I've been reading this thread and believe that information on results with a 6.5 and other smallbores on buffalo and cattle is quite useful, not because I would intentionally hunt anything as large as buffalo with a small calibre weapon, but rather because you're not always armed with the weapon of your choice when you need to kill something that doesn't like you. If in an area with buffalo or even domestic cattle and you're there working rather than hunting, a heavy rifle is frequently left behind and if a problem occurs, you have to make do with what you have at the time.

Richard