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It's almost unbelievable how well my Creedmoor shoots the 123 Scenars, too. The 120 ScenarL is great, but not quite as good as the 123. I've not hunted any big game with the Scenars. Can't quite get myself to do it, at least at present. Speer Hot Cores work very well for my bg hunting with the Creedmoor. So do lots of options, really.
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Well I been shooting a lot of deer over the years with 120 gr Speer SP's out of a 6.5 x 55 here in CT! Good accuracy and performs just fine on the local White Tails!
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Mine also is at its best with 123 Scenars and Varget, I load a bit more than you are using. How much more? DF
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I will not load SST bullets for anything but varmints.
+1. And I'd really have to have a grudge against the varmints. Far too many options from which to choose to justify using an SST. OMMV. I'm partial to the 130 Accubond.
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For deer, pretty much anything suitable, right behind the front elbow.
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I will not load SST bullets for anything but varmints.
+1. And I'd really have to have a grudge against the varmints. Far too many options from which to choose to justify using an SST. OMMV. I'm partial to the 130 Accubond. I gave up on SST's several years ago. They were accurate but terminal performance was inconsistent. Sometime they'd blow up, sometimes they'd pencil thru. There are better choices, IMO. DF
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For deer, pretty much anything suitable, right behind the front elbow. Do deer have a back elbow? π
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For deer, pretty much anything suitable, right behind the front elbow. Do deer have a back elbow? π Just shoot the front one... DF
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For years I shot 129 Horn. spire point, and 125 Nosler partition in my 6.5 swede. The spire points had a slight edge on the Nosler, but both shot under an inch, Both killed deer as dead as my .300 mag. I think someone on here said you don't need to get fancy to kill a deer. Any modern 6.5 bullet placed accurately will kill deer like double forked lightin'.
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I will not load SST bullets for anything but varmints.
+1. And I'd really have to have a grudge against the varmints. Far too many options from which to choose to justify using an SST. OMMV. I'm partial to the 130 Accubond. +1 on the SST's if I really want to make a mess of something I will use SST's but if it's something I'm going to eat, not happening. I like the 100 grain TTSX and Varget in the Creedmore for Deer.
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Killed several pigs by the green feeder with the 120 Barnes. Blew through both shoulders.
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I use 140 gr Hornady Interlock and never lost a deer with them. Always get a complete pass through so I've never recovered any bullets to check expansion.
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I've used 120 BT, 100 BT, 125 Partition, 140 Partition, 130 AB, and 129 Hornady Interlock on mule deer and whitetails. I have 500 Hornady Interlock bullets on my shelf. They are MONEY and both .260 Remingtons that I use prefer them to anything else. Terminal performance on game is perfection.
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