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

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147gr ELD-M. Slightly poor shot placement or rare poor bullet performance? Probably both.

Directly broadside. 8" behind the crease, vertically midline up the body entry, 4" lower exit (see drawings). 160 yards, ~2450 fps.

Shot a large doe on a powerline . Only blood was at the POI on the ground. Tiny entry wound and quarter-sized exit. Shot from a tall stand, so exit a little lower than entry.

I searched for about 30 minutes after dark and then was joined by some excellent blood trackers from the club with younger eyes. They found a tiny blood drop about 20 yards away across the street indicating she went into the woods on that side.

We searched for about another hour or so. Attached is the GPS track recording that I started after about an hour or more in. The line shows the last 30 minutes of us tracking blood like bushmen in very scrubby woods. I blazed saplings as we went along to prevent doubling back or repeating trails. She sure took us through the thickest, thorniest Southern coastal scrub.

It was amazing how we would find one tiny drop, smaller than a pencil eraser, then 15-20 feet away we would find what looked like a murder scene. Thankfully she brushed against a lot of smooth saplings, leaving blood marks about 2 feet above the ground. Again, I started the recording well into the search, and that 30-minute portion alone measures 0.8 miles that she wandered around. The doe was shot slightly back and slightly high, hitting both lungs but in the back. Did not hit the heart. Amazing how long they can live with limited lung function.

Based on two deer I shot last year with the same rifle and load, I was surprised by how little damage the 147gr ELD-M did. I expected a lot more, shrapnel and damage.

Sorry, no photos but POI shown in the drawings.

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Last week my son shot two cow elk with 127 grain Barnes LRX’s out of an ancient (1905) Swedish Mauser in 6.5x55. First elk at 182 yards he center-punched the lungs with 1 shot and that cow flopped in her tracks in about 15 seconds and was stone dead when we walked up to her 5 minutes later. The second elk was at 385 yards and the shot hit the lungs high and nicked the spine. She fell at the shot and was looking ill when he finished her off with a mercy shot. Muzzle velocity avg is 2755 fps on these loads.
 
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.260 Rem
129 SST
240 yards quartering slightly away

Broadside front half of lung was completely destroyed. Heart hit hard as well. Quarter sized exit with an immense amount of bubbles and blood collecting on the deer as it died with exit side facing up.

Snapped a quick photo of the heart…

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But I thought the SSTs blow up and aren’t good boolits?……. Lol

Nice work thanks for sharing
 

specneeds

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666y, 2,070’ish FPS impact, 130gr Berger OTM Hybrid AR, did not leave his bed-
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801y, 1,850fps impact, 130gr Berger OTM, traveled 70’ish yards-
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606y, 130gr Berger hybrid, 1,850fps impact, traveled around 60 yards maybe-
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676y, 130gr Terminal Ascent, 1,970fps impact, traveled 130’ish yards-
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328y, 130gr TMK, 40’ish yards traveled-
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373y, 143gr ELD-X, less than 10 yards traveled-
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373 or 378y can’t remember exactly, 130gr TMK, 70-80 yards travel-
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I can post more later.
Nice shooting & eating. Proof bullet placement is the most important thing. Just curious how many of those long shots weren’t successful & resulted in an escaped wounded animal?
 

clperry

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302 yards
130 vldh
High shoulder, bang flop.
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clperry

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ciperry, what kind of rifle is that?

It’s an x bolt that started life as a long range stalker. It has a McMillan game scout and was cut to 20 inches. I reworked the trigger and replaced the spring. Wears a harvester Evo. It’s a sub MOA gun with multiple loads over 30 round groups at 100. I have been very happy with it.


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It’s an x bolt that started life as a long range stalker. It has a McMillan game scout and was cut to 20 inches. I reworked the trigger and replaced the spring. Wears a harvester Evo. It’s a sub MOA gun with multiple loads over 30 round groups at 100. I have been very happy with it.


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CM?
 
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666y, 2,070’ish FPS impact, 130gr Berger OTM Hybrid AR, did not leave his bed-
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801y, 1,850fps impact, 130gr Berger OTM, traveled 70’ish yards-
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606y, 130gr Berger hybrid, 1,850fps impact, traveled around 60 yards maybe-
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676y, 130gr Terminal Ascent, 1,970fps impact, traveled 130’ish yards-
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328y, 130gr TMK, 40’ish yards traveled-
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373y, 143gr ELD-X, less than 10 yards traveled-
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373 or 378y can’t remember exactly, 130gr TMK, 70-80 yards travel-
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I can post more later.

These are all with a .260 Remington?


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