6.5 Elk bullet

[caramon]

I get to go hunt elk every 10 years. I read the 6.5 kill thread, all of it. I have a t3x 6.5cm that shoots 130tmk, 139scenar, 143eldx, 147eldm sub moa. I still can't decide what to take this fall. I'm ready to just flip a coin

Has a 4-14 F1 NF SHV on it.

Any help? Range is out to whatever holds ~2000fps for the chosen bullet.

 

[Shō[t]gun]

If 52 pages on the subject didn’t help you decide, what do you expect out of this one?

 

[Ralphie]

Flip the coin.

 

[ScreamingPotato]

None of those, shoot the Norma Bondstrike.

There now y'all can have something to argue about.

 

[Brucebarker024]

Whatever one you can buy a thousand of

 

[ElPollo]

I get to go hunt elk every 10 years. I read the 6.5 kill thread, all of it. I have a t3x 6.5cm that shoots 130tmk, 139scenar, 143eldx, 147eldm sub moa. I still can't decide what to take this fall. I'm ready to just flip a coin

Has a 4-14 F1 NF SHV on it.

Any help? Range is out to whatever holds ~2000fps for the chosen bullet.

Lots of people seem to like the Scenars, but for me they were not impressive. They would fragment and take out the far side lung, but pencil through the front side. Any of the other three bullets you mentioned will kill faster and result in less tracking.

 

[Wyo_hntr]

Are you sure a 6.5 needmore has enough foot pounds of energy?









(this is a joke)

 

[Shō[t]gun]

None of those, shoot the Norma Bondstrike.

Still not tough enough for elk shoulders, needs a TSX going no less than 5,000fps.

Are you sure a 6.5 needmore has enough foot pounds of energy?

6.5mm is metric so it should go by the Joule system. The conversion equation was lost in a shipwreck long ago so nobody really knows if it would be effective...

 

[Mountainrancher]

Whenever you have a conundrum like this you have to ask yourself one question. Which one sounds cooler when you tell your buddy’s what you used?

 

[Akmoosabou]

My vote is the eldm
Killed several bears a moose and a mountain goat at various ranges with the eldm
Very impressed with performance

 

[Duh]

Just go 143eldx and be done with it.

 

[Mike D Texas]

147 ELDM


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[robtattoo]

I get to go hunt elk every 10 years. I read the 6.5 kill thread, all of it. I have a t3x 6.5cm that shoots 130tmk, 139scenar, 143eldx, 147eldm sub moa. I still can't decide what to take this fall. I'm ready to just flip a coin

Has a 4-14 F1 NF SHV on it.

Any help? Range is out to whatever holds ~2000fps for the chosen bullet.

50/50 130 Tmk/147 Eldm. Whichever you can find a few hundred of first

 

[N2TRKYS]

130 or 140 grain Accubond

 

[Maverick1]

Cast your own and be done with it already. LOL.

 

[onlybrowning]

I just got 500 6.5 130gr Sierra Game Changers (tipped game kings) for cheap from Midway. Theres a pic of a pronghorn on the box though so it might bounce off an elk lung.


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[Matt5266]

143 eldx, it is just what I shoot. I havnt taken a elk with it yet. Several mule deer and pronghorn though have died from my gun

 

[brushape]

I’ve had some pretty successful few years shooting pigs which I’d say are tougher than any elk along with some good success on deer, bears coyotes and elk and from what I’ve seen they all work the same. Shoot whatever rifle you’re comfortable with and use a bullet that is going the appropriate speed for the range you intend to shoot


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[Wrench]

I'd worry more about the weather. Whatever you have dope for.....run it.

 

[Mulyhuntr]

147 would be my choice. Hammered my last elk.