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Count me as a 139 scenar believer.

The 136 also worked great on the one antelope i shot with it.


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Originally Posted by Kimber7man
Count me as a 139 scenar believer.

The 136 also worked great on the one antelope i shot with it.

I have some 136L's loaded for my Creed. I've not killed anything yet with that bullet.

What's the terminal performance like? As a LR bullet, I was thinking it may be a tad softer than the 139, but have not seen any reports.

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I don't worry about the two that the op mentioned. I have used several different bullets and now shoot the 129 Interlock entirely in my .260s. They are very accurate, inexpensive and perform well. No need for anything else for what I do. I have read that the SST is a better bullet now, as well as the BT, but I will never load another SST in anything. There are too many other choices.

I shoot 147 ELDMs in one Creed, and Speer Gold Dot 140s in the other. The 129 does extremely well in the Creed, too, and I will probably go back to it, when these bullets are burned up.


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Originally Posted by Dirtfarmer
Originally Posted by Kimber7man
Count me as a 139 scenar believer.

The 136 also worked great on the one antelope i shot with it.

I have some 136L's loaded for my Creed. I've not killed anything yet with that bullet.

What's the terminal performance like? As a LR bullet, I was thinking it may be a tad softer than the 139, but have not seen any reports.

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They might be, IIRC they have a little less lead in them (hello Captain Obvious) in the nose, but I don’t recall if they have a thinner or thicker jacket than the 139. I have no complaints with the way it put this antelope down. However I personally decided to stick with the 139.

Hit this guy at 235 yards with the 136L, impact velocity was right around 2,600.

Entrance was on right shoulder:

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Exit:

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Internals:

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The last time I recovered a 120-grain 6.5mm Ballistic Tip was a decade ago, when I shot one started at 3100 fps just inside the right shoulder of a doe pronghorn almost facing me at about 250 yards. The bullet was recovered under the hide of the left ham, retaining 59.4% of its weight.

Haven't tried the 6.5mm SST on anything, but two years ago went on a whitetail and pig cull/trophy hunt in South Texas with some other folks. We were all using .308 Winchesters, with Fiocchi factory ammo loaded with 150-grain SSTs. The ranges were all inside 150 yards, if I recall correctly, and we didn't recover a single bullet, even on a 200-pound buck shot frontally at an angle, and a 200-pound boar shot through both shoulders and the spine.

In general, I have found Ballistic Tips and SSTs act much like Interlocks of the same approximate weight and diameter these days. When recovered (not many are) they all retain about 50% of their weight, give or take 10%. This is true even when Ballistic Tips lose their cores, because the jacket weighs more than in conventional cup-and-cores.


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Originally Posted by Kimber7man
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Count me as a 139 scenar believer.

The 136 also worked great on the one antelope i shot with it.

I have some 136L's loaded for my Creed. I've not killed anything yet with that bullet.

What's the terminal performance like? As a LR bullet, I was thinking it may be a tad softer than the 139, but have not seen any reports.

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They might be, IIRC they have a little less lead in them (hello Captain Obvious) in the nose, but I don’t recall if they have a thinner or thicker jacket than the 139. I have no complaints with the way it put this antelope down. However I personally decided to stick with the 139.

Hit this guy at 235 yards with the 136L, impact velocity was right around 2,600.

Entrance was on right shoulder:

[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]


Exit:

[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]

Internals:

[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]










Hey Marty,
Who is the guy in the picture with you?


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Doug,
His nickname is Scrawny.


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Originally Posted by Kimber7man
Doug,
His nickname is Scrawny.



My, my! They grow up fast, don’t they.


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I tested them both in wet phone books. Performance was similar with the BT penetrating a little better and the SST expanding a little wider. I’d not hesitate to use either where appropriate.

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Originally Posted by Brad
beretzs, not BCSteve, but I'm guessing these are from his 6.5 Test a few years back. He loaded to mild 6.5x55 velocities.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/11184704/1

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Approximate impact velocity:
90-100gr.............2850-2900fps
120gr..................2750-2800fps
125gr..................2600-2700fps
129-130gr............2550-2600fps
140gr-142.5gr.......2500-2550fps
156-160gr............2400-2500fps
168gr..................2300-2400fps



Here is the link with pictures.

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/f15/6-5-bullet-test-results-28258/


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Nice find! Glad to see my pictures survived over there.

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Originally Posted by BCSteve
Nice find! Glad to see my pictures survived over there.


Wow! That was one heck of a test. I know it took a lot of work, so thank you. Here are a few of my impressions.

Your test affirmed my belief that Partitions are never the wrong choice. The Interlock surprised me! For a budget bullet, it did the job. We don't hear much about Swift. Both the Scirocco and the A-frame were impressive.

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Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
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Nice find! Glad to see my pictures survived over there.


Wow! That was one heck of a test. I know it took a lot of work, so thank you. Here are a few of my impressions.

Your test affirmed my belief that Partitions are never the wrong choice. The Interlock surprised me! For a budget bullet, it did the job. We don't hear much about Swift. Both the Scirocco and the A-frame were impressive.




You don't hear too much about Swift, but they look like they will get the job done.

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I have only used the Nosler 120gr BT but did so for a long time on Deer and Antelope in a .264 Win Mag and for 99% of the time it worked great with complete pass through. I even made my longest shot just over 500 yards on a Antelope.
I have almost cut a coyote in half I shot at close range it was like a bomb went off.
I finally decided to move to a little heaver bullet and tougher and now use Nosler 130 AB.
In anything smaller than .264 Win Mag you will be completely satisfied with Nosler 120gr BT.
It was only on close in shots I had a problem. Never lost a animal just made mess.

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Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
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Nice find! Glad to see my pictures survived over there.


Wow! That was one heck of a test. I know it took a lot of work, so thank you. Here are a few of my impressions.

Your test affirmed my belief that Partitions are never the wrong choice. The Interlock surprised me! For a budget bullet, it did the job. We don't hear much about Swift. Both the Scirocco and the A-frame were impressive.



Interlocks are called the poor man's premium.


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Originally Posted by HadsDad
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[quote=BCSteve]Nice find! Glad to see my pictures survived over there.


Wow! That was one heck of a test. I know it took a lot of work, so thank you. Here are a few of my impressions.

Your test affirmed my belief that Partitions are never the wrong choice. The Interlock surprised me! For a budget bullet, it did the job. We don't hear much about Swift. Both the Scirocco and the A-frame were impressive.



Interlocks are called the poor man's premium.
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yes the interlock is a great hunting bullet and is indeed termed as "the poor mans partition".
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