6.5 Creedmore and pelt damage

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I've been looking for a new coyote rifle, with camo stock, matt finish barrel, and suppressor threads. The only ones I'm finding with that scheme, is 6.5 Creeds. I don't have a problem with that round, but I'm just not sure if it is very fur friendly. I don't reload my own ammo, so I'd have to buy factory loads.
Any of you have one, that could give me some input? I don't want to buy something that is going to require major surgery on every dog I shoot.
THX
 
Go with a Ruger American Predator in a smaller caliber like 22-250. They have the threaded, matt barrel. Rattle can the stock to camo it and your good to go. By the way, they are awesome shooting rifles too for the money!
 
Speed kills when it comes to coyotes. (Hydrostatic shock). Longer MPBR kills too. The less the trajectory arch is, the better. The missed shots, the faster, lighter frangible bullets are, the safer for the environment it is.
I hunt yotes with a 270 for a long time. The varmint bullets had lower BC's. The higher BC bullets would pencil through. I finally sold it & built a 6-284. Granted, its a rocket launcher, (55 ballistic tips @ 4320 fps), but the theory holds true.
Im not saying don't get the 6.5 creed, just save it for way out there, windy days. I have a 1-13 twist on my 6-284, so Im limited to 70 grain pills. But I do see another one to add in my future with a 1-8 barrel for the high BC heavies for the way out there, windy days.
I would go with a 22-250 or a 6mm of some type with lighter bullets before the 6.5 calibers.
 
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Unless handloading an 85gr Sierra Varminter I would avoid the 6.5CM.
It’s the only pelt friendly round I’ve used to date out of the 6.5CM
 
Thanks for the input guys. I've had good results with my .223, but will be hunting more in Arizona and Colorado, so I think the 22-250 would be a better choice for the more wide open areas. I think the 6.5 might be a bit too much, if you are hunting for the fur.
 
I've had mixed results with the 6.5 CM on pelts. It blew a giant hole in a bobcat with 143gr ELDX, but had it pencil through a couple coyotes. I'm guessing it's just how you hit them.
 
Ouch on the cat. I shot a cat in Arizona last month with the .223, through the rib cage, and it just had a pencil size entry and a very small hole on the exit from the bullet fragment. That was with a 52 gr hornady V-max at 45 paces.
I was very pleased.
 
I've hunted AZ some, maybe 30 days of hunting over the past 4 years mostly on a line from Parker to Sierra Vista. I've killed a number of coyotes there and I don't think I've ever shot at one over 100 yards. There is a lot of low growing brush in the desert for a coyote to sneak in through. Watch some of SnowmanMo's videos. In AZ I've killed coyotes with a 222 Rem, 22-204, 22 Savage Highpower/12ga and 16ga/16ga/6.5x58R(equivalent to a 25-35 Win) both coyotes killed with it were with the shotgun barrels same with the 22 Savage HP/12ga. I have a couple 22-250's and don't even bother to put them in the truck when headed to AZ.

CO is another story lots of open grass lands but if your intent is to save fur I wouldn't shoot anything bigger than a 22-250. I'm starting to hunt CO more as my daughter and grand daughter live on the east slope there and now I'm only a days drive away. I took a 223 there on my last trip and killed a coyote and gave the rifle to my Grand daughter. One of the 22-250s might get a workout there.
 
AWS, I agree with the close shots in Arizona. I carry the 12 ga. and rifle. They sometimes show up so close, you don't have time to get them in a scope. I do this in the area I hunt in Colorado too. A lot of times they can be hard to stop, for a rifle shot.
Thanks for the link. That looks like it may fit the bill.
 


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