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What powder are you using Rio7

Remington 280, R-26 Rio7

Awesome

255 yards, DRT w/147gr ELD. No exit wound. Decent sized boar.

John

My son shoots the 100 gr. TTSX in his and has killed 11 with it so far. Most are DRT but the ones that do run only go about 20 yards with a great blood trail. I chose the 100 gr. TTSX due to the lighter recoil for him. I am very please with the results of that bullet and will use it on my new setup as well. It’s a great combo.

That'll work too! Good job by you and your son.

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.

Here's a few Mule Deer Bucks that I have taken with my Bergara Woodsman in 6.5 Creedmoor. 2 were shot with 130gr Gamechangers and H4350, the other a 140SST and RL-16. Hope to use it on a Bull Elk this fall. Very likely shooting 140SST's and RL-16.

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.

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.

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.

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.