What is your favor 6.5 creedmore whitetail bullet and load?
- Thread starter Al in SC
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TackDriver284
Handloader
- Feb 13, 2016
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My favorite up to date bullet for the 6.5 Creedmoor would be the 120 Nosler Ballistic Tips. Best powder I used is H4350 for a velocity of a modest 3,025 fps out of a 26 inch barrel. It's so accurate that I never have to try any other load or bullet. I never tried the 140 Ballistic Tips yet, but I would in a heartbeat if they were available. 143 ELD-X is great as well, but I don't fancy it as much as Ballistic Tips.
I took down a red stag cow at 230 yards back in January with the 120 Ballistic Tip. Used a tripod standing up and the bullet hit it square center in the neck while facing me and it dropped like a sack of bricks with baseball sized exit under the back of its skull. The same day, did a ear shot on a doe around 150 yards. I won't change that load since there is no reason to.
I took down a red stag cow at 230 yards back in January with the 120 Ballistic Tip. Used a tripod standing up and the bullet hit it square center in the neck while facing me and it dropped like a sack of bricks with baseball sized exit under the back of its skull. The same day, did a ear shot on a doe around 150 yards. I won't change that load since there is no reason to.
Hammerdown
Beginner
- Jul 12, 2009
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Not sure what bullet you’ll use, I truly wish you all the best on your hunts this Fall.
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- Nov 4, 2004
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Loading the 6.5 Creedmoor with the 129 gr ABLR and 42.5 grs RL17. It shoots lights out, flat and kills WT deer right now.
JD338
JD338
noslerpartition
Handloader
- May 26, 2018
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Since I have to use lead-free, I use the Lehigh CC 122 gr.
Since the front fragments, it works more like a lead core bullet.
Groups around 1/2 moa for me out of a Savage storm
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Since the front fragments, it works more like a lead core bullet.
Groups around 1/2 moa for me out of a Savage storm
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Cleveland48
Handloader
- Jul 28, 2015
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I’ve used these 6.5 mm bullets with great effect on whitetail.
120 Barnes TTSX
120 ballistic tip
130 AB
129 interlok
140 interlock
140 hot-cor
140 gameking
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120 Barnes TTSX
120 ballistic tip
130 AB
129 interlok
140 interlock
140 hot-cor
140 gameking
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Horsethief
Handloader
- Jul 5, 2012
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Hunting load: 130gn Swift Scirocco over 46.5gn of Superformance. This is lightning death on White tails.
Long range plinking: 129gn Hornady SST over 43gn of RL-17. It’s sun MOA a at 300 yards and makes first shot hits on a 20” gong at 1,000 yards.
All from the same hunting rifle.
Long range plinking: 129gn Hornady SST over 43gn of RL-17. It’s sun MOA a at 300 yards and makes first shot hits on a 20” gong at 1,000 yards.
All from the same hunting rifle.
