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<blockquote data-quote="BallisticsGuy" data-source="post: 1560181" data-attributes="member: 96226"><p>Personally, I'd look at 6.5mm 140gn as getting on the small side of ok if I was in a pinch and the shot was close enough. I'd prefer something like a 180gn 7mm or .30 cal somewhere up over 200gn. Bullet construction would be the thing I'd pay attention to though. I've taken elk size game with a .338WM with 225gn tipped bullets at 300m and wasn't entirely stoked with the bullet performance as the bullet construction wasn't quite tough enough. Those pills would have been better on something a good bit smaller like a bear. There was plenty of power but penetration still suffered and it left almost no blood trail.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BallisticsGuy, post: 1560181, member: 96226"] Personally, I'd look at 6.5mm 140gn as getting on the small side of ok if I was in a pinch and the shot was close enough. I'd prefer something like a 180gn 7mm or .30 cal somewhere up over 200gn. Bullet construction would be the thing I'd pay attention to though. I've taken elk size game with a .338WM with 225gn tipped bullets at 300m and wasn't entirely stoked with the bullet performance as the bullet construction wasn't quite tough enough. Those pills would have been better on something a good bit smaller like a bear. There was plenty of power but penetration still suffered and it left almost no blood trail. [/QUOTE]
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