6.5cm for elk bullet selection

[Formidilosus]

I believe these are produced for federal only as a part of their TRU line. They make a 168 TMK which was described more of a match king with a tip, than a tipped match king. I presume these are the same thing.

@Formidilosus seems to know a bit about it. But the 30 cal version shoots great and does great things on game. The BC is lower than a 140 eldm, but higher than a 130 TMK. I’m hoping to kill a few animals with it this year.

They are very good terminally.

 

[JVS]

Id 140 Speer gold dots behind a stiff powder charge

 

[NDHUNTER24]

143 ELDX, 140 ELDM, 147 ELDM, 130 Berger Hybrid OTM, 130 TMK. I shoot hornady 143 ELDX because its readily available and shoots the best in mine.

 

[louisianahunter]

143 ELDX, 140 ELDM, 147 ELDM, 130 Berger Hybrid OTM, 130 TMK. I shoot hornady 143 ELDX because its readily available and shoots the best in mine.

This looks like a list of all the rapidly expanding bullets that have been proven. Been doing a lot of reading the last week.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

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

Dec 17, 2021

Seeing that the 223 thread is such a success, I thought maybe I would start one for the Creedmoor/260. Seems like people are asking a lot about using them and various bullets, especially for elk. I've used mine for the last few years almost exclusively. I have some pics of bullet damage, albeit not nearly as many as I should have, from a couple deer. I'll try to briefly describe the ones I don't have pics of.

If you have experiences, good or bad, post them up. Of course, pics are great, and add a lot of valuable information. Maybe it will take off, maybe it won't, but if it does it...

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Something that shows up in this thread frequently.

 

[jpe5714]

Try the Federal Terminal Ascent. I believe the 6.5CM bullet in 130 grains. Ill be using the TA 170 grain rounds for my AZ elk this year with my 7PRC. They shoot 1/4" groups from my TS Customs rifle. Also, they're over 200 fps faster than the 175gr ELDX's..with way less deviation. They are really an accurate bullet and would kill anything

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[Schmoops]

If I wasn’t launching into reloading I’d be looking at the Barnes Harvest line, with the 140gr Sierra TMKs. As it is I’ll be loading up the 130gr TMKs for this season.

 

[tradman]

130 grn CX recovered.