Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles 6.5 creed in thick timber for Whitetails?

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.

The 125 and 140 grain Nosler Partitions work very well.

Here is a Creedmoor timber kill.

NIce old warrior with battle scars, broken tines. A great trophy.

Congrats.

DF

Does it look like the Creed ammo in the bubba-buddy is belted?

Well, yes, actually it does, since you mention it.

MM

"bubba-buddy"?

Never heard them called that before.

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?

I use the 130 AccuBond out of my 6.5x47L with good success in PA woods and SD prairie.

The Nosler 120BT or 125 Partition are wonderful deer killers.

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.

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.

6.5 creed
140g sierra btsp
R#26
Fed 215
Hornady brass
you will be very, very happy!

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

The belted Creedmoor rounds are designated for "timber" hunting.

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?

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.

.264 Creedmag?

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.

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.....