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I’ve used 100gr NBTs and partitions, 120 NBTs, TSX and Cor-Lokts and Amax,129 SSTs, 140 NBTs, H interlocks and CorLokts. Everything died from in your face ranges to out there at 540 yards. Disappointments were the 120 Amax at about 30 yards and the Hornady SST and Interlock. The Amax had little penetration but I did shoot her in the shoulder so I could revisit it and pick a different shot. The SSTs and interlocks shed their cores which they will do but the four deer shot with them all shed their cores. This was 15 years ago though but I hear changes have been made to them so I will burn up the ones I have and retry them. The 100gr NBTs are mean little buggars and hold together very well with minimal recoil.

It’s funny that we all ask questions about bullets in various cartridges yet a lot of us in this thread, me included, kill deer with the 223 and I’ve used soft points on them and they have died also. Meh, it’s winter and I’m laid up so this is entertainment that’s better than TV.


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Shot a big doe with the 120 Hot Core in a 6.5x55. Maybe 75 yds. In the right shoulder and out behind the left ribs. Blood soup with giblets in between. We've shot a number of deer with the 129 Interlock in a .260. If that won't kill them they probly can't be killed. And accurate.


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260 MM - those little 100 BTs shot bugholes in a friend's MOA handgun w/ Carbine stock - 6.5BR in about an 18-20" barrel. KICK myself not buying it from him when I had the chance, awkward to load, but hair trigger and deadly accurate, light and handy too. Yes, that is a tough bullet, and I agree the SSTs have a reputation for shedding weight as the Amax can. I think the 100 TTSX is a little gem when velocities are kept high, not that they have anything on a 120 version....which have done in some elk as you know.

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Originally Posted by 260madman
The 100gr NBTs are mean little buggars and hold together very well with minimal recoil.

It’s funny that we all ask questions about bullets in various cartridges yet a lot of us in this thread, me included, kill deer with the 223 and I’ve used soft points on them and they have died also. Meh, it’s winter and I’m laid up so this is entertainment that’s better than TV.


I will give BT's a shot. I know quite a few people that like them.

I haven't killed any deer with the .223 but my kids have. It's completely smoked them. All were killed with 55gr TTSX bullets. All died VERY quickly. I carried it all last season in WI and was never presented with an opportunity on a legal deer.


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Years ago , I hunted some with a nice sporterized M38 Swede 6.5x55 .. I used 140gr PPU ammo .. Which worked great on Whitetails .. I then starter reloading the 6.5x55 and worked up a load using the Hornady 160gr RN ... which also worked well ... I ended up trading the the little carbine .. And now Im on Im planning on getting a rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor... mostly because I look at is a ballistic twin of the Swede .... It seems most of the posts in this thread lean toward the 130ish gr bullet ..... ?
Myself I was looking into the 140gr bullet ... are there a advantage with the lighter 130gr bullet ?

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At normal ranges I’d say there’s not much difference between a 130 and a 140. Even the lightweights do well way out there which in my case was 540 yards with a 100NBT.


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I’m using 130 game changers for deer and target practice. No kills yet... but think They are the best bang for the buck.
For elk I got some LRX to work up a load


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I’m a huge fan of the 120GMX. They flat kill!

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Looking at different rounds for the 6.5 CM and was thinking there are some damn good bulltes in 120-130gr for 6.5. Will the 6.5CM push the 120gr ttsx fast enough to be effective?

120gr NBT work well at deer killing velocities?


Sure will. So will the 125 Partition and 129 Interlock.


I did pick up a box of Hornady American Whitetail, which are 129 interlocks.


Go forth and kill deer. We used that load on a young bull moose a couple of years ago.

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I've taken more deer with the 100 grain Ballistic Tips and 100/105 grain Partitions, than any other 6.5 mm bullet..

3350 fps out of the 22 inch Muzzle.. longest pair were about 300 to 325 yds.. both dropped at the shot..

The 120 grain Ballistic tip, 125 partition and 129 SP are just more of a good thing....as I've used those also.

