
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MW65

Wetside, Oregon
Brad said:
300 Sav would be my choice. A nice 165 Partition would work well on bears or do what I did for my dad and use a standard Hornady 165 and call it good. Black bears are not that hard to kill, a solid double lung shot and they are done.
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I have a metric ton of 150gr corelok and a handful of 165gr corelok... the 150s are lasers out to 200yds. Thanks!!!
 
fiver

fiver

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a little further east of me [an hour or three] would be okay, if you can get a tag.

a 150gr. corelock will put down any deer your gonna run into.
it'll do better at about 2650-2700 fps. anyway.
 
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richhodg66

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Under those conditions, pick one. Either will be fine.

I own several 99s including a 99EG in .300 which I have hunted with and killed deer (using cast, by the way, if that's a consideration, pick the .300). I also have a Model 1920 in .300 Savage. A Savage 99 is the classiest thing there is to hunt with, but the last couple of years, I have been hunting them with a Ruger American Predator in 6.5 Creedmoor and it's an awesome white tail round, just about the perfect power level, low recoil, kills well, ridiculously easy to get to shoot well.
 
Michael

Michael

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How about at 30-6.5 CM. Oh wait, that's a 300 Sav. (close enough anyway). At 150yds there is not enough difference in paper "bullistics" to worry about when comparing similar bullet weights.

.300 Sav. all the way.
 
Spindrift

Spindrift

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Both cartridges would be sufficient for the task without breaking a sweat. I would make my choice depending on the other attributes of the rifles, as they may differ in ergonomics and sights.

I have some rifles that are a bit heavy, but very «shootable». Some rifles have large scopes that are helpful in low- light conditions, others with small and light scopes.

When hunting under «stationary» conditions that doesn’t involve long treks, I often choose a heavier rifle. When going to the highlands pursuing raindeer, I pick a light rifle with a light scope. The cartridge is often less important than the «other stuff».
 
Missionary

Missionary

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I will write, "Use the 300 Savage". We have them and they have never failed.
Plus if you get to pop a bear the extra weight of the caliber .30 slug will be useful. Bigger holes are always better..
 
todd

todd

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300 savage definitely. i used a 6.5 CM (well rather 3 of them. 14", 16 1/4" and 23" MGM barrel) in my TC Encore to hunt deer with. what-ever-his-name-is from Hornady necked down a 30 TC to 6.5mm and it began on a 1000-yard ranges. it is accurate!!! 1/2" and under at 100 yards (5 shots/bench) was normal for all 3 of the barrels. but i soon got bored, because "everybody" has one. i was on the 6.5 CM bandwagon almost from the start. the 260 rem never had a chance due to poor marketing. the 6.5x55 Swede is kind of an American "secret" cartridge, lol. i have a '16 Spanish Mauser ('93 Mauser) in 6.5x55 Numrich's barrel that i'm soon going to hand it to my youngest son. i'm waiting for Leopold scope rings to get here.

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shuz

Active Member
Ive taken many deer with a .300 Savage in a 722 Remington. It does well with cast boolits whereas the 6.5 Creedmore is real finicky with cast due to it's twist rate.
Go with the .300 Savage!
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
IIRC the Creedmore is a 250 Savage necked up and blown out a little? If I remembered that right, never a sure bet, I suppose the 6.5 is sort of a cousin in law kinda Savage...

Of course it doesn't come in a 99 Savage and that's 3/4 of the equation in the first place!
 
oscarflytyer

oscarflytyer

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I LOVE a 6.5 - as in 6.5x55! And anything older/vintage. Like most (all?) above, I would DEF go with the 300 Savage over the Creedmore. If you changed it to 6.5x55 vs 300 Savage - THAT would be tough! (and might change my mind!)
 
todd

todd

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Bret4207 said:
IIRC the Creedmore is a 250 Savage necked up and blown out a little? If I remembered that right, never a sure bet, I suppose the 6.5 is sort of a cousin in law kinda Savage...

Of course it doesn't come in a 99 Savage and that's 3/4 of the equation in the first place!
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when i first started to use the 6.5 CM (2008 or '09), i could not find any brass, even 30TC brass. i decided to go with 22-250 Savage brass. it was a little short, like .2 or .02" short, but usable. i used that brass for about 2 years and then got 100 pcs of 6.5 CM Hornady brass. i heard that you could do 308 win brass, but you have to cut and neck ream it. all i had to do with the 22-250 brass is put it in 6.5CM reloading die.
 
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