6.5 Creedmoor ammo

BayouBoy318 · Jul 10, 2020

Hey gents!! I’m brand new to the forum and new to the 6.5 Creedmoor. From Louisiana,living in Pa now and getting ready for my first deer hunt this fall in Pa with my first Creedmoor. I am needing suggestions on a good factory round as I do not reload right now but planning to. My shots are gonna be on whitetail from 40-350 yards. I usually shoot Federal Fusions. Thanks for the input!!

jmr40 · Jul 10, 2020

For cheap practice and plinking this is pretty good. Best price I've found for accurate ammo.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1020605499?pid=865833

There are a lot of good choices for hunting ammo. All of it seems to be quite accurate and I think it comes down to personal preference. I like to stay with the heavier 139 and heavier loads, but for deer anything 120 gr and up should be just fine.

I handload Hornady 143 gr ELD's and if I were going to buy a box of factory loads would go that way.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/101693199?pid=259413

horsey300 · Jul 10, 2020

BayouBoy318 said:
Hey gents!! I’m brand new to the forum and new to the 6.5 Creedmoor. From Louisiana,living in Pa now and getting ready for my first deer hunt this fall in Pa with my first Creedmoor. I am needing suggestions on a good factory round as I do not reload right now but planning to. My shots are gonna be on whitetail from 40-350 yards. I usually shoot Federal Fusions. Thanks for the input!!

Fusions are gonna pinhole too far out, the elds, btips, ssts, and sierra/Speer bullets will do it, federal loads many of these, also see if Winchester has a black tipped "extreme tip" load for you, they'll make a good hole and shoot straight.

BayouBoy318 · Jul 10, 2020

Thanks guys , appreciate it! I’m gonna look into the ELDs, I’ve heard good things.

troy fairweather · Jul 10, 2020

Welcome,
Just about any ammo with a proper hunting bullet will work just fine, cheap ammo is fine but see what the gun like to shoot.

BayouBoy318 · Jul 10, 2020

troy fairweather said:
Welcome,
Just about any ammo with a proper hunting bullet will work just fine, cheap ammo is fine but see what the gun like to shoot.

Thanks man. I’ve shot 120 Nosler BT, Hornady Whitetail 129 gr and Winchester Deer Season XP 125s and all shoot exactly 1” at 100.

22250Rem · Jul 10, 2020

My buddies 6.5 Creed likes just about anything, and it's mostly been handloads. The Creed seems to be an inherently accurate round. Guy at my club's range was shooting a Ruger American in 6.5 Creed last fall and was getting 3 or 4 shot ( forgot which) 100 yard groups off the bench that could be covered with a quarter. Forgot what optics it had but I do recall he was shooting that inexpensive (?) Hornady American Whitetail ammo, pretty sure it was 129 grain. I would give that stuff a try if I weren't handloading for the Creedmore. But they seem to shoot almost anything well. Welcome to the forum. What rifle is that you have?

FL-NC · Jul 10, 2020

My Ruger 6.5 CM shoots less than 1" groups at 100 yards with Federal nontypical, 140 grain SP. Did a fine job on my late season buck last year.

BayouBoy318 · Jul 11, 2020

22250Rem said:
My buddies 6.5 Creed likes just about anything, and it's mostly been handloads. The Creed seems to be an inherently accurate round. Guy at my club's range was shooting a Ruger American in 6.5 Creed last fall and was getting 3 or 4 shot ( forgot which) 100 yard groups off the bench that could be covered with a quarter. Forgot what optics it had but I do recall he was shooting that inexpensive (?) Hornady American Whitetail ammo, pretty sure it was 129 grain. I would give that stuff a try if I weren't handloading for the Creedmore. But they seem to shoot almost anything well. Welcome to the forum. What rifle is that you have?

It’s the Weatherby Vanguard MeatEater edition. And I love it!

BayouBoy318 · Jul 11, 2020

BayouBoy318 said:
It’s the Weatherby Vanguard MeatEater edition. And I love it!

BayouBoy318 · Jul 11, 2020

BayouBoy318 said:
It’s the Weatherby Vanguard MeatEater edition. And I love it!

I have the Trijicon Huron 2.5-10x40 on it . Love it as well.

BayouBoy318 · Jul 11, 2020

FL-NC said:
My Ruger 6.5 CM shoots less than 1" groups at 100 yards with Federal nontypical, 140 grain SP. Did a fine job on my late season buck last year.

Thanks man, I’m gonna give these a try!

22250Rem · Jul 11, 2020

Thanks for the picture. That is one beautiful rig. Keep us posted on the ammo testing.

Captcurt · Jul 11, 2020

I haven't shot any factory in my Creedmoors. Having said that, I have taken a truck load of deer with them and can attest to the accuracy and results of the Nosler 130 gr Accubond. I've tried other bullets like the 129 gr Accubond LR, 143 gr Hornady ELD-X and went back to the 130 gr. AB. It worked from 25-350 yards.

Bfh_auto · Jul 11, 2020

To me, 120s are about the sweet spot for a 6.5 caliber and deer. Not counting 6.5x284 and up.
I would run what the gun likes.
If it likes heavy bullets. Then use a softer bullet. If it likes light ones. Then a harder one would be necessary.
Cheap soft points kill deer way better than marketing would have you believe.

Howland937 · Jul 12, 2020

My under-$275-total-including scope Axis shoots the 143gr. Precision Hunter better than I could have hoped. Only other ammo I've tried were 140gr Cor-Lokt and it wasn't as happy with them. Not sure what parts of PA you're hunting in, but if it's dense with lots of brush and undergrowth, you may want to sample some of the heavier for caliber options also.

Captcurt · Jul 12, 2020

Bfh_auto said:
To me, 120s are about the sweet spot for a 6.5 caliber and deer. Not counting 6.5x284 and up.
I would run what the gun likes.
If it likes heavy bullets. Then use a softer bullet. If it likes light ones. Then a harder one would be necessary.
Cheap soft points kill deer way better than marketing would have you believe.

You may have something on those 120 gr. When I started out on the Creedmoor road I had a Ruger American Predator that was a laser with 120's. I put some old 120 gr Barnes X, Speer HotCor and, some Sierras through it as well as the 130gr Accubond. That little gun shot all of them very well. I haven't tried them in my Bergara, but my new Mauser M18 will have some put through it.

Bfh_auto · Jul 12, 2020

Captcurt said:
You may have something on those 120 gr. When I started out on the Creedmoor road I had a Ruger American Predator that was a laser with 120's. I put some old 120 gr Barnes X, Speer HotCor and, some Sierras through it as well as the 130gr Accubond. That little gun shot all of them very well. I haven't tried them in my Bergara, but my new Mauser M18 will have some put through it.

My experience has been with a fast twist 260 and a 6.5x55. the 3 are so close I wouldn't care which I had.

Captcurt · Jul 13, 2020

Bfh_auto said:
My experience has been with a fast twist 260 and a 6.5x55. the 3 are so close I wouldn't care which I had.

I'm with you. I have owned all three rounds and they are triplets. I do like the CM because of brass availability. I could make 260 but prefer to buy it.

KsSkaEnthusiast · Jul 19, 2020

I've had a success with the hornady american whitetail 130gr 270 loads at about 300 yards. So just about any energy difference there would be negated between the calibers. It's shot great in every gun I've loaded it through too. Come to think of it all but one of my deer were taken with a hornady interlock bullet.

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