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

[General RE LEE]

My dad has been using the 130 gr version in his .270 Wby for years. The MV is around 3200 so they are cooking. They kill excellent on high shoulder shots, which is his preferred location. Very, very few runners. Pass throughs are 50/50, with the offside hide catching many.

Alhough, with the lower MV of a 6.5 creed, they'd probably expand less violently so you may get more penetration.

GTG in my experience, I wouldn't hesitate to try them.

I loaded up the .277 130 Interlocks for my buddy's Tikka 270. IMR 4451 and not a fast load at about 2800 FPS but cloverleaf groups. Every deer he has killed with my hand loads has been DRT. He's very impressed.

 

[bpitcher]

250lb Mule Deer Buck - 140 ELD-M 6.5CM, ~100 yards, MV 2580 (Son's first buck)

Entered quartering to in the shoulder and exited behind far shoulder (pictured). Caliber sized entry, entry scapula jello'd, chunk of ribs missing. Golf ball sized exit. Small fragment exit further down the torso. Massive internal damage



~180lb Mule Deer Doe - 140 ELD-M 6.5CM, ~100 yards, MV 2580 (Son's first deer)

Bullet entered shoulder quartering to. Caliber sized entry. Jello'd shoulder. Massive internal damage. Bullet caught in hide behind far shoulder.



Entrance


Shoulders removed

 

[Packmansion]

A lot of guys say you have more options as far as shot angle with say a 300 win mag or similar... Is there enough truth to this statement to make it worth considering? I have a few 300 magnums and plan to switch to 6.5 cm for everything moving forward from Bull elk to prarie dogs.

 

[Ajsomp]

A lot of guys say you have more options as far as shot angle with say a 300 win mag or similar... Is there enough truth to this statement to make it worth considering? I have a few 300 magnums and plan to switch to 6.5 cm for everything moving forward from Bull elk to prarie dogs.

Not sure what you are asking? Are you saying a 300 wm (or other 30 cal magnums) give you more penetration or “insurance” to take quartering or harder angle shots?

I would take the same shots with a 6.5 that I would with a 300 wm. For example I took a very hard quartering away shot with a bedded mule deer. It created a massive wound channel. I wouldn’t have shot the buck any differently if I was shooting another caliber and didn’t feel “under gunned”