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3-- 147-ELD-M 1200 Yards 5 --147-ELD-M 1800 yards Rio7 What powder are you using Rio7
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Some guys were having real good luck with the Horandy 147gr ELDM. Wonder if those guys can expound on the subject? beretzs was one of them, if I remember correctly. That bullet has been pretty impressive to me, at shooting out to 1,000 yards. Not that I'd shoot a deer out that far, but I'd have no qualms putting one in the boiler room at 600 yards.. There's enough weight and mass there, that it should even work well up close too. 255 yards, DRT w/147gr ELD. No exit wound. Decent sized boar. John
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That'll work too! Good job by you and your son.
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I've killed a number of deer and hogs with the 6.5 CM using 130 and 140 grain Accubonds and the 127 grain LRX, and they've worked well on every animal I've used them on. I've mostly hunted with somewhat larger cartridges in the past, and it's kind of nice to use a low recoil cartridge that's very easy to shoot well.
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center shot, we’re you satisfied with the performance of the gamechanger? What range were the kills?
Likely loading some up in a Creed for a young teenager deer this fall. Haven’t shot anything with yet. Based on what I’ve read, I think it will be great at the ranges he’ll be hunting.
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center shot, we’re you satisfied with the performance of the gamechanger? What range were the kills?
Likely loading some up in a Creed for a young teenager deer this fall. Haven’t shot anything with yet. Based on what I’ve read, I think it will be great at the ranges he’ll be hunting. I've killed a few deer with it, it's definitely not like the game king just keep that in mind. According to Sierra it's designed to handle higher velocities. It's pretty tough bullet.
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I've killed quite a few whitetails but I quit using it and went back to my .270 because I never had one just drop DRT after the shot. I was always having to go find them. The 270 on the other hand, drops them on the spot. I love my creedmoor for shooting paper and I've shot it out to 500 yards very successfully. I've killed a couple of truck loads of deer with the 6.5 Creedmoor (and 130 Accubond). When I purposely took out the running gear or CNS, they dropped on the spot - when put in the boiler, they ran.......Prezact same performance when I've shot them with the .270. It's not the chambering. For the last 5-6 years I’ve carried the 6.CM for the majority of my hunting. Taken multiple elk and deer, a bull moose. The 30-06 was my go to for quite a few years before that. My experience lines up 100% with SKanes. It’s not the chambering causing WT to run off.
I've seen more well-shot game lost with TSXs than any other premium bullet.
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center shot, we’re you satisfied with the performance of the gamechanger? What range were the kills?
Likely loading some up in a Creed for a young teenager deer this fall. Haven’t shot anything with yet. Based on what I’ve read, I think it will be great at the ranges he’ll be hunting. First deer I shot with the 6.5 (bottom pic) was at about 175 yards (130 GameChanger). Shot behind the front shoulder, deer just dropped right on his nose dead as a door nail. Second buck (top pic) - shot him about 40 yards behind shoulder, ran 40-50 yards and piled up (130 GameChanger). Third buck was at 312 yards - I hit him a little high again behind shoulder but he dropped like a sack of potatoes. My Son in law said "dang, he didn't even twitch"(140 SST). I've had very good luck with the 6.5. For 30+ years prior I have used a 30-06 w/ 150's or 180's and had longer blood trails on average than with the 6.5. FWIW: I drew a good tag for antlered elk this year and will be using my 6.5 with most likely 143 ELD-X & RL-16 at about 2640fps. Extremely accurate in my Tikka T3X.
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I'd be curious on how the 143 ELDX works on bulls from the 6.5. Did a bunch if gacking lately on the 6.5 creed to see what all the fuss is about. If the 143 ELDX or 140 Sierra TGK hold together at close range at 6.5 vels, I get it.
But, when I gack a plain Jane 270 shooting the same bullet, the140 ELDX at 3000, it shoots a bit flatter out to sane distances at similar recoil levels albeit a slightly longer barrel and about 1/2 lb more rifle weight.
But I do like shooting the Creed with its 35-45 grains of powder. It's downright economical to fling bullets with it.
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