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Originally Posted by doofus47
I have a savage in 260 remington that will knock down deer and antelope all day long. It has a 3-9 scope on it. It weighs about 8 lbs. Using that as my yard stick, I say go with a 6.5 Creedmore.
That said, I also blundered into a 308 Savage 99 lever gun with a 4x Leupold scope and I might have found my next elk gun.
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My .22-250 will knock down deer and antelope all day long. I sure wouldnt use it for my mule deer/elk rifle.
My advice to O.P. is use what you like. My Elk Rifle is a 338 Lapua I built on a Mark 5 340 Wby. Why? Because my buddy brought the reamer over and I just wanted to cut something, the rifle was just fine as 340. I have hiked up mountains with physically fit hunters who drug Remington Sendaro rifles up the mountain. I have also hunted with locals who used Rem 700 .25-06 mountain rifles. My furst guide swore .25-06 was ideal Elk medicine. Take what you like.