.308 time proven short or medium range cartridge. Larger bullet weight range, same short action. I'd consider no brake due to noise and dust blowup (if lying prone).

You won't go wrong with either, but the Creed is just the latest in the 1000 yard fan club. Consider the 7mm-08 if you have the option (.308 necked to 7mm).

I'd still go .308 if you don't need to brag about what rifle you shoot at camp.

REM7600

PS: My 7mm-08 is a great low recoil shooter out of the box. and There's a good number of bullets for reloads.

I was in the same boat a few months ago. I decided on the .308 as I do not hand load yet and there are numerous rounds available in that caliber. With the speed of the bullet I would look toward a good round. I also shoot a 7mag and have found the Federal Premium with the Nosler Partition to be a great round from close in to out past 300 yards. I'm sure it would hold up past that but I have never needed to take a shot at an animal any further. 99% of my shots are between 25 and 200 yrds.

I purchased my 308 after the season so no help there but I will be using the federals in it as well. Tried cheaper winchesters and Remington rounds but I couldn't get the group under 3" at 100 yrds. So Federal it is lol

^What he said^

It's way more cool to say you have a 6.5 Creedmoor than a plain old .308. Go with the Creedmoor. Or you could go "Old School" and just get an "Ought Six" which will kill everything on the continent from a Prairie Dog to a Moose! Saying "Ought Six" is pretty cool too. :)

ya, don't dis' it -- <smile>
 

What he said...The '06 may be boring but she damned sure get's it done! Moose, bear, whitetail, muley, coyotes and even a huge number of small game have fallen to this one!

never an elk with it yet (I only have 2 elk with a bow) :biggrin:

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REM7600

Both are great rifles

Thank you!
 

Thank you Father Forkhorn! Its like looking at two same weighted hammers at Home Depot and asking which one is best to hammer in a nail. Both will do just fine. Either round at under 100 yards is almost overkill. At distance is where this debate should come into play.

The only right answer is that there is no right or wrong answer. With the proper ammo and shot placement, it won't make any difference at all on deer inside 100 yards or even out to your max safe shooting range. Neither are hard kicking rounds and both are now very common/easy to find (.308 obviously being on every shelf on the planet with the Creed catching up due to the popularity). Can't go wrong with either of them.

One other caliber to throw into the mix - 7mm-08. That may be the goldilocks of the two you're comparing and the best of both worlds?

Agree with all said here. I will also say the blasphemous thing that if you're not shooting long range (300+ yds imo), or a magnum rifle with high fps, plain old cup & core bullets are hard to beat for white tail. With that said if it were usual hunting ranges (<200 yds) I'd take a 308 and feed it a bunch of regular ammo like core-lokts, power points, fusion etc., and see what it likes to eat. I personally use power points for my 06 for white tail, and TTSX out of my 300WM & 7mmRM for example. One of my hunting friends got a 7mm08 last year for white tails, now he never uses anything else and he has quite a few rifles like me so that's saying something
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ikely in a few years you'll probably end up with one of each, can never have to many bolt rifles ha