Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Alaska Which 6.5mm bullet for bear?

My daughter will be shooting a moose this year with the 156 gr Norma Oryx at 3500 fps, should be a pretty good test for these tough bonded bullets, originally I had worked up a load with the 160 gr Woodleigh Weldcore at 3440 fps but the Oryx was a more accurate bullet in my 6.5 Prometheus, not concerned about bears on this hunt as it's a draw tag for cow moose in Nov Dec...... but due to the velocity of the cartridge I had to select the heaviest and toughest bullet available... I wish Swift Bullets would make a 150 gr Scirocco or a 160 gr A-Frame in 6.5mm ........

This photo does not show all available 6.5mm bullets, just some of what I have on my bullet shelf, figured I'd post it here so y'all can see the difference between the bullets.......... I did not include the HP target type bullets from Berger, Sierra, Hornady etc... Due to the nature of the original question




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