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<blockquote data-quote="TNRifleman" data-source="post: 4599771" data-attributes="member: 16556"><p>I really couldn't care what other people think as long as I am happy with what I am doing. My two main calibers are diametrically opposed in terms of fad status. I shoot the 6.5CM and the 30-06. </p><p></p><p>The 6.5CM just has proved to me that it is a great caliber for a light recoiling deer rifle and also gives me the potential to shoot for distance if I someday want to punch paper at longer ranges. Some folks take the 6.5 hype way too far for sure, but it is hard to deny that it is a really good round. I currently have 3 6.5's, and recently sold another. All are production rifles, and each of the four has produced a 1/2" or better, 5 shot group, at 100 yards with factory ammo. Are there other calibers that will do the same thing with similar recoil? Likely yes, and I am sure there are plenty on here that will tout the 7mm-08 all day long as a viable alternative. Had I started with that caliber, it's possible I would not own any 6.5s.</p><p></p><p>On the other end of the spectrum, I shoot the washed-up, good for nothing old man, 30-06. All it does is kill animals effectively year after year but you continually here about all of the other .30 cal cartidges that are bigger, faster, stronger and so on. I guess this makes me a traditionalist in one sense and a "jump-on-the-bandwagon fanboy" in another sense.</p><p></p><p>Either way, I am happy to tote either to the range or to the woods where the ultimate proof to me is how good the seared tenderloin tastes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TNRifleman, post: 4599771, member: 16556"] I really couldn't care what other people think as long as I am happy with what I am doing. My two main calibers are diametrically opposed in terms of fad status. I shoot the 6.5CM and the 30-06. The 6.5CM just has proved to me that it is a great caliber for a light recoiling deer rifle and also gives me the potential to shoot for distance if I someday want to punch paper at longer ranges. Some folks take the 6.5 hype way too far for sure, but it is hard to deny that it is a really good round. I currently have 3 6.5's, and recently sold another. All are production rifles, and each of the four has produced a 1/2" or better, 5 shot group, at 100 yards with factory ammo. Are there other calibers that will do the same thing with similar recoil? Likely yes, and I am sure there are plenty on here that will tout the 7mm-08 all day long as a viable alternative. Had I started with that caliber, it's possible I would not own any 6.5s. On the other end of the spectrum, I shoot the washed-up, good for nothing old man, 30-06. All it does is kill animals effectively year after year but you continually here about all of the other .30 cal cartidges that are bigger, faster, stronger and so on. I guess this makes me a traditionalist in one sense and a "jump-on-the-bandwagon fanboy" in another sense. Either way, I am happy to tote either to the range or to the woods where the ultimate proof to me is how good the seared tenderloin tastes. [/QUOTE]
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