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Which 6.5 bullet for elk?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wachsmann" data-source="post: 1363704" data-attributes="member: 10429"><p>My wife used a 87 grain VLD on a buck at 275 and it when through the far back ribs destroying the liver 1 lung and still went through the of side shoulder bone and muscle only to stop about 1/4 inch from exiting the shoulder. bullet was completely mushroom out. I haven't weighed it yet but I would guess about 1/3 its weight. the bullet was only doing about 2850 leaving the barrel. Velocity and drop date has been confirmed out to 850 yards with this load so I know it running between 2850 +/- 10fps. So the shot was about 18 to 22 inches of penetration. Mule deer buck quarter away shot. So the 140VLD would be my first choise. Another thing to add to this...I shot about 4500 of them to date which my 6.5x284 Norma which really started to go south around 4500 rounds. I've been through 6 or 8 boxes of Lapua brass on this rifle as well. Generally getting 10 loaded on each case. Only down fall is I have never shot an big game animal with this gun. It was my fun shooting gun. The whole time I never once sorted or had to weigh out from berger. I just pick straight from the box and load them up. Sad thing now is the throat is eroded away and it wont hold 1/2 minute like it has. Time to re-barrel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wachsmann, post: 1363704, member: 10429"] My wife used a 87 grain VLD on a buck at 275 and it when through the far back ribs destroying the liver 1 lung and still went through the of side shoulder bone and muscle only to stop about 1/4 inch from exiting the shoulder. bullet was completely mushroom out. I haven't weighed it yet but I would guess about 1/3 its weight. the bullet was only doing about 2850 leaving the barrel. Velocity and drop date has been confirmed out to 850 yards with this load so I know it running between 2850 +/- 10fps. So the shot was about 18 to 22 inches of penetration. Mule deer buck quarter away shot. So the 140VLD would be my first choise. Another thing to add to this...I shot about 4500 of them to date which my 6.5x284 Norma which really started to go south around 4500 rounds. I've been through 6 or 8 boxes of Lapua brass on this rifle as well. Generally getting 10 loaded on each case. Only down fall is I have never shot an big game animal with this gun. It was my fun shooting gun. The whole time I never once sorted or had to weigh out from berger. I just pick straight from the box and load them up. Sad thing now is the throat is eroded away and it wont hold 1/2 minute like it has. Time to re-barrel. [/QUOTE]
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