Lead Free Bullets for the 6.5 Creedmoor

Will be hunting in a lead free state this fall and will be shooting my 6.5 CM What bullet works for you and what powder. I have H4350 that I use with the 140 Berger and I use Lapua Cases, and a custom 700 with a 26" Benchmark 1.8 barrel

Barnes 127gr LRX, Nosler 120gr E-Tip or Hornady 120Gr GMX
Give me an idea of your load, velocity and COAL, seating deapth

Thanks for your help

124g Hammer Hunter with varget at just over 3000fps. Shot .5moa in Ruger with Vortex genII.

Steve

I'm shooting the 124 Hammers in my savage model 11 260. Two possible loads right now with superformance one just under 3000 and another around 3075. I was shooting the Barnes 127 LRX before but couldn't get to 2900 fps and bullet consistency was not that great. Shot good under 3-400 but groups opened up a little after that. So far hammers are approaching 0.5 Moa with low teens ES. Barnes I shot a .3 Group but everything else was just under 1 Moa.

RockyMtnMT said:

124g Hammer Hunter with varget at just over 3000fps. Shot .5moa in Ruger with Vortex genII.

Steve

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You prefer Varget over H4350 for this bullet in a 260 Remington? What starting loads would you recommend with the 124 Hammer in the 260.??

MarkA said:

You prefer Varget over H4350 for this bullet in a 260 Remington? What starting loads would you recommend with the 124 Hammer in the 260.??

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Not necessarily. The thread title was for creedmore. That is what we loaded in a creedmore.

Steve

I think in the 260 Rem H4350 would be the go to. I would also consider RL16.

Steve

120 Barnes Tac TX are the most accurate/fastest load out of my 20" BA Barrel.

Cutting Edge Bullets 130GR. MTH With 42Gr. RL-17 seated .669 to the seal tight band. Shoots inside 1/2" groups at 200 Yards and is DRT on Deer and Hogs. I have 2 different rifles and the accuracy is nearly identical. Speed from my 28" bbl rifle is just under 3,050 FPS. I am stuck in California and have tried nearly all the lead free bullets in the last 5 years but the CE MTH and CE Raptors are the best I have found for DRT results. Nearly all their energy is expended inside the animal rather than blowing straight through.