Flavors of 6.5 rifle are: A Swede, a 6.5/06, and a 6.5/30-30. The 06 was built for long range antelope hunting, and that is what it has killed, several times. The Swede has killed elk, deer, and gophers. The 6.5-30 killed an antelope, and 2 deer this season, it's first.