Best 6.5 CM for whitetail

[Rosebud]

If you load your own, 110 Hammer Hunter.

 

[FEENIX]

I put a 6.5 together for deer season this year but I'm not overly familiar with the caliber and was wondering what factory ammo everyone is using for whitetail. It's zeroed with Winchester 125gr whitetail that does shoot sub MOA @ 100 yards but it seems to me that a heavier bullet may be better. The farthest I'll be shooting is 400 yards on my Kansas trip. I'd rather not get into hand loads in case my luggage gets sent to Florida while I get sent to Kansas.

If you are referring to the Winchester Deer Season XP in 125g, if it shoots well for you at your max range, you should be fine.

My 6.5 CM harvested WT deer in the last 4 years at 200-250 yards DRT. Good luck!

 

[justinp61]

I don't shoot a 6.5 CM, but do shoot a 260, I've had good luck with Sierra 120gr Pro Hunters. Haven't shot a deer past 125 yards with one though.

 

[Blacklab1]

If you are referring to the Winchester Deer Season XP in 125g, if it shoots well for you at your max range, you should be fine.

My 6.5 CM harvested WT deer in the last 4 years at 200-250 yards DRT. Good luck!

Yes, sorry I meant the xp deer season. I was looking at whitetail Hornady on the net right before I posted.

 

[arrow179]

@ButterBean - how's your 6.5CM do on whitetails? Lol

 

[trckyricky13]

I put a 6.5 together for deer season this year but I'm not overly familiar with the caliber and was wondering what factory ammo everyone is using for whitetail. It's zeroed with Winchester 125gr whitetail that does shoot sub MOA @ 100 yards but it seems to me that a heavier bullet may be better. The farthest I'll be shooting is 400 yards on my Kansas trip. I'd rather not get into hand loads in case my luggage gets sent to Florida while I get sent to Kansas.

I mostly hunt out of a small box blind with a suppressor, so I had my 6.5 CM barrel shortened to 16". I was worried about bullet expansion at longer distances so I looked around and the Federal Terminal Ascent has a much lower minimum velocity for bullet expansion than most (Accubond Long range too, but could not find them in factory ammo). So far, 3 deer, dead. Furthest run was 50 yards with a full frontal shot at 200 yards.

 

[ButterBean]

@ButterBean - how's your 6.5CM do on whitetails? Lol

Easy now ………Easy

 

[Horsemen61]

143X for me

 

[Varmint Hunter]

Always shot the 143 ELDX after the Elite hunter failed.

This year I switched to the factory load by Federal. 130gr Terminal Ascent. We'll see how it goes this year in a couple of weeks.

What happened with the 140 Elite Hunter? They have a good reputation, but bullets can do strange things at times.

 

[Blacklab1]

Easy now ………Easy

I feel there's a story to be told on this

 

[arrow179]

I feel there's a story to be told on this

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Bamboozled is the only word that I can think of that will express what I want to say and still consider myself a Christian ;) Got back from a our snowmobile trip to find a package at the farm with Merry Christmas ButterBean wrote great big with a sharpie, I immediately asked my wife what she...

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[Blacklab1]

I've Been Bamboozled

Bamboozled is the only word that I can think of that will express what I want to say and still consider myself a Christian ;) Got back from a our snowmobile trip to find a package at the farm with Merry Christmas ButterBean wrote great big with a sharpie, I immediately asked my wife what she...

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Would it help if I told everyone that it identifies as a 308?

 

[freddogs]

When I first got my 6.5 Creedmoor I used Hornady Whitetail ammo and it shot well and I killed several deer. After a few year I started to reload and it shot even better and I killed more deer. I use TSX 120's now but the Hornady was a good factory round. Over the years I used 143 ELDX and 130 Gameking and they killed deer just fine too.



















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[Smoke NW]

The 143 ELD-X has performed well for me on antelope and whitetails, although I would like to try the Terminal Ascents and the Norma Bondstrikes