Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting 6.5,125 grain bullet on whitetails

All we load in my one son's 6.5xx55 Tikka is the 125 grain partition, performance has been flawless in the 14 years he has been hunting with it. My thoughts on the partition is there may be better bullets for certain purposes (high B.C. requirements) but the partition is never a wrong choice.

Tough they are, RIO7, but nothing that a small, fast, and soft bullet will not settle down quickly and efficiently!

In my opinion, the 135gr ATips need either high impact speed or something big and hard to expand properly. These little deer are just too light and soft.

I guess I will never find out as i am not willing the shoot them anymore to aything except paper. In fact, I bought a box of their 6mms and I am not sure I will try them. Or maybe yes, just for the sake og giving some fun to my tracking dog.

It would be great if you carried on sharing your experience with them!

Thank you!

oh, no question on if it'll work.. unless the shooter makes a bad shot...