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From what I’ve read in tests 6.5 creedmoor only losses about 17ft/s per inch from a 24 inch barrel , so you could go down to 20 inch and easily do steel at 500 you’ll have to check about energy to bring down the game your hunting , you could find a average load on one of the powder / bullet sites and then put it through a ballistic app and see if the energy is ok for you hunting
