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I have only shot the 127gr 6.5 m/m LRX. I took them on a cull hunt to South Africa and shot some Blue Wildebeest and a number of Springbucks with them. They worked quite well and I found it to be a very lethal bullet. I did not recover one. My main concern with them was if they would expand properly and cause enough tissue damage on the softly skinned lightly framed Springbucks at distances where the muzzle speed of 2,900+ fps would have dropped significantly. And this they did, delivering good expansion and reasonable tissue damage up to the 470 meters that I shot the furthest one (most of them I shot from 250 to 400 meters).

I took the same rifle and load to Mongolia and shot an Altai Ibex. Hit him in the front of the shoulder while slightly quartering on to me and recovered the bullet. You can see it in the picture below, which I had already put in another post here at the 24hrCF.

I shot a bull moose last year with a 30-06 using Barnes 175 LRX traveling around 2900fps. One shot @ 100 yards in the shoulder put him down, no need for follow up shot. Bullet made a complete pass through. I have had great luck with Barnes TTSX and LRX.

Awesome pictures Chamois! What was the rate of twist on the 6.5 used for the Ibex?

Excellent! That Ibex pic is truly awesome. I'm sure it was an epic adventure

[/quote]Awesome pictures Chamois! What was the rate of twist on the 6.5 used for the Ibex?[/quote]

Thank You, and WideOpenSpaces!

Twist is 1:7.75" which is standard in the 6.5X57R, the cartridge I was shooting in my Blaser K95 single shot rifle.

Notice how wide the engraving of the land is... That is because the CIP European standard for this cartridge is 4 groups and lands as opposed the the SAAMI standard of six for the US 6.5 m/m cartridges like the 6.5 Creedmoor.

Thank You, and WideOpenSpaces!

Twist is 1:7.75" which is standard in the 6.5X57R, the cartridge I was shooting in my Blaser K95 single shot rifle.

Notice how wide the engraving of the land is... That is because the CIP European standard for this cartridge is 4 groups and lands as opposed the the SAAMI standard of six for the US 6.5 m/m cartridges like the 6.5 Creedmoor.[/quote]

I saw that Chamois, I also saw the extreme angle the expanded petals were in relation to the shank. I kinda wondered if you had some extra twist on it. Lends some credence to RPM's doing some work...

My son and I took one deer each this year with the same Browning X-bolt 300 WSM shooting 175 lrx hand loads at 2950 fps.
My whitetail buck was at 250 yards. The bullet went through both lungs, the deer ran 50 yards and then it dropped dead. There was considerable damage in the lungs. The bullet exited.
My son’s buck was at 185 yards, the bullet went through the heart, and exited. The deer run about 40 yards before it expired.
The bullets appear to have expanded fully in both deer.
No shoulder bone was hit on either deer.
The bucks dressed at 140 and 145 lbs. not sure what was the live weight.
I hope this helps.

we've had great luck with them so far on deer and antelope, near and far..
127 from 6.5 Cm
129 from .270 win
145 from 280 AI.

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