I’d say you don’t even need 140s. I’ve got six elk under my belt with 6.5s .... all with 120-125 grain bullets and out to 435 yards. You could do everything with a 120 TTSX, 125 Partition, 127 LRX, 129 ABLR, 130 TSX or 130 AB. In fact, if you look at the sleeker of these bullets and crunch the numbers, you’ll see that in the Creedmoor the 140-class bullets don’t even catch up until 600 or better. And if you’re inclined to shoot game animals with target bullets, there are a slew of slippery Scenars and VLDs and Hybrids and such in the sweet-spot 120-140 class for you to try.
My current rifle likes the heavies ..... and the 127 LRX. I’m betting I end up running that 127 LRX for everything, as I know it will penetrate like 160-class 7mm or 200-class 30 cal lead bullets. All at about 12 ft lbs of recoil and very predictable accuracy out to more distance than I’m likely to take a shot.
Best of all worlds.
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