6.5mm Projectile for Moose

[TeeKay13]

Another vote for Partition here. Hasn’t let me down yet with 10+ Canadian moose.

 

[Nine Banger]

Here they are together.



I pulled the ELD M from factory ammo.

 

[Nine Banger]

I picked up an OAL gauge a few weeks ago in a collection of reloading stuff that was given to me. I had to buy the cases that thread onto the end for the calibers I reload for.







I pulled the ELD M to check lands and see what powder capacity looks like with these bullets.

ELD M:



TMK:



Mega: (This was surprising. I checked it again and got 2.6755 mashing on it and pushing it back out with a rod)



Interlock: (a little farther out than the cannelure but I don't crimp)

 

[JDBAK]

I've shot a moose with the 143 eldx. Works fine.

I took a 8 yr old cow moose at 500yds with an 143 ELDX from a 260 REM. High lung shot, It went about 30’ laid down a died.
Seemed to work well enough.

 

[WMR]

My Alaska rifle choice has more to do with bears than it does with moose. I’d gladly shoot a moose with any good bullet from my .270. In fact, I’d sold all my bigger rifles and took a 30-06 last time. It felt plenty big until I got face to face with a few brown bears. This time I’ll have a .338 or 35 Whelen loaded with strong bullets. Both are in the testing phase now.

 

[Nine Banger]

The mega holds its own for a round nose.

Mega:




Hornady 160gr RN:

 

[Nine Banger]

I'm leaning towards 147gr ELD but I'm going to work on 130gr TMK with Form's method.

The Sierra publication I found is listing 42.9 as max?



@ViperD and I loaded this last year at 43.5gr without ever looking at this chart and we had no signs of pressure. I think I kept 6 from the batch and shot 5 deer with them.

These are my notes from last August:

Sierra 130gr tmk
43.5gr H4350
2795 fps (Magnetospeed V3) 18" barrel

We didn't true this load due to lack of ability to shoot long enough range to get transonic.

Now I have access to a range that I can shoot a water line.

I'll update this in a few weeks.

 

[Nine Banger]

Update:
- I'm bumping my rifle system up to 6.5 PRC
- It should be here in about 3 weeks

I'm going to burn up the round nose projectiles in my open sights plinking gun I use to practice positions at 100 yards.

Right now I'm focused on 147gr ELD. I have some loaded with H1000 and N565 to find pressure and then load again to compare accuracy versus speed when the rifle gets here.

The only reason I could see going with the TMK instead is for flatter trajectory but I have an 825 yard range here I can test all my drops weekly before the trip.

 

[UpSideDown]

I loaned my 6.5cm to a buddy for elk last season and I got to watch over his shoulder as he took a nice 6x6 with it. 147gr ELD-M, 130yds. It did a total jello job on the lungs.

ELDM's are my go-to hunting round after seeing what my 7PRC (180gr) and 6.5cm (147gr) did on elk. The problem with the 130gr TMK is that, unlike in the .224 variant, it has a lame BC. I'm sure it's still a great round out to some pretty healthy ranges and I believe you can get it in the Law Enforcement factory loads in 6.5cm.

 

[TBossHSauce]

Shot my Alaska moose this past September with a borrowed Tikka T3 6.5 Creed using factory hornady 143 grain eldx. Shot at 675 yards. It will do the job fine if you do yours.

 

[CobraChicken]

So I drew a cow tag in unit 02.

I have all these listed projectiles on hand for 6.5 Creedmoor.

What would you choose to send downrange for this "once in a lifetime" hunt?

My current MER on a 10" circle is 500 yards but I'm going to be practicing up to 825 before October.

Thanks in advance for participating.

Slightly different in my rifle but I love hornady stuff. 143 eldx out of my 6.5 prc. Shot cows and bulls (elk) and then maybe went 20 yards. Shot a cow at 300 ish yards last year and she went maybe 5 steps and fell over.

Hit em where it counts and itll do the rest.

 

[Muskykris]

A sample of one. Sixty years ago, I started hunting moose with Corelokts and Winchester Power Points and did kill a handful of moose, but a grizzly bear changed my mind on the Power Points [200 gr 338] and I switched to NPs and later TBBCs before finally getting to TSX and TTSX. I'm running out of hunting years but I'm most comfortable with the Barnes.

I'm with you on this one, NPs and Branes TTSX!

 

[270quest]

139 scenar - send it out at 2750-2800 FPS and watch it crush any bone it hits...Killing Bullets.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Barnes, Accubond, or Partition

 

[Lgraham]

Lower 48 cow moose ain’t that big and you don’t have to deal with bears (I’m guessing). Pick your poison with any of those bullets you mention but I’d go with something bonded. If it’s a cow hunt the primary reason is meat so steering away from the non-bonded bullets might help minimize meat damage If you hit a shoulder. I’d imagine more damage with those bullets. Otherwise stay off the shoulder and just poke one through the ribs and any of those bullets will kill a cow moose.

 

[TBoschma]

Following, Ill hopefully have a follow up on 6.5 for moose this year as well!

I am thinking 130 TMK or 140 ELDM

the 130 TMKs are loaded up in my creedmoor

the 140 ELDMs are in my 6.5 PRC and I really like how that gun handles too so I am leaning towards that rifle ammo combo.

 

[Nine Banger]

I received the 6.5 PRC today and found pressure with the 2 powders I have. All these recordings are 147 ELD. N565 and H1000.

 

[HuntHarder]

Can't believe all those cool guys shooting .223's at moose have not found this thread yet. Any of those 6.5 bullets will get the job done if properly placed. I would go with the eld-x or M if that's all you can find.

 

[VernAK]

Lower 48 cow moose ain’t that big and you don’t have to deal with bears (I’m guessing). Pick your poison with any of those bullets you mention but I’d go with something bonded. If it’s a cow hunt the primary reason is meat so steering away from the non-bonded bullets might help minimize meat damage If you hit a shoulder. I’d imagine more damage with those bullets. Otherwise stay off the shoulder and just poke one through the ribs and any of those bullets will kill a cow moose.

Cow moose can vary in size depending on your region. Two Ak/YT cow moose!

 

[Nine Banger]

Cow moose can vary in size depending on your region. Two Ak/YT cow moose!

Great pic, thank you for sharing.

I discovered that I have too much pressure at 58 today with N565, I was rocking and rolling around 2626 with 57.5gr N565 and the 147 ELD

I did some work with 156 OEL's too and did not find pressure and got more speed than ELD.