What's your go to hunting load (Pet Load) for your 6.5 PRC?

[Heavy Barrel]

Back in late March I got myself a Tikka T3x Lite chambered in 6.5 PRC and picked up some 140gr Norma Whitetail to sight-in with. After getting the Leupold VX-5HD 4-20x52 mounted on it I went to the range. While the grouping was within satisfactory for hunting, eight shots withing a 1.25" area, I was less than impressed with the velocity. The box speed for this ammo shows just under 2900fps though with a Garmin Xero C1 the velocities were averaging mid to upper 2500fps.

While I'm sure I can get better velocities with handloads, I'm wondering what is your go to hunting load in 6.5 PRC?

 

[IdahoCTD]

I shoot 147 ELD-M's for everything up to elk. I like 54.7grs of R-26 in virgin Peterson brass or 54.3 in once fired with a CCI 250 primer. Magnum primers gave lower SD/ES. I have also used 55.5grs of N565. It has a bit lower SD/ES but it not quite as accurate in my gun. The R-26 load shoots in the .2-.3" range.