Hello le-chausson,
Khomas Highland Hunting Safaris of Namibia, welcomes you to the greatest forum on earth.
As for the 6.5 Creedmor, the guys who poke fun at it are just having a bit of good natured humor.
I would bet a large pizza that, all of them if they only had two choices, would rather hunt with a 6.5 Creedmoor rifle than to stay home and mow the lawn.
Anyway, I have shot two Polynesian wild boars with a Guide’s / PH’s 6.5 Creedmoor rifle, out at Hawaii.
These boars took one each Hornady brand 140 grain bullet.
I do not recall exactly what the PH’s range finder indicated but, my feeble old memory recalls something around 165 yards or 150 meters ?
Anyway, both oinkers showed an exit wound, indicating that each bullet had expanded properly.
Neither animal had to be tracked at all.
Likewise, I have a CZ Model 550FS rifle in Caliber 6.5x55 (exact same projectiles as your rifle, traveling at almost exactly the same velocity) and it is one of my favorite hunting rifles, in North America where I live.
The various little 6.5 MM bore rifles are IMO, extremely well suited to deer and swine hunting.
Likewise, I have to presume that most all the 6.5’s, when loaded with today’s tough bullets, will also work quite well on the multitude of similar sized African game.
Cheers,
Velo Dog.
