6.5 Bullet for antelope

[Megalodon]

Probably overthinking this but figured I’d see what everyone thinks. Got in on an Antelope hunt here last minute in eastern CO. I have the 4 bullets on my shelf that I can load for my 6.5 PRC. No appreciable precision difference between the 4.

Sounds like there’s a possibility of a “long” shot, but I think that probably only means 3-400 yards. I’d like to shoot the 156, but not sure if I should be worried about that bullet performing if it ends up being a 75 yard shot.


Thx.

 

[Northpark]

It’s an antelope. Just shoot it and it will die. Pretty sure you can scare them to death. They are rather fragile it seems.

 

[Hoosker Doo]

Any of those would probably be devastating on an antelope from a 6.5 PRC. This year I shot one at 400 with a 143 ELD-X out of a Creedmoor with a MV of 2685. It entered 6" behind the shoulder and exited the back of the opposite front shoulder. It did a death run for 40 or 50 yards until it toppled.
I don't know what more I could ask for than a frangible bullet that holds together well enough to exit at 400 yds and destroys everything in between.

 

[t_carlson]

Any bullet will do. Not much flesh and bone to dig through on one of those.

 

[mrolen]

Shot two with a 264 win mag 127 lrx they both died quick. But any bullet you listed will work fine. My choice was based on availability.

 

[KChunter71]

I just took mine with the Norma 143 match bullets. It did just fine out of my 6.5 prc

 

[Dioni A]

Ive killed quite a few animals with 147 and 140 eld-m's and they're easily the most devastating bullet I've ever used. They're basically a tipped Berger which I believe makes them more reliable.

 

[eaglemountainman]

I use 120 TTSXs and 129 Interlocks in a .260 Rem. Both provide very good accuracy, and dead animals. The Interlocks are a whole lot cheaper.

 

[sndmn11]

I chose the LRX so you have meat left...

 

[BFreed59]

Shot mine with the 127 LRX out of a 6.5 Wby RPM, (simlar to 6.5 PRC) at 375 yards and dropped without taking a single step. I would just shoot whatever you feel most comfortable with in your setup, shot distance could be long for late season. The 375 yard shot this year was the closest shot opportunity I had this year since I went at the end of the season in a highly pressured unit, they were very skittish.

 

[Macintosh]

Ditto what Sndmn11 said above--LRX because it's more than plenty, and you'll have more meat left.

 

[Megalodon]

Awesome, think I'll go with the LRX then. Like I said, I wanted to go the 156, especially looking at how well it bucks wind, but was worried about it grenading and meat etc.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Redwood]

I've killed a mule deer buck at 420 and wife shot an antelope at 50. Antelope dropped in its tracks and the buck made it about 30 yards. We were using 127 LRXs

 

[RazeRob]

Whatever your setup to shoot best should get the job done. Just have to practice.

 

[Short Track]

Don't use accubonds... unless you want pencil holes.

 

[rodney747]

143 ELDX. DRT from 85 to 425 yds.

 

[Bluegrassvw]

Berger 140gr VLD hunting

 

[Rich M]

You can really overthink - I'm going next year on my 2nd antelope hunt. Will use .243 with Sierra Pro Hunter 100 gr. Same range as you - out to 400 pretty much.

They die quick & easy. Whatever you have on hand will work just fine.

 

[jzeblaz]

The LRX should be great. I've dropped 6 of them with NBT, TTSX, ETips and LRX. The only one that ran was the NBT, but it was a short distance and had a massive exit wound. The other were all DRT, 270 Win and 280 Rem; all at about 200 yards.

 

[spur60]

143 gr eldx out of my 6.5cm at 205 yards broadside, double lung & heart, buck took two steps and tipped over. You'll be fine with any of those bullets on a goat.