Best whitetail bullet for a short barreled 6.5 CM?

[TradLife406]

I bought my kid an Sig Cross and the Hornady Precision Hunter did great. Her and the wife shot four deer total with it. The one doe went on a big death run spraying buckets of blood. But I've had the same thing happen with a 270 Wby

 

[H80Hunter]

Great luck with the 147 ELDM out of an 18” sig cross barrel (it’s new this year so when I say “great luck” I mean “I expected it to be great based on internet hype and it performed very well on one buck”).

 

[BrentH]

My son shoots a Ruger American compact (18” barrel), and 143 ELD-X’s going a whopping 2460. He shot his whitetail this year at 430 yards. Turned his lungs into jello and ran/tumbled 60ish yards.

 

[mi650]

6.5 CM CVA Scout 20” Barrel

140gr Nosler Ballistic Tip
Lapua Brass SRP
CCI 400’s
Viht N555

One buck ran 10 yards and dropped. The other buck ran 49 yards and dropped.
That’s a piece of lung from the second buck. Blew out on the exit.
Blood trail on the buck that ran 49 yards you could follow standing upright.

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Hmm... I have 4 or 5 cases of 120 gr NBTs, just because they shoot 1/2 MOA in 1 of my rifles. Considering the short distance my dad will be shooting, I'm sure they'll do the job. I have some 143 grr ELD-X and 129 gr Interlocks, too. I'm sure I'm overthinking it, any of those will kill a deer, and should give a good blood trail if not DRT.

 

[Kimber7man]

Hmm... I have 4 or 5 cases of 120 gr NBTs, just because they shoot 1/2 MOA in 1 of my rifles. Considering the short distance my dad will be shooting, I'm sure they'll do the job. I have some 143 grr ELD-X and 129 gr Interlocks, too. I'm sure I'm overthinking it, any of those will kill a deer, and should give a good blood trail if not DRT.

Don't fret, the 120 NBT kills very well...

 

[Long Cut]

Hmm... I have 4 or 5 cases of 120 gr NBTs, just because they shoot 1/2 MOA in 1 of my rifles. Considering the short distance my dad will be shooting, I'm sure they'll do the job. I have some 143 grr ELD-X and 129 gr Interlocks, too. I'm sure I'm overthinking it, any of those will kill a deer, and should give a good blood trail if not DRT.

All my Nosler Ballistic Tip blood trails have been phenomenal (if the deer even ran far enough to need one).

 

[mi650]

All my Nosler Ballistic Tip blood trails have been phenomenal (if the deer even ran far enough to need one).

Mine too, though they've all been 308 and 7-08. I know I shouldn't have any worries about 6.5CM.

 

[General RE LEE]

My son shoots a Ruger American compact (18” barrel), and 143 ELD-X’s going a whopping 2460. He shot his whitetail this year at 430 yards. Turned his lungs into jello and ran/tumbled 60ish yards.

I’ve already got a good 143 ELD-X load for this rifle I’m getting cut to 16.5”.

I’ll just run Magnetospeed numbers and dial if needed.

 

[Mike D Texas]

129 ABLR
130 TMK
130 ELDM
140 ELDM


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[SloppyJ]

If it were me I'd try the Berger 130 VLD or the 135 Classic Hunter. The 168 classic hunters out of my 20" .308 are just nasty.

 

[Schwarz06]

I've had really good luck with the 129 Nosler ABLR. Haven't recovered a bullet yet. Plenty of punch at close range but still do the job out at distance too. I run them out of an 18.5 inch sig cross.

 

[TN deer hunter]

I would love to find a place that had a couple boxes of 129 Nosler ABLR in stock!

 

[Outlaw J]

120 BT

 

[Honyock]

I would love to find a place that had a couple boxes of 129 Nosler ABLR in stock!

If you're still looking, I just picked up a couple of boxes from Vizards Guns and Ammo.

 

[rabbithuntr]

Got a creedmore a couple years ago with a 19” barrel been using 147 eldms, they kill great.


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[mkk]

Barnes 127 LRX
Berger 130 VLD
Ruger American Predator 18"