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If you're not going to shoot this rifle a lot, all of the factory ammo in 6.5 Creedmoor that I've shot has been very accurate, so you could pick a bullet weight and style of construction that you are confident in and go afield with peace of mind.
The Hornady American Whitetail 129 grain and Winchester/Olin 125 grain Deerseason XP have brought rapid death to the whitetails that I've shot with them.
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The 125 and 140 grain Nosler Partitions work very well.
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Here is a Creedmoor timber kill.
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NIce old warrior with battle scars, broken tines. A great trophy.
Congrats.
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Here is a Creedmoor timber kill. Does it look like the Creed ammo in the bubba-buddy is belted?
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Well, yes, actually it does, since you mention it.
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Here is a Creedmoor timber kill. Does it look like the Creed ammo in the bubba-buddy is belted? "bubba-buddy"? Never heard them called that before.
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I wouldn't shoot any bullet made by Sierra at game animals, just at paper, steel, and/or varmints.
The 130 grain AB would be my bullet of choice. I believe I know where this is coming from, the 85 and 90 grain BTHP in 6mm and 25 cal respectively. Still, at Creedmoor speed, you wouldn't use a 140 grain Sierra?
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I use the 130 AccuBond out of my 6.5x47L with good success in PA woods and SD prairie.
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The Nosler 120BT or 125 Partition are wonderful deer killers.
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I wouldn't shoot any bullet made by Sierra at game animals, just at paper, steel, and/or varmints.
The 130 grain AB would be my bullet of choice. I believe I know where this is coming from, the 85 and 90 grain BTHP in 6mm and 25 cal respectively. Still, at Creedmoor speed, you wouldn't use a 140 grain Sierra? You're right, my distrust of Sierra bullets is based on the 85 grain .243" and 90 grain .257" BTHP failures that I had. I wouldn't shoot a Sierra bullet at any game animal if there was a viable alternative available.
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I'd use a Nosler Partition, maybe the 125gr. Here's why, the Partitions excel at close range high impact velocity and bad angles hits, both of which you could encounter. Besides, I don't like surprises. I like to know what to expect from my bullets.
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6.5 creed 140g sierra btsp R#26 Fed 215 Hornady brass you will be very, very happy!
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75 yard shot...I'd be shootin the 156gr Norma Oryx bullet as fast as I could...about 2600. Good to 300 but deadly at those distances. powdr
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Well, yes, actually it does, since you mention it.
MM The belted Creedmoor rounds are designated for "timber" hunting.
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Here is a Creedmoor timber kill. Does it look like the Creed ammo in the bubba-buddy is belted? "bubba-buddy"? Never heard them called that before. I can tell you've never hung around with ingwe..... So is hanco gonna get back on here and tell us about the custom belted creed ammo? And explain why a guy with chest pockets on his shirt, would stoop so low as to pimp bubba-buddies?
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The Deep Timber Creedmoor was built expressly for the Bubba Buddy with the belt headspacing on the elastic...little else is known 'cept that the parent looks like it migbt be a 6.5 Remington Magnum.
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Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again!
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I'm hearing reports that Uncle Mike is going to unvail a "New Intermediate Length" line of Bubba Buddies to accomodate the new 6.5 PRC. I suspect that we're seeing the prototype here as being run by hanco.
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hanco is going all cutting-edge on us without first posting threads on his techno-advances. First, the belted creed, and now the Intermediate Bubba-Buddy. What an innovator.....
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