6.5 Creedmoor/260 for Deer, Elk, and whatever else.....

[MidGAHunter]

I got the same email from Sierra because I’ve been bugging/harassing them regularly about when they would make more of these. They have boxes of 100 available, but haven’t got the 500 count available yet. There is no discount for the bigger boxes. I didn’t ask how big of a run they were doing.

They are showing out of stock on the website still. Are you seeing them as still available?

 

[redneckbmxer24]

I have a Tikka .308 and 7RM running factory Fed Prem Barnes TSX. The .308 has had 4 kills from 75-225 and no issues with that bullet at those distances. 7RM has not been hunted yet.

I am building a Tikka lite stainless 6.5 cm and I bought a compact stock for the kids to hunt with. Cut the barrel to 22" and threaded with a break.

Im in CA so were stuck with copper only and I was wondering what has been best in the copper bullet for the 6.5? I am hopeful the 127LRX is shoots well.

Its seams that the coppers need 2,000fps to open and not pass through like a FMJ so even with good energy I will be limited (.308 mostly, 6.5 is great for this).

The LRX’s are excellent, both to load and factory ammo. Barnes said they’ll expand down to 1600fps but it’s not full expansion at that velocity and I like to have a little buffer so I call it 1800fps.

 

[BjornF16]

They are showing out of stock on the website still. Are you seeing them as still available?

They haven’t updated their website yet; nor do any retailers show them in stock.

Soon…

 

[Huntr]

The LRX’s are excellent, both to load and factory ammo. Barnes said they’ll expand down to 1600fps but it’s not full expansion at that velocity and I like to have a little buffer so I call it 1800fps.

I shot an Alaskan moose with an LRX that hadvan impact velocity of about 1950fps- virtually no expansion. I wou
Dnt use them again unless I knew impact velocity would be 2100-2200fps.

 

[woods89]

They haven’t updated their website yet; nor do any retailers show them in stock.

Soon…

If they show up I'll be picking some up.....

 

[Tobey]

Mysterious bastards, guess I'll be calling sierra in the morning...

 

[Jake Leibke]

Standby for 130 TMK to hit the shelves!!!

I have some inbound direct from Sierra

Is there a big Difference between the 130 tmk and 130 eldm?


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[redneckbmxer24]

I shot an Alaskan moose with an LRX that hadvan impact velocity of about 1950fps- virtually no expansion. I wou
Dnt use them again unless I knew impact velocity would be 2100-2200fps.

Was it the 127gr 6.5mm or another one?

 

[Huntr]

Was it the 127gr 6.5mm or another one?

It was a 7mm 139gr

 

[redneckbmxer24]

It was a 7mm 139gr

That bullet has an entirely different minimum velocity than the 6.5mm so it's not an apples to apples comparison. I have the min velocities of all of them written down somewhere, several are 2000fps, the 6.5mm is the lowest or one of the lowest at 1600. Regardless, they barely expand at their minimum velocity as I mentioned in my previous post, you might get 1.5x diameter. You need to be a couple hundred FPS above for full expansion.

 

[2-Stix]

I was inquiring info from Banes yesterday...

Thank you for choosing to shoot Barnes Bullets, all copper bullets.
30 cal 165 gr TSX = 1800 fps
7mm 160 gr TSX = 1800 fps

At the stated fps you will get about 1.7x expansion of the bullets original diameter. If 2x expansion is desired then add approximately 100-200 fps.

The 6.5mm 127 LRX needs a 1:8” twist to stabilize. Using the JBM Stability calculator, you can see what altitude, temperature, velocity, etc can be changed to get that bullet to stabilize in your 9.5” twist barrel. https://www.jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmstab-5.1.cgi

It would be hard to give exact minimum impact velocities for expansion with knowing exactly which bullets. The TSX and TTSX line could be from 1100 to 2000 fps. The LRX line from 1400 to 1900 fps. It depends on the bullet.

 

[roosiebull]

First buck with my 6.5 Fieldcraft. 147 ELD-M. 210 pounds, which is huge for our coastal Southern forests. Planted peanuts this year, and all the deer benefited. I scouted/watched this buck all year, and my hunt lasted about 5 minutes. Nicknamed him Lobster because of his claw shaped antlers. Good to get him out of the gene pool. Killed what was probably a related buck in 2019 with similar antler shape. These deer live on a huge island, so not as much outside DNA as on the mainland.

220 yards. No exit wound. Literally dropped, as would be expected with this shot placement. Not obvious from the photo, but really slammed the spine in the neck. He was head down eating peanuts when I pulled the trigger. I was using a tripod at ground level.

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That top buck looks ancient! Get an age on him?

 

[roosiebull]

First buck with my 6.5 Fieldcraft. 147 ELD-M. 210 pounds, which is huge for our coastal Southern forests. Planted peanuts this year, and all the deer benefited. I scouted/watched this buck all year, and my hunt lasted about 5 minutes. Nicknamed him Lobster because of his claw shaped antlers. Good to get him out of the gene pool. Killed what was probably a related buck in 2019 with similar antler shape. These deer live on a huge island, so not as much outside DNA as on the mainland.

220 yards. No exit wound. Literally dropped, as would be expected with this shot placement. Not obvious from the photo, but really slammed the spine in the neck. He was head down eating peanuts when I pulled the trigger. I was using a tripod at ground level.

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My similar 2019 buck.
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That top buck looks ancient! Get an age on him

 

[BjornF16]

Delivered today

 

[Mtnmilsurp]

Has anyone noticed that the 6.5mm 107 grain TMK has the exact same sectional density as the .223 77 grain TMK? Anyone tried the 107 on big game? Wouldn't it be just as good as the.223 77 if not quite as good as the 6.5 130?

 

[redneckbmxer24]

Has anyone noticed that the 6.5mm 107 grain TMK has the exact same sectional density as the .223 77 grain TMK? Anyone tried the 107 on big game? Wouldn't it be just as good as the.223 77 if not quite as good as the 6.5 130?

Or you could just shoot the 130gr or 140gr TGK that has a higher sectional density and is actually designed by ballisticians that know far more about bullet performance than an internet forum for actually killing game... just saying.

Everyone has a wild hair up their ass about TMK's because the 77gr happens to work yet completely ignores the fact that there's an entire line of bullets with basically the same BC and everything thats designed for hunting.

 

[Formidilosus]

Or you could just shoot the 130gr or 140gr TGK that has a higher sectional density and is actually designed by ballisticians that know far more about bullet performance than an internet forum for actually killing game... just saying.

TGK’s create narrow wounds. You keep talking on things that you have no knowledge of.

 

[Formidilosus]

Has anyone noticed that the 6.5mm 107 grain TMK has the exact same sectional density as the .223 77 grain TMK? Anyone tried the 107 on big game? Wouldn't it be just as good as the.223 77 if not quite as good as the 6.5 130?

There’s more to it that sectional density. However, at like impact speeds the 107gr TMK performs well in tissue.

 

[redneckbmxer24]

TGK’s create narrow wounds. You keep talking on things that you have no knowledge of.

You should call Sierra and educate them on their bullet designs.

 

[Formidilosus]

You should call Sierra and educate them on their bullet designs.

Why do you talk about things that you have no experience with?


Isn’t it funny that the TMK’s do exactly what I said they do starting almost a decade ago.