7mm-08 vs 6.5 CM for youth

If you can add a supressor to whatever you choose it will help them tremendously. Less recoil, noise, all and all a much better exipirience. I find that I grab the gun I bought for my son more than my unsupressed gun. My ears are hosed and I want better for him and to save what I have left.

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If you can add a supressor to whatever you choose it will help them tremendously. Less recoil, noise, all and all a much better exipirience. I find that I grab the gun I bought for my son more than my unsupressed gun. My ears are hosed and I want better for him and to save what I have left.

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I’ve got several nice rifle setups with all these fast/flat cartridges but I haven’t hunted with one since buying a CA 16 inch carbon fiber .308 and putting a can on it.

I almost feel like selling all my shite

7mm-08

The amount of deer hunting stories of those who shoot the 6.5cm and lose a blood trail are far too many. It's a fast round and has a purpose. If you are shooting 500-700 yards, in an open area, possibly in the mountains of Idaho, yeah go for the 6.5cm.

If you are Louisiana, where 99% of the deer are going to be killed less than 200 yards away, go with the 7mm-08

I have no experience with the 6.5cm, but I'm sure it is a fine caliber. I have a 7mm-08 and can't recommend it enough.

I looked into both of these calibers when buying my wife a new deer rifle. Ballistically, using the same weight bullets, they are practically identical. I ended up going with the 6.5 CM due to ammo availability. That's not as important now as it was just a year or two ago though.

I hunt 7-08, shot a doe with ELDX on Sunday. Was sort of overpowered and luckily I didnt hit the shoulder. Entrance wound bigger then exit and it was pushing the lung out the exit hole. Absolute bloodbath.

Bought a 7mm-08 for the wife about 15 years ago. It’s my favorite rifle. It’s killed a bunch of deer and none have ran very far with proper bullet placement. 140 grain bullet

6.5 CM is a fine gun in proper hands and proper bullet. It’s not some magical caliber like some portray

It’s the man bun of rifle calibers

All about the bullet man. If you get the right bullet I promise you will not be able to tell the difference in the wound that a 7mm-08 makes vs a 6.5 Creedmoor. I’d recommend the Creedmoor for ammo availability, I feel like the rifle ammo shelves are 90% 30-06, 308, 6.5 Creedmoor, and 223. The 6.5 will be on the shelf for awhile and it’ll be cheaper to blast at the range if they decide to.

The reason the Creedmoor has a bad rap is because of bullet selection. For a 30-06 or 308 you can buy ANY bullet that has a deer on the box and go kill without problems. That’s not the case as you get into smaller faster cartridges. It’s best to know your velocity window and try to get a bullet that’ll do what you want in that impact window.

The 243 has the same reputation. You meet some people that have killed hundreds of deer with the right bullet and have no problems and others who lost a deer or two with whatever academy had on the shelf and they’ll curse it as long as they live.

I’ll also echo what others are saying, my 16” tikka 308 with a suppressor is much more pleasant to shoot than my in suppressed 6.5 Creedmoor. If you have the inclination to get a suppressor, they are an awesome upgrade.

Good on you for doing this with your kids. They’ll be happy with whatever you pick.

6.5 would get my vote. Can't speak to the 7mm-08 though because I haven't shot one. I have a 7mm WSM and love it but man the 6.5 has so much less kick which would be good for an 11 year old and bullet availability.

Though the "cripplemore" is a great nickname, I've never found that to be the case. Outside of the range, my CM has shot at 8 times and it's killed 8 times. Not a single one of them ran further than 30 yards.