6.5 Creed / 140 Ballistic Tips

[TackDriver284]

Been shooting 140 Berger Hybrids in the 6.5 Creed for a few years already, just tired of the same bullet shooting bugholes and wanted to shoot hunting bullets for a change. I still have 8 lbs of that IMR 4451 that I bought several years ago as an alternative to H4350 which I could not find. I have 2 jugs of H4350 to keep for later use. Ten boxes of 140 Ballistic Tips has been sitting on the shelf for years already and dusted them off and i wet tumbled some old brass that was possibly fired 10X, but lost count. Prepped some brass and ran a ladder for the 140 Hybrids and IMR 4451 from 39.5 grains to 42 grains in .5 increments and three round charges for the 140 Ballistic Tips from 39.5 to 41.5 grains in .5 increments. Winds was real bad from 20-25 mph variable from right to left. Tested @ 100 yards.

140 Hybrids - IMR4451 / 1 bullet per charge / .040" off the lands ( just testing velocity, possible node between 41.5 -42.0 )
39.5 - 2679 fps
40.0 - 2699 fps
40.5 - 2746 fps
41.0 - 2781 fps
41.5 - 2822 fps
42.0 - 2842 fps

140 Ballistic Tips / IMR 4451/ .010" off the lands
39.5 - 2670, 2688, 2679
40.0 - 2713, 2699, 2713
40.5 - 2747, 2754, 2741
41.0 - 2782, 2757, 2772
41.5 - 2803, 2807, 2806

41.5 grains / 140 Ball Tips seems to get the nod at 2800 fps average and speed is nice. No pressure seen on the brass. Tinkered with Quickload, max pressure is 63K at 2830 fps / 42 grains, this load is at 61K at 2800 fps / 41.5 grains. Will redo this 41.5 grain load again soon. Should be a killer deer load.

 

[gerry]

Very good speed and accuracy, the 140 gr Ballistic Tip is great for deer.

 

[phil]

At that velocity the BT Hunting will be well behaved, predictable and boringly precise as usual!

 

[Guy Miner]

Well that's about as accurate as it gets! Congrats.

Ya, I've had excellent results from the Ballistic Tip on mule deer, black bear, pronghorn and elk.

You should be good to go.

Regards, Guy

 

[JD338]

Nice shooting Mark. That 140 gr BT is a great bullet. It shoots great out of my 6.5 RPM. I need to try it on crop damage deer this summer.

JD338

 

[TackDriver284]

This was a picture of my older post testing a 120 Ballistic Tip with H4350, never forgot how stupid accurate Ballistic Tip bullets are. I still have 5 boxes left of this bullet. Moving the mail at a hair over 3,000 fps.

 

[GregoryB.]

I shoot those 140gr NBT’s in my 260. They work well on deer.

 

[xphunter]

Great Shooting Mark!

 

[Hunter26]

Awesome shooting and some nice velocity out of the creedmoor. Whats your rifle setup?

 

[TackDriver284]

Awesome shooting and some nice velocity out of the creedmoor. Whats your rifle setup?

Thanks, it's a GA Precision custom built rifle, Defiance action, 26 inch Bartlein 8 twist, Jewell trigger, A5 McMillian stock and ATACR 5-25

 

[RL338]

Couple of nice loads. Seems like that rifle likes any bullet you load for it.