6.5 Bee on the range

[amassi]

Fotis, I am really interested in trying the heavy for caliber bullets in my 26 Nos. Have you worked with any of them in the 6.5 bee? 156 Oryx/Alaskan/Vulkan or the Woodleigh 160 PPSN

I loaded some hornady 160s in my 6.5-300, they shot pretty well, I hear 160gr 6.5s are a beloved moose bullet in Europe and the north east. A 150/155/160gr Partition would be stellar in these overbore 6.5s Unfortunately, with the emphasis in the shooting community on high bc I doubt nosler will develop such an offering

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[FOTIS]

The 160 Hornady? With a BC of .283 I can not see the use of this bullet in THIS chambering. Burning the barrel out for nothing.

I would rather use the 180 Hornady RN in the 30-06 or in the 308 win.
Likewise, why not a 160 gr in the 7mm rem mag or a 180 RN in a 300 mag?

The 6.5 Bee needs a 130-140 gr bullet at 3500-3350 fps respectively with a huge BC to take advantage of the trajectory and in the right platform the long range accuracy.

Now if it the only gun you have-----------very very doubtful------------ then yes a 160 RN at 3000 fps plus will do for a Newfie moose at 100 yards or a Texas piggie at under 100 yards. Again there are better cartridges for this.

 

[FOTIS]

I fired the same load as above again for verification.......

At 200 yds .

First shot at 730 o'clock position from the red dot above but 7" lower. The second shot 9 o'clock position 3" from the dot. Third shot 530 position 2" from above dot. The fourth shot was 330 position breaking the dot.

I had heard the Leupold innards are now made in China and I did not believe it. Now I do! Scope sent back

 

[69gto]

Is that a newer Leupold with dual erector springs? I have had a few problems with the older ones with single springs not holding point of impact but no problems with 8 of the newer VX-3's.

 

[amassi]

The 160 Hornady? With a BC of .283 I can not see the use of this bullet in THIS chambering. Burning the barrel out for nothing.

I would rather use the 180 Hornady RN in the 30-06 or in the 308 win.
Likewise, why not a 160 gr in the 7mm rem mag or a 180 RN in a 300 mag?

The 6.5 Bee needs a 130-140 gr bullet at 3500-3350 fps respectively with a huge BC to take advantage of the trajectory and in the right platform the long range accuracy.

Now if it the only gun you have-----------very very doubtful------------ then yes a 160 RN at 3000 fps plus will do for a Newfie moose at 100 yards or a Texas piggie at under 100 yards. Again there are better cartridges for this.

Agreed, It was more of an experiment than anything and since this was my 2nd barrel, provided some once fired brass for load development without sacrificing a berger or AccuBond.
This barrel (pac-nor) absolutely loves 142 lrab, and 140 bergers
The factory barrel went 1080 rounds before I had it screwed off so not terribly concerned with barrel burning or else I would have built another 260AI

The bergers are getting tough to find around here, so the lrab gets the nod
This group was only at 100 and it opened up to
0.65moa @ 600 for 9 rounds.

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[26NosFan]

The Woodleigh has a BC of .509 and SD of .331 and is 1.38" long. I have read that it can be driven up near 3150-3200 in the NOS or the Bee and super slow powders. My rifle is a 1:8.5" twist so I have to be mindful of bullet length. With those figures im good for stability. It seems to be the best HUNTING bullet over 140grs for 6.5s.

 

[FOTIS]

I definitely want to try the 142 :mrgreen:

 

[FOTIS]

The leupold was a vx6. The second one that failed on me. Now shipped back to Leupold.
Rifle wears a zeiss V4. A 4-16X44 mm now

 

[amassi]

The leupold was a vx6. The second one that failed on me. Now shipped back to Leupold.
Rifle wears a zeiss V4. A 4-16X44 mm now

Interested in your thoughts of the v4 once you get some miles on it

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[FOTIS]

Will do