6.5X284
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OKIE2
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anything from 100 grain up its your choice all of them will kill a deer
100 grain is what i use in my 264 mag to deer hunt with
liltank
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I just got an issue of Shooting Times Magazine. Savage is going to start to produce a 6.5x284 as hunting caliber in a hunting rifle configuration. The author of the segment said that he thinks that the 6.5x284 is a good all around rifle for deer sized game or smaller. He suggested using something in the 120-130 grain range for best results. I wouldn't know because I don't own the caliber, but it is one that I have been following for a year or so. I may own one some day.
Tank
Tank
Last year I shot a whitetail doe thouhgh the lungs at around 165 yards with 140 Berger Vld in a 6.5x284. Deer ran about 40 yards with a good blood trail. I believe it would work well in open country out to around 600 yards.
nik
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My son shot his first red deer hind last year with this caliber at 260 yards. Berger 140 VLD. Factory rifle:R93. The deer rear up at the shot and then tumbled down hill side. Plenty of blood trail and it was a heart shot. He shot a goat too at 300 yards with the same ammo, it just drop on the spot. I have since got a heavy barrel for hunting and built 2 target rifles (F Class) in that caliber. We love this caliber!
I like the 6.5x284 for Deer. I've shot them out to almost 300 yards and have had them drop in their tracks more often than not. I use my hand loads of 140 gr. Hornady SST Bullets at around 2800 fps.
Last year i shot a large doe through both lungs at 265 yards and it dropped so quickly i thought i missed it. The 4 other deer standing next to it never moved and i had to count them to see if there were 1 less standing.
The Hornady SST bullets are very hard hitting hunting bullets. At the velocities i load them to, they seem to stay in tact for the most part and make a massive wound channel. I also use them in my 7mm-08 Long Range T/C Encore Pistol with the exact same results out to 300yds .....So far.
I think you cant go wrong with the 6.5x284 for Varmints to Most any North American Big Game.
Last year i shot a large doe through both lungs at 265 yards and it dropped so quickly i thought i missed it. The 4 other deer standing next to it never moved and i had to count them to see if there were 1 less standing.
The Hornady SST bullets are very hard hitting hunting bullets. At the velocities i load them to, they seem to stay in tact for the most part and make a massive wound channel. I also use them in my 7mm-08 Long Range T/C Encore Pistol with the exact same results out to 300yds .....So far.
I think you cant go wrong with the 6.5x284 for Varmints to Most any North American Big Game.
i use 140g amax in my 6.5x284 so far i have shot loads at 250-350 yrds and a few futher out
red deer 400yrd
sika deer 380yrd
roe deer 500yrd
this was a Roe Deer that i neck shot at 302yrds
YouTube - roe buck 302yrds.
rb
red deer 400yrd
sika deer 380yrd
roe deer 500yrd
this was a Roe Deer that i neck shot at 302yrds
YouTube - roe buck 302yrds.
rb
I use my Cooper 6.5x284 90% of the time when I am out for whitetail. I use a healthy dose of varget topped with a 120 gr barnes tsx. I have had excellent results out to 400 with mine. I have shot this rifle for the past 4 seasons and have never had one go more than about 30 yards with this combination. I have shot this rifle out to 877 religiously but where i hunt 400 yards about the extreme unless you are sitting in a bean field. I love the 6.5 for deer . Just a word to the wise the sciroccos are a little tough for the less than 200 pound animals we have around here. They pencil through. I lost two to these before i realized exactly what was going on. Probably good for larger animals but under 200 is a no no.
Terry Scott
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140 Berger VLDs work really well
