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Which 6.5 bullet do you veteran hunters like for mule deer and elk in a 6.5 Creed out to 500-600 yards (yes, I know. A bit long for elk for that cartridge).

I was wondering about the 127LRX. Asked a question regarding accuracy in another thread, but get the usual 1 shot is all you need response. If its only about that first shot, theres a lot of guys missing, especially at the ranges you are asking about. Stupid fu cks dont even have a clue.

Pat would probably say 139 Scenar.

My Creed likes the 123 gr. I’d go with the heavier one for bigger stuff, the 123 is fine for our local WT’s.

Lots of choices, lots of good choices.

DF

My lowly Ruger American stacks the 127 Lrx over 4350 1/4 Moa if I’m having a decent day. I even took an antelope this year farther than I should have.

Has anyone tried GS Custom bullets? Looking for high BC. Swift Scirroco II also looks promising----when you can find them.

Shot this guy in New Mexico with my 6.5 PRC and 139 gr Lapua Scenar. Great performance and super accurate

127 LRX or 124 Absolute hammer

Any bullet around 140 grains or heavier will kill just fine if you know how to shoot. The tried-and-true bullets will continue to work, and others won't look at you funny if you use them.

Berger 140 vld works great. Elk, big black bear, big mule deer, whitetails, antelope, mountain goat for kids and me in last 10 years of using it almost exclusively.

I am trying either the 139 Scenar or the 135 A-TIP next. Maybe the 143 ELD-X.
The 140 berger and 147 ELD-M are out, for me.

I miss the 140 AMAX. RIP.

Isn't the 140 ELD-M pretty close to the 140 AMAX?

Maybe a better plastic in the tip?

DF

Pretty much

The 139 GR. SCENAR , is your Huckleberry, Rio7

hmmmmm.....I didn't know that. B/C of .646 or .326 (G7), looks good to me.

I may have to give them a try.
Thanks!

I'm pulling from remote memory (could be dangerous).

IIRC, the plastic AMAX plastic tip was shown on high def photography to be melting before it hit the target. The new version, reportedly, has a better plastic that doesn't do that.

That may be the only difference. If someone knows otherwise, I would appreciate that info.

DF

I use these on deer and pigs. No elk in MS.

Less than 300 yards. I don’t have a long shot where i hunt.

I’ve used the TTSX for several years, but like the larger ( 127vs 120 ) biker for the lrx

127 LRX for still hunting and 147 ELD for long shots.

Probably not great anecdotal evidence, but I finally got to shoot something with my new 26 Nosler last Thursday. Loaded the 140 Grain Nosler Accubond and I was very impressed with my sample of one spike elk. Bullet went through both shoulder blades, a rib on each side, and clipped the spine along the way and we found the perfectly mushroomed bullet under the hide on the far side. Elk dropped in his tracks and didn't even twitch... Hardly any meat lost- probably about a cup or so and no tracking required.... my kind of bullet....

Bob

If I was to hunt elk with the Creed, my first choice for elk would be a Partition, or one of the Barnes. That being said, I have loaded some 140 Speer Gold Dot bullets that I have killed several deer with and there is no doubt in my mind that they would work well on elk. Another real contender is the 140 Interlock. I would not feel under-equipped with any of these, but since I have two seven mags, I would probably not use my Creeds, nor .260s.

If that is the cartridge that you have, then use it, but it would not be the one to get the main nod out of my safe.

ELDM is a very good choice. kills like the amax did