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

[Snowhunter11]

Elk/deer meat hunt. X2 6.5 creed in use.

1st elk-Tikka 19” 143 eldx factory ammo ~200 yards. Less than 10 yards after impact. Slightly rear of lungs. Not ideal shot placement.

2nd elk- Tikka 18” 147 eldm factory at 387 yards. Roughly 40 yards after impact. Back of lungs hit. No exit. Shot was from 18” tikka suppressed with AB-A10. Impact was 2140fps. “Herd” was 4 bull, 4 cow, and 2 calf. Fired three times while animals casually grazed towards us none the wiser. First animal killed suppressed and blown away at the lack of response to suppressed fire.

X1 whitetail bonus doe with 147 eldm at 60 yards. Good hit as vitals were jello and bullet exited. ~40 yard death run. Blood gushing the whole way.

6.5 why would you need more!?!

 

[TJudeB]

I shot my first bull during CO's 2nd rifle season and couldn't be more impressed with the 6.5 Creedmoor 140 ELDM performance.
We spotted a trio of legal bulls at about 1100 yards across a very steep canyon and watched them for several morning and evening sits hoping for an opportunity to close the distance. At the very end of the last day of our hunt I was able to get to 800 yards on flat spot that let me go fully prone with the tripod and rear bag for a very stable position.
My first shot was a clean hit through the vitals but the bull trotted about 10 yards across the hillside and stood broadside so I sent a 2nd shot and he dropped right there. Looking through the scope, it appeared that his head was still up and with legal shooting light rapidly fading I decided to send a 3rd one for insurance just in case he decided to walk off into the nasty scrub brush on that hill side. As it turns out his antlers had gotten hung up on a tree when he dropped so the 3rd shot was totally unnecessary but I wasn't taking any chances.

This hunt solidified some of the lessons I learned shooting NRL hunter earlier in the year. Notably the value of a true shooting tripod for longer shots in uneven terrain. I will always pay the weight penalty to get that advantage going forward.

Thanks @TJudeB for the adventure.

Shoutout to @hereinaz for the excellent Triple S pillow, it made glassing so much more comfortable and helped seal the deal on my shot.

SS Tikka 6.5 Creedmoor, 16.5" barrel
Hornady 140gr ELDM
Gunwerks 6IX
RokStok
UM Tikka Rings
Sightmark Presidio
Two Vets Recon V2 Inverted

As an eyewitness... the 6.5 NEEDMOOR was more than enough at 800 yards for a mature bull elk. If only I had hair, I'd grow a man bun to celebrate.

 

[KYwhitetail606]

Tagged out in Kentucky..

Tikka T3x SS 6.5 Creedmoor

UM Rings

Trijicon Accupoint 3-9x40

140g Silvertips

 

[TJudeB]

Tikka T3X SS cut to 18 inches and threaded
Arken Rings
Sightmark latitude 6.25-25x56
Hornady black BTHP 140 grain factory load.
563 yards
@blazingangel09

 

[Jon Boy]

130 TMK impact velocity 2000. Hard quartering away. First shot was back and landed under the offside shoulder. 2nd shot was in the crease and some how landed in the exact same spot. Bull took a few steps and rolled.

 

[blazingangel09]

Tikka T3X SS cut to 18 inches and threaded
Arken Rings
Sightmark latitude 6.25-25x56
Hornady black BTHP 140 grain factory load.
563 yards
@blazingangel09

Next time don't shoot one so far from the trailhead!

 

[waldo9190]

Tikka 6.5 CM, 130 TMK, 2870-ish MV. Whitetail buck, 75 yards.
Classic case case of "thought he was one way but was facing another". Shot him dogging a doe on the edge of an alder swamp, northern MN. Aimed for quartering away; turns out he was quartering to. Hit high, smashed spine and turned the top of both lungs into hamburger. Was pretty warm so not much for autopsy pics.

Second critter with a 130 TMK and if Trex comes back that sonofabitch better watch out.

 

[AZ_Hunter]

130 TMK is racking up points.

 

[NWBLKTAIL]

130 TMK is racking up points.

It’s nasty I’ve seen 2 more kills with it this season, sheep and blacktail deer. Very quick deaths

 

[AZBG]

Seekins PH2 6.5 Creedmoor
factory 143 ELDX
160yd shot
MV ~ 2650
Impact velocity ~2430

Hit high shoulder and took out the top of the lungs, no exit. Buck was bedded and never got up. No autopsy pics but this round has been very effective on multiple Coues deer.

 

[FlexPse]

6.5 Prc. Range 350 meters.147 eld match. Impact velocity 705ms. Hit just behind shoulder, out the opposite shoulder. Red deer stag here in Norway.

 

[Ozarkansas]

Another whitetail with my 6.5x55 tikka and 140 grain gold dots. Range: 70 yards

This one ran 100 yards with the front of his lungs shot out, but the blood trail was so heavy I could follow it at a brisk walk.

Entrance side^

Exit side^

 

[SC HUNTER]

I took our 3 year old hunting this morning just getting him out in the woods. We own a little 60 acre tract about 15 minutes from home and its loaded with deer, you'll see an average of 10 deer every sit usually closer to 20. He's three and loud AF, at one point this morning I laughed and said dude let me hold you, you whisper loud.

About 7:15 this spike walks out and he must have been blind and deaf. Little dude said Daddy shoot that deer and I wasnt arguing with him. I've got 2 shooter bucks in there regularly but who cares.

Anyway. 6.5 creedmoor suppressed shooting some norma whitetail soft points that were in the truck. (I left my ammo box with the ELDX at home on our kitchen island this morning. I keep ammo in the truck and it paid off.)
50 yard shot
Hit him right in the crease of the right shoulder, exit in the point of the off side shoulder. He crumpled.

Little dude was excited and so was I. Little side note here we said a prayer to Jesus and Granddaddy this morning, my dad died October 15th of this year. When we got in the truck the radio was playing "I wish grandpa's never died" and it played at the funeral, it had me crying and laughing at the same time. Anyway sorry for the long post.