Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting What’s the best weight bullet for 6.5 Creedmoor on whitetails ?

I've had excellent results on whitetails from the 129 ABLR in handloads from up close to 400 yards. Haven't caught one yet, including shoulder shots, and a few of the bucks were pretty big for around here. I'm probably leaving a few fps on the table but it's shot and performed so well in multiple rifles I haven't chased the velocity.

Seems to me that cartridge lends itself to a single bullet in the 140-grain class for all 'round use. The possible exception might be a specialty fur load, designed for use in a reduced-velocity round. Not the first choice for that task, obviously.

I have a box of 139 Scenars and will get a box of 143 ELDXs Hornies when I can find them. No doubt in my mind that any bullet stuffed in this case will take whitetails cleanly at sane ranges.

Talus, You will like the Scenar's Rio7

I like the 120 Barnes, kills deer and pigs dead

Don, what jacket you got there? Looks like a wind blocker and the wrist area looks like it has some room. Nice deer. You need a hydro bale bed for easy extraction, lol

Carhartt.....it has inner knit wrist thingies. Don't think it is windblocking as it's probably cotton.

https://www.carhartt.com/products/carhartt-men-outerwear/Full-Swing-Cryder-Jacket-102207

Thanks. Must be your ability to model but looks better than the ones they have pictured for sale. Still bet it’s a pretty warm jacket. I grew up in Carhartt stuff and it generally works. Tried a few of the new high dollar made for hunting brands and not really impressed so far.

the pants in that pic are my new high dollah kuiu's, tho.....

My hunting pard has run the 129 Interbond out of both of his 260s with stellar results so I loaded the same bullet for my kids 6.5 Creed. 6.5 hole in, quarter to half dollar sized hole out. We have yet to catch one with 10+ deer down.

I’ve yet to catch a 140 ELD-M in the 6 I’ve shot with those, from 30’, to 364 yards....all broadsides, and a couple of shoulders. They did far more damage and killed faster than same placement with Hornady 129s. 142 ABLRs have done very well, and ELD-Xs are in between. Nothing has survived any of them, though.

Just put most any current medium game bullet behind the front leg.

In my 6.5 x 55's had more drt with 120 nbt, and 120 gr sierra's, never loaded anything heavier.

130 gr Accubonds for me also

same

I don't have a lot of experience with game performance using the 6.5 CM. That being said I've had great performance on 2 WT deer using the Sierra 130 Gamechanger and I was very pleased with the results. Accuracy was better in my rifle than any of the many other bullets I tried too.

Loaded 130 NAB's for my bud's Creed. He loves them, DRT or very short travel. He's got four WT's this year with four rounds.

Good internal damage, exits all.

It would be hard to convince him those weren't the best choice for his Creed.

I was sighting with 140 Winchester target ammo. Showed some pressure, not so with Hornady 140 and 147 factory ammo. I just pulled those 140 Win bullets, seated 130 NAB's and had a MOA load. Those are what he's using. So, I don't know the load data, whatever Win puts in their 140 target load. It works. No pressure with 130's.

DF.

I used the Gamechanger 165 .308 and found terminal behavior similar to GameKing HP or Nosler BT.

125 nosler out of my 260. only shoot speed goats with the 120 bt.

Been shooting various 129-130 grain bullets in my 6.5x55 and they all work. The Creedmoor should be even easier to find a load it likes and at CM velocity practically all hunting bullets will perform well. The trick will be finding some and then hopefully enough to stock up on the same lot of bullets.

123 scenars have worked good for me out to 500