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

[Harvey_NW]

Well the creedmor struck again today with 147 eldm. This time a 400 yard shot on another Roosevelt bull. Bullet entered just behind the shoulder and exited in the same location. Heart and lungs were a complete mess. He went 20 yards and tipped over. Didn’t have time for good pictures as light was fading fast.

Had a guy try to argue with me on another page for saying "the irony of guys trashing the 6.5 Creed, while gut shooting animals with some shit kicking magnum to prove their masculinity, is hilarious", said he needed his 338 Whatever because he "hunts elk in thick timber in Western Washington and needs em to go down quick". I was gonna attempt to educate him, but he spelled it "penitrate", so I digressed.

Apparently you got lucky

 

[General RE LEE]

Had a guy try to argue with me on another page for saying "the irony of guys trashing the 6.5 Creed, while gut shooting animals with some shit kicking magnum to prove their masculinity, is hilarious", said he needed his 338 Whatever because he "hunts elk in thick timber in Western Washington and needs em to go down quick". I was gonna attempt to educate him, but he spelled it "penitrate", so I digressed.

Apparently you got lucky

Yeah I bet he has tiny peni to “penitrate” with thus the 338 big Johnson mag

 

[541hunter]

Had a guy try to argue with me on another page for saying "the irony of guys trashing the 6.5 Creed, while gut shooting animals with some shit kicking magnum to prove their masculinity, is hilarious", said he needed his 338 Whatever because he "hunts elk in thick timber in Western Washington and needs em to go down quick". I was gonna attempt to educate him, but he spelled it "penitrate", so I digressed.

Apparently you got lucky

I had a guy yesterday tell me that it was good thing it was only a spike by fork other wise my caliber choice would have been inadequate. Then I showed him my 13 year olds 4x5 Rosie from a couple weeks ago at similar distance with similar results and he changed the subject. Couldn’t argue with results, especially 2x in 2 weeks I guess.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Had a guy try to argue with me on another page for saying "the irony of guys trashing the 6.5 Creed, while gut shooting animals with some shit kicking magnum to prove their masculinity, is hilarious", said he needed his 338 Whatever because he "hunts elk in thick timber in Western Washington and needs em to go down quick". I was gonna attempt to educate him, but he spelled it "penitrate", so I digressed.

Apparently you got lucky

You can’t argue with stupid people because they will drag you down to their level and win with experience….

 

[Harvey_NW]

You can’t argue with stupid people because they will drag you down to their level and win with experience….

I usually drop a smartass comment like that, followed by some facts to set the post on fire, and then go about my business. Often times it results in a message with someone genuinely curious, and then we have a real discussion. People are funny.

 

[Timplant]

220 yd 143eld-x to the throat. I will dig the bullet out of this deer and the last and add a data point.

Bullet retained 78gr of the 143 if anyone is curious, dug it out of the vertebrae.

 

[camp_86]

6.5 Creedmoor at 341 yards. 140 ELDM with impact velocity of 2260 fps. Shot her bedded down on top of a ridge, stood up and took 2 steps before falling back into her bed. 12 seconds between shot and her dropping.

No necropsy photos but a bullet size hole in the hide followed by roughly 3" entry though ribs and lungs destroyed.

 

[TreeDog]

Three more data points. All with 6.5CM 140 Berger Elite Hunter. Tikka factory barrel cut to 18" with suppressor. Muzzle velocity 2630. Need to take more and better pictures.

Montana whitetail shot yesterday. 35ish yards. Neck shot so CNS and DRT. Shot was quartering away.
Entrance with shoulder removed. Some bloodshot between shoulder and rib cage.


Entrance


Entrance


Exit



Girlfriend's buck. Shot was approximately 80 yards. Ran 30 yards. Slightly quarter to. She hit in from of the the left shoulder and exit was out the opposite shoulder. It was mush. Exit with shoulder removed


Also shot a whitetail in Wyoming. 178 yards. Ran 30 yards. Downhill shot that entered just behind the crease and mid body elevation. Exited low just behind opposite side leg/ No pics, but red bull can size exit and the heart looked like hamburger. (hamberger?)

Thrilled with the accuracy I've gotten out of this load and happy with the small sample size of terminal performance.

