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Who has killed lots of elk with a 6.5 mm bullet?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wyofax" data-source="post: 1029586" data-attributes="member: 65924"><p>My kids have shot 3 bulls in the last two years with my 264 WM. It looks as though your question is more centered on the 6.5X284 but my experience is very good as far as bullet performance is concerned. I'm am not sending these very fast for a 264 at just 3145 fps. All three bulls never left the spot of receiving their 140 VLD. We also have a variety of distance as the biggest bull was at 290 yards a mid-range bull at 442 and a nice long range at 850. I tend to get concerned at closer range with this bullet as it does not penetrate as deep at higher velocities. This is including my experience with deer as well. The close range hits with this caliber combination appear to me to be explosive. </p><p></p><p>The last bull my daughter took was at 290 yards bedded, he just flopped over in his bed and didn't move for about 30 seconds. Enough for us to think he was done. Then he stood up and tried to walk but collapsed onto his brisket. Back legs still standing, then he fell over and rolled into his back. Next he rolled back onto his belly and was just laying there like he was bedded again. We finally put one in his neck to end the drama. This all took about 3 minutes to transpire. The shoulder was completely destroyed and there was frothy blood under that shoulder but I didn't open up the cavity as we gutless quartered him to get out before dark. </p><p></p><p>The 442 bull was also bedded but my son put it through the neck and the bull was DRT.</p><p></p><p>The 850 bull was last fall and hit the bull broadside directly on a rib about 8 inches below the spine and passed through the top of his lungs. That bull hit the dirt hard and cartwheeled off the hill dead when he quit falling. Pretty dramatic hit. </p><p></p><p>All in all I must like them because I keep shooting them and the elk keep falling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wyofax, post: 1029586, member: 65924"] My kids have shot 3 bulls in the last two years with my 264 WM. It looks as though your question is more centered on the 6.5X284 but my experience is very good as far as bullet performance is concerned. I'm am not sending these very fast for a 264 at just 3145 fps. All three bulls never left the spot of receiving their 140 VLD. We also have a variety of distance as the biggest bull was at 290 yards a mid-range bull at 442 and a nice long range at 850. I tend to get concerned at closer range with this bullet as it does not penetrate as deep at higher velocities. This is including my experience with deer as well. The close range hits with this caliber combination appear to me to be explosive. The last bull my daughter took was at 290 yards bedded, he just flopped over in his bed and didn't move for about 30 seconds. Enough for us to think he was done. Then he stood up and tried to walk but collapsed onto his brisket. Back legs still standing, then he fell over and rolled into his back. Next he rolled back onto his belly and was just laying there like he was bedded again. We finally put one in his neck to end the drama. This all took about 3 minutes to transpire. The shoulder was completely destroyed and there was frothy blood under that shoulder but I didn't open up the cavity as we gutless quartered him to get out before dark. The 442 bull was also bedded but my son put it through the neck and the bull was DRT. The 850 bull was last fall and hit the bull broadside directly on a rib about 8 inches below the spine and passed through the top of his lungs. That bull hit the dirt hard and cartwheeled off the hill dead when he quit falling. Pretty dramatic hit. All in all I must like them because I keep shooting them and the elk keep falling. [/QUOTE]
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