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If I return to Newfoundland this year looking for Moose steaks the 6.5 Creedmoor with the above TTSX loads goes with me.
What else have you got to choose from for a moose hunt? Traded my 300wsm for 270 Win. I'd probably use the 130TTSX, '06. 35Whelen, others I could also borrow. Creed 6.5'll do the job. Now ya talking. Them Creeds is magic...  DF They can leap tall buildings with a single bound. Absolutely...  You got it...  DF
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I just received the 123 Absolute hammers yesterday! Steve of hammer bullets specially designed with very small rifle engraving surface. Every gun so far has produced 300 fps more velocity at same as other bullet pressures. So I will probably break 3800 fps with them with the 6.5 Bee. see here https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/introducing-the-absolute-hammer.248519/page-35Finished my testing today with the 6.5-06AI and 123AHs. With standard primers Superformance ignition was somewhat erratic yesterday. Retested today with CCI 250s. Ignition now good and velocity step-ups were consistent. Ended up with 3514 @ 61.5 gr Superformance
That's a solid 300 fps increase over my 124 HH load in this rifle! Happy! With the 7mm 155 Absolute Hammers one guy is getting 3350 from his 7mm SAUM and consistent hits at over 1k.
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Those Hammers look interesting. I have a couple boxes of Hammer Hunters that I have not gotten around to loading and now they have already improved them, dang.
I have used the original 120 grain Barnes X in 7RM extensively and it is a hammer. I have also used the 6.5mm 120 TTSX and like it very much, but I would not consider it a long-range combination. A good one but the previously mentioned Hammers and Scenars will beat them easily at anything over 400 yards, as well as many others over about 130 grains in weight.
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If I return to Newfoundland this year looking for Moose steaks the 6.5 Creedmoor with the above TTSX loads goes with me.
What else have you got to choose from for a moose hunt? Traded my 300wsm for 270 Win. I'd probably use the 130TTSX, '06. 35Whelen, others I could also borrow. Creed 6.5'll do the job. Now ya talking. Them Creeds is magic... DF They can leap tall buildings with a single bound. Absolutely... You got it... DF I didn't get it. 
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Thinking of this bullet in my 6.5 saum. Subscribed I tried them in my saum, but had much better groupings with the 127 LRX’s.
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Thinking of this bullet in my 6.5 saum. Subscribed I tried them in my saum, but had much better groupings with the 127 LRX’s. They are half MOA in 2 different SAUMs for me. Haven’t tried the lrx
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127 were a miss in my rifle. Need to try the 120s
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If I return to Newfoundland this year looking for Moose steaks the 6.5 Creedmoor with the above TTSX loads goes with me.
What else have you got to choose from for a moose hunt? Traded my 300wsm for 270 Win. I'd probably use the 130TTSX, '06. 35Whelen, others I could also borrow. Creed 6.5'll do the job. 6.5CM/Barnes LRX combo dropped my Northern Alberta bull moose hard this year. It’ll do the job and then some.
I've seen more well-shot game lost with TSXs than any other premium bullet.
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Hammer bullets look interesting. That’s a heck of a velocity gain.
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If I return to Newfoundland this year looking for Moose steaks the 6.5 Creedmoor with the above TTSX loads goes with me.
What else have you got to choose from for a moose hunt? Traded my 300wsm for 270 Win. I'd probably use the 130TTSX, '06. 35Whelen, others I could also borrow. Creed 6.5'll do the job. 6.5CM/Barnes LRX combo dropped my Northern Alberta bull moose hard this year. It’ll do the job and then some. You can say that again. Not to mention the ~ 6 feet of penetration.
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If I return to Newfoundland this year looking for Moose steaks the 6.5 Creedmoor with the above TTSX loads goes with me.
What else have you got to choose from for a moose hunt? Traded my 300wsm for 270 Win. I'd probably use the 130TTSX, '06. 35Whelen, others I could also borrow. Creed 6.5'll do the job. 6.5CM/Barnes LRX combo dropped my Northern Alberta bull moose hard this year. It’ll do the job and then some. You can say that again. Not to mention the ~ 6 feet of penetration. Yup. That little 127 is impressive.
I've seen more well-shot game lost with TSXs than any other premium bullet.
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Don't overlook the Hornady GMX, with a slightly better BC. They are more accuracy than the Barnes in my .260. Midway has Blems in stock.
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Saw this and thought it can relate a bit https://youtu.be/o9M8UwrSQpg
All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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Tikka T3XSL, 6.5 CM, 24”, 127 LRX. 44.5 gr of Hunter, 2850 FPS +/-
What kind of accuracy are you getting with that load. 5 shot groups, since I know guys don't shoot 10 shots here...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Tikka T3XSL, 6.5 CM, 24”, 127 LRX. 44.5 gr of Hunter, 2850 FPS +/-
What kind of accuracy are you getting with that load. 5 shot groups, since I know guys don't shoot 10 shots here... Don't really need to worry about a five-shot group, with a hunting rifle. Three is more than enough.
You did not "seen" anything, you "saw" it.
A "creek" has water in it, a "crick" is what you get in your neck.
Liberals with guns are nothing but hypocrites.
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When I go to the range that first shot is the most important one to me. When I put the crosshairs on game I want to have a history as to where that first shot goes. Confidence is a major factor for me to hit where I want to.
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Tikka T3XSL, 6.5 CM, 24”, 127 LRX. 44.5 gr of Hunter, 2850 FPS +/-
What kind of accuracy are you getting with that load. 5 shot groups, since I know guys don't shoot 10 shots here... Don't really need to worry about a five-shot group, with a hunting rifle. Three is more than enough. Uh oh,,, no you didn’t..,
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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Tikka T3XSL, 6.5 CM, 24”, 127 LRX. 44.5 gr of Hunter, 2850 FPS +/-
What kind of accuracy are you getting with that load. 5 shot groups, since I know guys don't shoot 10 shots here... I’ll have to do a 5 or 10 shot group just for you!
All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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Tikka T3XSL, 6.5 CM, 24”, 127 LRX. 44.5 gr of Hunter, 2850 FPS +/-
What kind of accuracy are you getting with that load. 5 shot groups, since I know guys don't shoot 10 shots here... Don't really need to worry about a five-shot group, with a hunting rifle. Three is more than enough. Uh oh,,, no you didn’t.., 
You did not "seen" anything, you "saw" it.
A "creek" has water in it, a "crick" is what you get in your neck.
Liberals with guns are nothing but hypocrites.
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The bullets that have worked for me:
A Team) Nosler ballistic tip
B Team) Nosler Accubond, Hornady SST
C Team) Berger, Barnes, Sierra, Speer
The 140 gr 7mm and the 120 gr 6.5mm nos bal tip are killing everything I touch with them.
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