What would you use in a 6.5 SAUM on a hunt to Africa if you were going to hunt everything from Steenbuck to Eland.

Or would you just pick up a larger caliber?

Just looking for experience with 6.5 bullets. Not new to Africa just not a lot of experience with 6.5's on Larger African game. I do know 120 BT's worked well for me on 2 nice kudu bulls. with quite a few smaller critters as well

Any experience with the Swift A Frame or Woodleigh?

125 Partition

Or TSX.

TTSX or a Swift A-Frame.

Nosler Partition or Swift A-Frame.

Barnes, Nosler, or Hornady coppers, or also the other premiums such as Accubonds, Partitions etc. I would go with the 140-grainers, for sure.

I would go for any of the ones mentioned in the 140 grain class. Eland are big even if considered soft extra penetration will not hurt. The 160 Woodleigh is a classic RN for thorn brush PP for more open country. Pick what you would use for elk or moose. I favored the Barnes so much I didn't use the Partitions I had on that trip.

120 ETip, 120 GMX, or 127 LRX whichever yer rifle likes best.

130 Swift Scirocco or TTSX would handle that easily

The same bullet you would use for elk or moose.

I’ve killed a couple elk with 140 gr partitions and wouldn’t hesitate to do it again. Take it for what it’s worth...

What twist rate? I’d look at Hammer bullets from your home state! Pick the heaviest for you twist.

140gr Partition or Swift A Frame, whichever is more accurate would get the job, good luck and have fun, I'm going back somewhere this fall.

Good choices. I'd choose the TTSX as I have become very fond of them

A frame

Ttsx has not failed me yet.
If I had to choose a new bullet to load for I’d be looking at federal trophy bonded

Thanks for the responses.

I have some 130 Scorocco's and 140 Partitions I'll give them a try.

130 Scorocco's and A-Frames out of a 270 WSM worked very well for me on my last trip

I just know that mono's have to be working but have a hell of a time giving them a try. On my first safari , my hunting buddy, shooting Barnes X's out of a 7 STW was a fiasco. That was many years ago and I hear and read a lot of good results with TSX, TTSX and the Hornady. Nosler mono's as well.

This old timer has a thing about lead in bullets.

if you like lead, then I suggest reading my post again and looking up the federals

This would work for me.

I'll take a look

I run 147 ELDM in my 6.5 GAP at 3060fps and would not hesitate to use it on any of the larger plains game out a long way. 1650 ft-lbs at 600yds at 2150fps
No hesitation from 40-600+ yards with deer to elk and mostly bang flops or wobble flops every time. May make for nasty exit wounds on the smaller stuff though.
SnT

A 130 Accubond might be good.

Have you talked with your PH about using a 6.5mm on Eland?

He likely will severely limit your shot opportunities with such a light rifle.

If you are hunting a game farm, this might not matter, ie plenty of opportunities.

I have hunted Eland on a game farm in RSA (with a 300 mag) and in the wild in Zim and I would not hunt them in the wild with anything less than a 375...just because with the limited opportunities you cannot demand such a particular presentation.

Just my $0.02

I would use a heavy-for-caliber Barnes, Swift, Woodlie or Norma. Bonded of solid-expanding.

140 Partition

I am partial to monometal bullets. I would start with a T/TSX.

I've used nothing but Barnes XBT, and Failsafe bullets on Plains Game, lightest rifle was a 300WM/180, then 338WM, 340Wby , 35 Whelen AI, 375 H&H. But the heaviest game we all killed were zebra. There were lots of Cape Eland on these "farms" ( we would call them ranches) but we never hunted them. Indeed, they are big. I had a missionary friend who lived in SA back in the 90's and early 2000s. I had given him a 30-06 and a bunch of the old Federal High Energy 180 partition loads. They went 2970fps in that rifle! He had no trouble with Cape Eland. His friend did make a wrong first shot on Blue Wildebeast and it took all day and many shots later to get him! So, "if it were me" and I wanted to use that 6.5 SAUM I would use a heavy mono, shoot him at the base of the neck ( where it joins the shoulders) or base of the skull. I once shot a zebra through the head ( 210 xbt form 340Wby) and it did not ruin the cape.

On Eland I think I would step up a little in cartridge. The others good to go.
GreggH

I don’t know the first thing about hunting plains game in Aferca, but I would question taking a 6.5 oddball cartridge on such a hunt that far from your loading bench. Happy Trails