What is the best hunting bullet 140 grain or heavier you used in your 6.5 caliber rifle

[hunter67wa]

You will love it. Shot mine yesterday with 140 nosler rdf at 3320fps using 65.4 gr. n570 from 28" krieger. Velocity verified with 2 chronographs

Sorry fat fingered on previous.
I'm going to run a 22" tube suppressed for portability

 

[Bingoc]

264 WM : i30 Swift Sirroco for deer and 140 Nosler partition and 140 Swift A Frame for elk.

 

[Bearman375]

I like the 140 accubonds they murder big deer, I push them hard too, max charge of R-25, out of a 26". 264 win mag

 

[ladebenken]

The best hunting bullets in 6,5mm is:

For normal range 0-200 meters, and game up to moose size:
Lapua 155gr Mega, Norma 156gr Oryx, Rhino 140 and 150gr, North Fork 140gr, swift a-frame 140gr. Barnes 130gr TSX. These bullets have exeptionally good terminal performance, especially the 10,1 gram bullets is meatsavers.

For normal - medium range 0-400 meters
Nosler accubond, swift scirocco, hornady interbond, barnes 127lrx. Good terminal performance, and decent BC.

For long range 200-800 meters.
Hornady ELD-M 140 and 147gr, berger 140 and 156gr, Sierra, nosler ablr 142 ++
Poor terminal performance, but good bc and they expand at low velocity.

Some of my testing of bullets terminal performance; https://www.kammeret.no/topic/59198-65x55-kuler-til-jakt-på-lengre-hold/page/2/

 

[BigSky112]

Hammer or Barnes, way too much meat damage with ELDX & Berger. Ultimately I hunt for the meat

 

[David Emerson]

Great feedback gents. I've 3 - 6.5's (260 Rem, 6.5x284, 264 WM) trying to do the same and find a go-to bullet. Shot several deer over the past couple years with Bergers, ELD-X primarily. Would love to try the Hammer bullets but can't seem to source them out up in Canada? I haven't had any issues with the Bergers or ELD-x on deer. Shot them from 100-620yds. I did shoot a female elk at 600 with the 143 ELD-X with my 6.5x284. This was about 2 hrs after I shot a WT buck at 620yds who dropped in his tracks. I heard it hit the elk broadside and the elk just walked away like I was a nuisance. I was absolutely dumbfounded! I just couldn't believe what I was watching? So ... my take-away on this was either I need a different bullet for that yardage on elk or a different rifle? My 2 cents worth and experience thus far. Maybe it was a one off? I've read others who have had success with the same combination at even longer ranges so I'm really not sure what to make of it?

Elk is a bigger animal. I know a 264 win mag is a killer. I have had very good luck always with the nosler 140 partition bullets. And they will open down to 1800 fps

 

[David Emerson]

Elk is a bigger animal. I know a 264 win mag is a killer. I have had very good luck always with the nosler 140 partition bullets. And they will open down to 1800 fps

Nathan Foster from New zeeland has a site about cartridges, rifles, bullets. He explains everything better than I ever could. ballisticstudies.com

 

[Bullet210]

140 serria gameking out of my sons creedmoor does an awesome job

 

[David Emerson]

You will love it. Shot mine yesterday with 140 nosler rdf at 3320fps using 65.4 gr. n570 from 28" krieger. Velocity verified with 2 chronographs

I have never used N570. You like it?

 

[dgr416]

I hope I can get faster speeds with my 264 win mag but it's only a 24 inch barrel. I MOSTLY use h870 powder still have 4 kegs of it .I shot the lapua bullet at 10 yards at a dose it went through her head all the way dow the neck and to the bottom of the chest .It looks like a broadhead instead of a bullet in that mega tip. I shot pronghorn at 350 yards and it flipped them in their tracks kept going .I want to try a bunch of different bullets I like heavier bullets though 140 and heavier.

 

[GLTaylor]

The Hammer bullets are lighter and faster. I'm shooting the 117 gr Hammer Sledge in my 6.5 Creed
With an in-spec load of R16 I'm getting 3063 with single digit es and sd! You really ought to try them?

 

[bomberodevil]

Any love for Nosler 140 gn Ballistic Tips? I recently purchased a Christensen Arms Mesa, 6.5 CM, as a lighter hunting rifle for my grandkids. It will be used primarily for deer and antelope, under 500 yards.

My favorite hunting bullet for my 30.06 and .270 are the Nosler BTs in 180 gn or 150 gn, respectively.


I've read a lot of reloading info on LRH, but I haven't seen many reports on the Nosler BTs.

 

[Aussie Hunter Steve]

I've used the 140 Ballistic Tips in my 6.5-300. They perform similar to many non-bonded Polymer Tipped bullets, at their best on light/medium game.

 

[GLTaylor]

They work fine if you don't mind blowing up a lot of meat. I would only shoot a deer through the ribs and let them turn everything into jello soup!