Lead Free Bullets for the 6.5 Creedmoor

[Greg Duerr]

Will be hunting in a lead free state this fall and will be shooting my 6.5 CM What bullet works for you and what powder. I have H4350 that I use with the 140 Berger and I use Lapua Cases, and a custom 700 with a 26" Benchmark 1.8 barrel

Barnes 127gr LRX, Nosler 120gr E-Tip or Hornady 120Gr GMX
Give me an idea of your load, velocity and COAL, seating deapth

Thanks for your help

 

[RockyMtnMT]

124g Hammer Hunter with varget at just over 3000fps. Shot .5moa in Ruger with Vortex genII.

Steve

 

[doverpack12]

I'm shooting the 124 Hammers in my savage model 11 260. Two possible loads right now with superformance one just under 3000 and another around 3075. I was shooting the Barnes 127 LRX before but couldn't get to 2900 fps and bullet consistency was not that great. Shot good under 3-400 but groups opened up a little after that. So far hammers are approaching 0.5 Moa with low teens ES. Barnes I shot a .3 Group but everything else was just under 1 Moa.

 

[MarkA]

124g Hammer Hunter with varget at just over 3000fps. Shot .5moa in Ruger with Vortex genII.

Steve

You prefer Varget over H4350 for this bullet in a 260 Remington? What starting loads would you recommend with the 124 Hammer in the 260.??

 

[RockyMtnMT]

You prefer Varget over H4350 for this bullet in a 260 Remington? What starting loads would you recommend with the 124 Hammer in the 260.??

Not necessarily. The thread title was for creedmore. That is what we loaded in a creedmore.

Steve

 

[RockyMtnMT]

I think in the 260 Rem H4350 would be the go to. I would also consider RL16.

Steve

 

[Zen Archery]

120 Barnes Tac TX are the most accurate/fastest load out of my 20" BA Barrel.

 

[iclick]

Cutting Edge Bullets 130GR. MTH With 42Gr. RL-17 seated .669 to the seal tight band. Shoots inside 1/2" groups at 200 Yards and is DRT on Deer and Hogs. I have 2 different rifles and the accuracy is nearly identical. Speed from my 28" bbl rifle is just under 3,050 FPS. I am stuck in California and have tried nearly all the lead free bullets in the last 5 years but the CE MTH and CE Raptors are the best I have found for DRT results. Nearly all their energy is expended inside the animal rather than blowing straight through.