6.5 creedmoor ammo selection help TA vs TSX?

[HydroMT]

I've had great ballistic and terminal performance on deer-sized game (antelope, mule deer, and whitetails) with the 127 grain Barnes LRX in my 6.5 CM. I've found the LRX to be more accurate than the Federal Terminal Ascent in several of my rifles in multiple calibers including 6.5mm and 7mm.

 

[7RemMag]

My family and I have had great luck and success with monolithic projectiles of all different calibers/cartridges on deer. Those we’ve used include (but are not limited to) 22-250 Barnes Vortex factory ammo to 140 TTSX’s in a 7mm Mag, .45 cal projectiles in a muzzleloader, and Federal TA trophy copper in my .280 AI. I wouldn’t say we use them exclusively, but they’re certainly my preferred projectiles. When utilized properly, they perform very well.

 

[JimIsland]

I'm fairly new to the 6.5 CM scene. Only reason I bought one was because I was in a Cabela's in Myrtle Beach, and they had a TIKKA lefty in camo pattern. My first kill was a huge Low Country Swamp Donkey that got smoked with a 143 ELDX. He went straight down and now I have no reason to hunt with anything else. (Bullet wise)

 

[Pilsner]

To be honest inside of sub-400 yards you could load cast bullets from melted down wheel weights or lathe turned and hand made bullets and they would kill deer at those distances provided good shot placement. Don't over complicate it. Pick whatever ammo that you can get your hands on that shoots best and run it. The critter doesn't care if it's some high dollar copper mono or a Core-Lokt. Dead is dead and that is not a long shot as compared to the capability of the chambering you chose.
Go forth and kill critters my friend.
-Doc

 

[long hunter]

Hornady 143 ELD-X

 

[Beagle1]

To be honest inside of sub-400 yards you could load cast bullets from melted down wheel weights or lathe turned and hand made bullets and they would kill deer at those distances provided good shot placement. Don't over complicate it. Pick whatever ammo that you can get your hands on that shoots best and run it. The critter doesn't care if it's some high dollar copper mono or a Core-Lokt. Dead is dead and that is not a long shot as compared to the capability of the chambering you chose.
Go forth and kill critters my friend.
-Doc

More or less agree with this. I was fairly anal about my rifle ammo until I bought a 6.5. All I shoot through it is Hornady American Whitetail 6.5 Creedmoor Ammo 129 Grain. Every year I sight in - three rounds, .75 “. Accurate, cheap and dead deer.