Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles New Walnut Fieldcraft in 6.5

I have the good problem of picking a bullet for elk and deer hunting from a few that all shoot well. Narrowed it to the 139 Scenar and the 127 LRX. The 127 has shot a few .5" groups while the 139 is .6"-.7". Either are likely excellent. 147 ELD shoots well, but it's definitely not as robust of a bullet, probably be just fine, but why have doubts. Next I'll try RL26 with the 139 Scenar.

Today I shot a few bullets into damp magazines. In order of penetration:

139 Scenar (2786)
127 Barnes (2920)
120 GMX (Factory 2879)
140 Partition (2796)
140 Berger (2755)
143 ELD-X (Factory 2569?)
147 ELD-M (2753)

The 147 ELD-M surprised me somewhat. I guess I expected more. Also, the 139 Scenar did excellent, wide channel and deep penetration.

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