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6.5 Creedmoor: Maximum Lethal Range for Whitetail
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<blockquote data-quote="dougduey" data-source="post: 1972991" data-attributes="member: 33159"><p>A lot of the 6.5 bullets fall off in performance below 2200 fps. Plus, the 6.5mm bullets are so reliant upon retained weight and velocity to get the job done. A kiwi by the name of Nathan Foster has done a ton of research on the performance of bullets on game. You can read up on some of it on his webstie ballisticstudies.com. His books go into much more detail. For instance, the ELD series of bullets have a much smaller hollow point in the 6.5 vs the 7mm, which effects expansion. The better long range killer is the ELDM because it's jacket is thinner than the ELDX and expands more reliably. A good "in between" bullet is the Tipped Match King (i believe it's 130gr). It's jacket is thicker than the ELDM but thinner than the ELDX. The Partition is always an excellent bullet, but it's BC is a limiting factor. Honestly, you won't be disappointed with any of the bullets if you keep your range max to 600 yards. Although, like 25WSM noted, if you hand load and use RL26, you'll get 6.5-284 Norma performance out of the cartridge and expand your lethal distances</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dougduey, post: 1972991, member: 33159"] A lot of the 6.5 bullets fall off in performance below 2200 fps. Plus, the 6.5mm bullets are so reliant upon retained weight and velocity to get the job done. A kiwi by the name of Nathan Foster has done a ton of research on the performance of bullets on game. You can read up on some of it on his webstie ballisticstudies.com. His books go into much more detail. For instance, the ELD series of bullets have a much smaller hollow point in the 6.5 vs the 7mm, which effects expansion. The better long range killer is the ELDM because it's jacket is thinner than the ELDX and expands more reliably. A good "in between" bullet is the Tipped Match King (i believe it's 130gr). It's jacket is thicker than the ELDM but thinner than the ELDX. The Partition is always an excellent bullet, but it's BC is a limiting factor. Honestly, you won't be disappointed with any of the bullets if you keep your range max to 600 yards. Although, like 25WSM noted, if you hand load and use RL26, you'll get 6.5-284 Norma performance out of the cartridge and expand your lethal distances [/QUOTE]
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