the gun will be used for hunting deer, hogs, antelope, and a cow elk or two.

im leaning towards the 120 ttsx. what say you experts?

That'll work. So will the 130-140 Berger & 120 Ballistic tips. Pick your favorite

Tons of good bullets for what you're talking about. To what kind of ranges?

My .260 loves the 130 TSX, haven't tried the 120 TTSX as of yet. It also loves the 130 and 140 Bergers.

Dober

I've kind of settled on the 130 Accubond as my all-around bullet in the .264. For whatever that's worth

mark,

0-400 yards

Not an expert but....
All the 130 class Nosler, Hornady and Barnes bullets I have shot game with in my 6.5x284 have performed well on whitetails and mulies. No elk yet.
jmho
Tim

The 120 ttsx is the cat's meow in my 6.5-284.

I'm no expert, but the 140 gr partition is a little plow in my Swede with bullet testing thus far, has a descent BC too.

Gunner

127 LRX is new this year. Slightly higher BC and should be great in the .284 case.

One of the numerous things that is endearing about the 6.5mm's is their are so many awesome bullets to choose from. Your choice is even more difficult because 400 yds is your limit and they pretty much could all fit into the range limitation; you lucky guy. If you were planning on 400+ then that would limit some of your choices.

Ever throw darts?

Alan

129 Horn would be another goody. Oddly I've not found an accurate load in my .260 with the bullet as of yet. If I did I'd most likely use it for all that moves.

120 Speer HC or the 140 in same would be good as well.

Dober

I suck at darts

+1!

At the speeds the 6.5x284 flings 'em, I lean towards the new Barnes 127g LRX or the 120g TTSX. But that's me.

I'll second that, I've had pretty good luck with it out of my 264 Win. Mag. Sako L61R and my 6.5x55 Tikka T-3, accurate and has been pretty tough on pigs and deer.

I'm sure you'd get favorable results out of your 6.5X284.

Steve

My favorite bullet in the 6.5 is the 120 gr BT and this is the bullet i use for hunting in both my 264 WM and 6.5-06

Yep. And FWIW, I feel the 130 AB is worthy of building rifles around.....

Chucker, I've got some Sierra 130gr HPBT Gamekings if you want try them? Got a full box and figure I won't use them up right away in the 6.5-06.

My 6.5-284 likes the 140 grain Accubonds and the 140 Hornady A-Max. I used the Accubonds for a blackbuck, a sika bull, an aoudad, and a whitetail in Texas last year. All taken with one shot. Pass through on all but the Aoudad

the 120 ttsx are the bullets i use in my swede, with good results so i may do that.

heeler i hear good things about that new sierra

I am planning on working up a load for mine tomorrow with the 130 Accubonds.

My favorite is the 140gr VLD Berger, limiting yourself to the ranges you speak of opens up the option's.....but still a great bullet.

That bullet shoots lights out and then some in my Zebra rig!

Dober

Anything would shoot good in that rig, what with the stunning craftsmanship and love that went into painting that stock....

I was wondering if you had a chance to try them out yet. Hopefully it works just as well on game.

I would see my pursuits in that arena going towards the 127 LRX or 140gr Ballistic Tip.
Either would work well n

Have used Hornady, Speer, and Sierra bullets in the 140gr weight on deer in various 6.5s from Swede to Win mag and they all worked well. The Sierras leave a bit bigger hole, which tends to make me think it opens a little easier and/or wider than the others. All were pass-throughs at various angles and ranges, never a lack of penetration. Many were DRT depending on placement. Shoot for the offside shoulder and get out your knife.

True dat, and thx again

Dober

If in a short action with no lengthened mag box. I shot the 125 Nosler Partition. Pretty much mirrors the classic 270win/130 load.

Ingwe=poobahcasso

it's a long action

Since about 1st of August, I've been developing loads for my 6.5x47 Lapua using the 130 VLD, 130 Accubond and 127 LRX, all in front of Varget. All three are very accurate in my rifle. It was almost a coin toss to decide but I want to really drop an elk or two and maybe a mulie with the 127 LRX this season. So, this morning I ran up the canyon behind my house to just over 7,200' and prone on Snipepods, from 818 yds, 10 deg down with a 3 mph 10pm wind smacked my 8" steel 2x and called it good.

Oh, and this was using data directly from the Leica 1600-B LRF. I then verified it against my Shooter ballistic program on my DROID cell phone and it was an exact match @ 18.3 MOA drop.

Alan

Alan, you can shoot any bullet, hit them in the eye and you get to dirty your knife Lol.

Dob - I used IMR4350 and H414 in my 129 loads in the 6.5-308 custom I had pre-260...

Kind of surprised the Sierra 130 does not have a higher bc, vs. an AB or Berger. Wonder how they react on game.

Based off my time with other Sierra HPBT bullets I'm fairly certain that the 130 HPBT will witch slap critters around fairly well...

Dober

I wish soooo very much Sierra would have given that 130 HPBT a higher bc as I won a 1/2 off $500 worth of Sierra bullets certificate at this years Utah State Sniper Shoot. My rifle shoots the 123 MK wonderfully but would rather have a 130 gr hunting bullet. My 'smith knows a guy who knows a guy in Wyoming who claims the 123 MK will knock an elk's *&%^ in the dirt if shot beyond 300 yds. Tempting but not too temping.

Alan