Even moreso with the 140 gr Ballistic Tip...140 gr Partition, 140 grain Corelokt, 140 gr SP Hornady ALL work real well also..
even on bigger stuff than deer...

Hard to find a bad choice in the 6.5 world....


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Originally Posted by Seafire
I've taken more deer with the 100 grain Ballistic Tips and 100/105 grain Partitions, than any other 6.5 mm bullet..

3350 fps out of the 22 inch Muzzle.. longest pair were about 300 to 325 yds.. both dropped at the shot..

The 120 grain Ballistic tip, 125 partition and 129 SP are just more of a good thing....as I've used those also.

Even moreso with the 140 gr Ballistic Tip...140 gr Partition, 140 grain Corelokt, 140 gr SP Hornady ALL work real well also..
even on bigger stuff than deer...

Hard to find a bad choice in the 6.5 world....

Yep.

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I just bought a box of 129 accubonds to work up a deer load with. I'll let you know in about 9 months lol.

I'm optimistic though.


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When I got my Tikka in a Sweede, I called Sierra to get some
Data for the 140 Gameking. No modern data, but, I was told
their 120 would be better. The 140 would expand, but I would get
better results with a 120. Well... I had the Gamekings, and everybody
knows about the 6.5 and heavier bullets.

1 rodeo, a deer shot 5 times. Lucky, it didn't do much damage.
At least from a meat perspective.

2 deer hit, lost. Who knows, but that's unusual for me.

Bought 140BT's (slow learner ?). Results weren't much
more impressive. I hate hunting for shot deer.

So, I got a brilliant flipping idea. I bought some Sierra 120 Pro-Hunters..
They make deer sick. A decent amount of damage, and quick endings.

Should finally break out the 264.
I bet with some more smoke, those 140s would act different.


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Among other bullets my father used 140 Sierras out of a 264 mag. I loaded them with IMR7828 and maybe some H1000 when it was new and still manufactured in Scotland. Pop didn't have any runaways get away.

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130AB at everything, tough to find a better bullet for me


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Originally Posted by huntsman22
120 BT's rock outta the 260....... I'm loading up another 150 of 'em tonight.

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That is a fine buck!

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I think it's well known that any bullet you shoot out of anything has the ability to close the deal on anything you shoot with it IF you do your job. I don't care for 120gr bullet's in 6.5. I like the 130 class and 140gr class. If I wanted to shoot a 120gr bullet at game, I'd use my 25-06. Love the 117gr bullet in it. The only cal I have a problem deciding what I want to use in 6.5 and it's back and forth between 130 class and 140gr bullet's. For lighter bullet's the 24 and 25 cal have what I'd call better entry's. For bigger than 140gr I think the 7mm owns the world. 270 has simply never touched a thing with me!

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Im just getting started with the 6.5 Creedmoor, I used to have a Swede in 6.5x55 ... I preferred 140gr -160gr bullets ... Im planning on using 140gr in my 6.5 Creed .. 6.5 x55 built its reputation with heavy & long bullets moving at a moderate velocity ....

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My hunting partner shoots a Kimber Mtn Ascent with 22" bbl chambered for 6.5 Creedmoor. He is not a reloader, which isn't needed for the creed with all the factory ammo options. We chrono'd his rifle with my magneto speed shooting the 120 GMX Superformance. Avg velocity is 2962 fps with a SD = 6.4. With that type of results why even attempt to reload just go hunt.

That's what we did. Here is the link to the performance of that 120 GMX vs. CO muley buck, 175 yd shot straight on in the chest, bullet was lodge on the back ham almost went the entire body length & exited: https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/galleries/14575484#Post14575484


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I have a Rem Model 700 Classic in 6.5x55 Swedish. The most accurate round I have ever found for it is the factory load from Seller & Belloit loaded with the 131 gr softpoint. I tried for a couple of years to beat it with a handload and couldn't do it. Since that ammo tends to be reasonably priced I laid in more than 30 boxes and have been happily shooting through them for more than a decade. I have 5 or 6 boxes left. When it runs out I'll lay in more. Very accurate and very effective on game like deer and pronghorns.


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