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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 951516" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>If you want bang flop use a shoulder shot preferably in the top half of the shoulder. If you put the bullet behind the shoulder in the heart lungs area it really don't matter what caliber you use around 50% of the time they will run off some. Their dead they just don't know it for about 30 seconds and they can go a ways in that time. I have killed hundreds of deer with about everything from a stick to a 45-70 as a crop damage control hunter. </p><p></p><p>I did a little checking and you should be able to get a 120 Nosler ballistic tip or 123 A-max going 2500 fps of so and from my experience using 6.5 cal. rifles at loooooog range on deer they would be real effective on deer out of the 6.5 Creedmoor. The 120 BT is awesome from my 6.5X55 Sweed rifle on deer.</p><p></p><p>Another common caliber Encore barrel that you should be able to find easy is a 308 Win. Load it with a 125 Nosler ballistic tip and keep the MV under 3000 fps. With the weight of a scoped Encore and the lighter 125 gr bullet recoil would not be much. I shoot the 125 BT in all my 30 cal stuff for deer. As long as you keep impact velocity under 3000 fps is is a BANG FLOP deer killer. I shoot it in my 14" Contender 30-30AI at 2670 fps and it SMOKES deer. I have shot a dozen plus, lost count, deer with it from 30 to 120 yards away and it has exited with a quarter size hole on every shot and most have been through both shoulders and all have been into or exit a shoulder and I have only had two even move out of their tracks. Those were bucks all fired up in the rut chasing doe. They did not go over 30 yards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 951516, member: 10178"] If you want bang flop use a shoulder shot preferably in the top half of the shoulder. If you put the bullet behind the shoulder in the heart lungs area it really don't matter what caliber you use around 50% of the time they will run off some. Their dead they just don't know it for about 30 seconds and they can go a ways in that time. I have killed hundreds of deer with about everything from a stick to a 45-70 as a crop damage control hunter. I did a little checking and you should be able to get a 120 Nosler ballistic tip or 123 A-max going 2500 fps of so and from my experience using 6.5 cal. rifles at loooooog range on deer they would be real effective on deer out of the 6.5 Creedmoor. The 120 BT is awesome from my 6.5X55 Sweed rifle on deer. Another common caliber Encore barrel that you should be able to find easy is a 308 Win. Load it with a 125 Nosler ballistic tip and keep the MV under 3000 fps. With the weight of a scoped Encore and the lighter 125 gr bullet recoil would not be much. I shoot the 125 BT in all my 30 cal stuff for deer. As long as you keep impact velocity under 3000 fps is is a BANG FLOP deer killer. I shoot it in my 14" Contender 30-30AI at 2670 fps and it SMOKES deer. I have shot a dozen plus, lost count, deer with it from 30 to 120 yards away and it has exited with a quarter size hole on every shot and most have been through both shoulders and all have been into or exit a shoulder and I have only had two even move out of their tracks. Those were bucks all fired up in the rut chasing doe. They did not go over 30 yards. [/QUOTE]
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