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

[JGRaider]

Agree based on pics. Not my idea of good on game performance personally.

 

[omicron1792]

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Mule deer buck
6.5 creedmoor
130 TMK
Impact velocity 2754, 70 yard shot

Well, I drank all the rokslide cool aid after reading the .223 thread and this one. I now have matching tikkas in 6.5 creedmoor and .223 rem, shooting the 130tmk and 77tmk.
I like many was taught that 30-06 is ok but the 300 win mag is what a guy needs for big game. So I have been shooting a 300 win mag for the past 10 years. The practice with these cartridges was so much more fun that I did more of it. Reloading was more fun and easier. I did Forms painless load development.

So when I saw a mature enough buck I could not resists. The pictures speak for them selves. The 130 TMK is a monster of a bullet. I would have NEVER thought I’d say this but a 130grain bullet from a 6.5 creedmoor might be a a bit over kill for closer range work on deer. Going to take the .223 for whitetail here in November.

Hard to argue with those pics!

 

[Jon Boy]

130 tmk impact velocity 2670 100 yds
First shot behind shoulder. Caught the offside hide with ~30% weight retention. Lung soup.

He spun and took a few steps and honestly looked like he might go down. I hit him again in the hardest part of the scapula and and angled into the neck and absolutely folded him and never twitched again. Destroyed shoulder bone but wasn’t much blood shot. Couldn’t tell how far it penetrated. He was down and likely dead in 10-15 seconds

First three photos are of initial entrance.


I was worried about a close shot with a higher impact velocity but it performed flawlessly in my opinion

 

[FredH]

130 tmk impact velocity 2670 100 yds
First shot behind shoulder. Caught the offside hide with ~30% weight retention. Lung soup.

He spun and took a few steps and honestly looked like he might go down. I hit him again in the hardest part of the scapula and and angled into the neck and absolutely folded him and never twitched again. Destroyed shoulder bone but wasn’t much blood shot. Couldn’t tell how far it penetrated. He was down and likely dead in 10-15 seconds

First three photos are of initial entrance.


I was worried about a close shot with a higher impact velocity but it performed flawlessly in my opinion

No exit and massive destruction. But dead moose. It's all good.

 

[ztc92]

Mule deer buck
6.5 creedmoor
130 TMK
Impact velocity 2754, 70 yard shot

Well, I drank all the rokslide cool aid after reading the .223 thread and this one. I now have matching tikkas in 6.5 creedmoor and .223 rem, shooting the 130tmk and 77tmk.
I like many was taught that 30-06 is ok but the 300 win mag is what a guy needs for big game. So I have been shooting a 300 win mag for the past 10 years. The practice with these cartridges was so much more fun that I did more of it. Reloading was more fun and easier. I did Forms painless load development.

So when I saw a mature enough buck I could not resists. The pictures speak for them selves. The 130 TMK is a monster of a bullet. I would have NEVER thought I’d say this but a 130grain bullet from a 6.5 creedmoor might be a a bit over kill for closer range work on deer. Going to take the .223 for whitetail here in November.

You have almost the exact same story as me. I’m building a fast twist 243 now because we have a 6mm minimum for elk in WY and I want to have one gun for everything. My 6.5 is now in a bravo and is a dream to shoot for range work or when heavy bullets are desired.

 

[cowdisciple]

6.5 PRC, factory Hornady 147 ELDm.

First shot 100 yards quartering to, shattered front shoulder. Followup shots facing me through the chest and 2x broadside double lung.

I don't have good autopsy photos. There was nothing left of the lungs and a chunk out of the top of the heart. Any one of the hits would have been fatal, but the moose was still up and I still had good shots so kept shooting. No meat damage to speak of and no exits. Moose traveled maybe 10 feet from the location of the initial shot.

 

[nm.otter]

My freezer is jealous

 

[cowdisciple]

My freezer is jealous

Not a huge bull ( 2 brow tines on the left, 3 on the right, 42" across) but this was Day 8 of a very cool packraft float hunt. We had three guys in three Alpaca Foragers. Worked great floating out. Constant class II/low class III whitewater for the lower 25 miles of this particular river was exciting but the rafts did great. Self bailing was important.

 

[BjornF16]

140 ELD-M entry on black bear



Exit:



I know it looks backwards, but I have it on video and there is no question that entry was on right side (bear moving left to right).