6.5 ammo

[Will86]

I’ve been shooting prime 6.5 creedmore but I’m out and it’s currently on backorder as is hornady at my local store. I ordered some desert tech 6.5 ammo, are there any suggestions for other good ammo capable of high accuracy in 6.5 creedmore without hand loading?

 

[b6graham]

Call Mike high

I've had good luck with vizards too

 

[2Akeepers]

I am going to go ahead and through it out there the capt obvious answer but each specific rifle and barrel are different. My RAP may like 143 ELD-X and yours may not. That being said I set up a RAP for a buddy and it shot 140 grain ammo the best and the Hornady 140 ELD-M was the best grouping. I took down a mule deer buck last year with my 6.5 CM at 200yds with the 140 ELD-M took out both shoulders and dropped him in his tracks. From what all I have read and seen the 140 grain stuff seems to have been the sweet spot for most 6.5 creedmoor rifles. As far as inexpensive soft point hunting ammo. I have put Federal Fusion through 3 different caliber rifles and it produced sub-moa groups in all 3 calibers. I went out to 500yds with the fusion in a 7mm mag and it was still moa or better.

What I do with a new rifle is I buy cheap stuff in every grain weight I can find and see which groups best at 100 yards. Then take the best 2 or 3 and start backing up 200 yards then 300 and see which shoots best. Then I get better ammo in which ever grain weight shot best.

 

[OLI62]

I have had really good luck with Copper Creek Ammo. Josh's stuff has been exceptionally accurate in both my 6.5 Creed and 6.5 PRC.

 

[roamin]

You're buying ammo locally?

You need to discover ammoseek. Carolina Munitions has 147gr Hornady ELD at $0.97/round.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

Midway, many brands, on sale.

Greg

 

[LG65CM]

+1 for the 143s, my rifle liked those. While back I bought a few boxes of Winchester 6.5CM 140 Match BTHP (black box with red lettering) because they were on sale at 21 per box and they shot straight also. FWIW, lg