Tough 6.5 bullet

[ollie]

I'm looking for a tough 6.5mm bullet. I need as much penetration as possible as well as expantion. It will be shot out of creedmore at 200yds or closer. This is for a elk size animal.

Partition
A-frame
ELD-x

 

[Supersubes]

Hard to beat the copper solids for penetration. I’d take the eld off that list, they come apart like Bergers.

 

[stello1001]

TSX
GMX
LRX
TTSX
ELDX

See the pattern? Pretty much anything that ends with an X although I would leave the ELDX as a last option.

Also, whatever bullet federal uses in their fusion line...

 

[BLKWLFK9]

There is a new 6.5 hunting solid coming out from Finger Lake Micronics that PVA will be selling. Ask @bohem for more info. Theyve already been proven on elk and mule deer at long range. @coldboremiracle got the deed done with them.

 

[coldboremiracle]

I'm looking for a tough 6.5mm bullet. I need as much penetration as possible as well as expantion. It will be shot out of creedmore at 200yds or closer. This is for a elk size animal.

Kind of a strange request really. Some might consider a CM too small for elk, I am not among them, but if you are limiting distance to only 200 yards then it doesn't matter, but why then are you worried about such a robust bullet? Inside 200 yards I am quite comfortable that any hunting bullet parked in the right spot will do the trick.


Regardless, if you are looking for a tough 6.5 bullet for hunting:
Search no longer Read about it here on coldboremiracle.com
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[ollie]

I'm looking at shooting a kudu on my next trip. The creedmore is my main gun that I'll be using. Hopeing the 6.5 slug is up to the job at hand

 

[Jack's Dad]

143 eldx worked for me earlier this year in that exact situation

 

[Jack's Dad]

I've also taken 2 elk with the 6.5 Grendel using 120gr Barnes tsx. Those stayed together and opened up nicely. Both were 1 shot kills- no fuss, no tracking.

 

[ollie]

143 eldx worked for me earlier this year in that exact situation

Do you know what velocity your pushing those 143s?

 

[Jack's Dad]

2780 out of a 24 inch barrel. Never recovered the bullet. It's lodged in a mountain side somewhere

 

[zeroz]

The old lady shoots .260 and the 127 Barnes LRX she has never lost an animal yet. Couple deer at 100-200yds and several elk from 60 out to 350yds. I have never recovered a bullet from any of her kills or mine. Always pass through and leave a devastating channel and exit. Always lung mush. I think I have 43.0 grns of Hybrid 100v behind hers. Bout 2800 IIRC.

I have had a lot of meat loss with jacketed bullets coming apart and spraying lead all over the place. Switched to barnes about 10 years ago and couldn't be happier.

 

[Kbh]

Nosler partition, accubond, or Barnes x

 

[Doc68]

Accubond

Nosler partition, accubond, or Barnes

This. I'm a fan of the accubonds myself.

 

[jd65]

Take a look at the Federal Edge TLR / Terminal Ascent.