 

[NDHUNTER24]

6.5cm with factory 143 eldx. Shot was just under 100 yards, the deer ran 25 yards.

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[NDHUNTER24]

Wife's buck was 140 yards and went 25. Same rifle shooting factory 143 eldxs. Im terrible at taking photos when in the moment. But, this is the final result.

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[SouthPaw]

Roosevelt Elk, 140gr ELDM, 2150 fps impact.

I shot this elk twice in about 5 seconds, once broadside and again quartering-to after a few steps, same POI behind the shoulder. The first broadside shot went through the lungs and exited, with a 2-2.5" wound throughout...typical of what I've seen from ELDMs at this impact velocity. The second shot was a bit weird. It hit a rib and deflected rearward with a delayed upset, but the offside wound was massive. 7"+ of trauma. No issue, the elk was down within 10 yards of initial impact.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Three more data points. All with 6.5CM 140 Berger Elite Hunter. Tikka factory barrel cut to 18" with suppressor. Muzzle velocity 2630. Need to take more and better pictures.

Montana whitetail shot yesterday. 35ish yards. Neck shot so CNS and DRT. Shot was quartering away.
Entrance with shoulder removed. Some bloodshot between shoulder and rib

Girlfriend's buck. Shot was approximately 80 yards. Ran 30 yards. Slightly quarter to. She hit in from of the the left shoulder and exit was out the opposite shoulder. It was mush. Exit with shoulder removed


Also shot a whitetail in Wyoming. 178 yards. Ran 30 yards. Downhill shot that entered just behind the crease and mid body elevation. Exited low just behind opposite side leg/ No pics, but red bull can size exit and the heart looked like hamburger. (hamberger?)

Thrilled with the accuracy I've gotten out of this load and happy with the small sample size of terminal performance.

That 140EH is a baaaaad bullet. I killed a buck with it two years ago and he couldn’t make it 20 yards.

 

[longrangelead]

I avoided te 6.5 Creed for a long time so I didn't wind up with a man bun...
I don't have the hair for it now, and seeing what the 233's and 6's are doing, I had to try the 6.5 Creed this year.

130ELDM @ 2840
21" Sauer 100 w/OG 6.5

medium Montana mountain whitetail
485yds
2174 fps hit

quartered to the right slightly downhill. First hit entered behind shoulder between ribs, Berger like like hole with maybe ¾" blood around it.
took out back of one lung, tennis ball size hole through liver with huge tears radiating out from hole. Small holes in stomach and bloodshot abdomen in front of hip, no exit.

Buck turned head on at hit so I waited. After a few seconds, he walked about 20 feet stopping quartering to the right slightly uphill. Second hit got top of lungs/bottom of spine behind shoulder dropping him. if he wasn't dead at that hit, he was by the time he stopped rolling 100+ feet down the hill.

I'm impressed with the 6.5 Creed but even less recoil would be sweet.

I'm planning on trying a 243/6 Creed and a 25 Creed in the near future.

 

[J.B.]

First venture into the 6.5 world this year, I built a 22” PRC. 3 kills with 147 eldm @ 2750 personally.

First a wolf @ 802. She was actively hunting ewes and lambs, so I made the decision to shoot. Not a shot I would normally take. Quartering towards, I had conflicting thermals and ended up hitting a little right of poa angling through paunch and exiting out of the hip. Went 25 yards and was done. Pass through.

Second a bull elk @ 563. Broadside impact at the back of the lungs, disrupted diaphragm. Put a second one in quartering away hard in front of hip, finished near the first bullet. No pass through on either shot, no blood other than at crash site. 30 yards travelled. No bullets recovered.

Third a muley buck @ 325. Quartering towards point of shoulder. Lung soup, no exit, drt. Bullet not recovered.

Also watched my Dad shoot an antelope @ 130 with a 143 eldx from his PRC. Pass through with a 1.5” exit and lung chunks falling out. Drt.

Overall impressed with the results, obviously nothing went very far. I would have liked to see a little more penetration from the eldm, as none of the shots made it to the far side, but massive damage so will continue to use them. I shot the .277 170 eol bergers @3050 for almost a decade with great success, so Im used to a little different performance.

For those with a lot of experience with the 147s, what % of the time do you get an exit wound? Not going to get hung up on it, just curious as I barely made the offside lung on the elk.