The 6.5CM is just the 6.5x55 or 260 in a modernized wrapper, so yeah, it’s a jam-up deer cartridge. If all my deer rifles were suddenly gone, I’d feel just fine starting over with a Tikka 6.5CM.

I’ll also add that a 130NAB at 2,800-ish MV works great with a zero of 200-220yds. Always performed well for me in the past.


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