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

[MTlan66]

6.5 Creedmoor, 143 eldx, 339 yards. He stumbled about 30 feet and then stood there wobbling around. I put an unnecessary second shot in his neck and he crumpled. No internal pictures, but they really didn’t look any different than all the other pictures we’ve seen on this thread. I hit mid shoulder at a downward angle. Bullet had heavily expanded by the time it was through the shoulder, and there was nothing but some fragments on the lower rib cage on the offside. Nothing made it through the off hide.
No complaints!

 

[Pescetism]

Average sized whitetail doe quartering to - 129 gr ABLR - impact around 2,700 fps - entrance 1.5" exit .5". Ran 60 yards with no easily visible blood trail and very little blood where she dropped.

 

[General RE LEE]

6.5 Creedmoor, 143 eldx, 339 yards. He stumbled about 30 feet and then stood there wobbling around. I put an unnecessary second shot in his neck and he crumpled. No internal pictures, but they really didn’t look any different than all the other pictures we’ve seen on this thread. I hit mid shoulder at a downward angle. Bullet had heavily expanded by the time it was through the shoulder, and there was nothing but some fragments on the lower rib cage on the offside. Nothing made it through the off hide.
No complaints!View attachment 973069

How well does that brake tame the recoil? Spot your impacts?

 

[MTlan66]

How well does that brake tame the recoil? Spot your impacts?

Recoil is very mild. I’m a little hit and miss on spotting impacts, but I do blame a lot of of that on the cheap vortex scope. SFP 4x-16x, with no dialing capabilities, so anything with a hold over, I’m running it full power…
Hoping to put a suppressor on it in the future, but I would like a better scope before that. The budget has not yet allowed for either.
The break is a Heartbreaker from Timber Creek.

 

[WJS23]

Last week in Maine my dad shot both of these with his 6.5 creed using nosler whitetail country 140 gr both deer were inside of 100 yards and DRT

 

[HuntHarder]

645 yards, 2050 fps impact. 6.5cm 130 gr VLD-H. Dropped on the impact, 0.0 steps. Shot prone off of bipod. Hiked 10ish miles, some in fresh snow/ ice, never fell on my gun. After the shot, I looked and I shot on 18x. Zero was perfect after the airlines had their way with my case.