Thread: 6.5mm sub 250m bullet recommendations

Lots of good 6.5 pills in the 120-140 range. You can add the Nosler BTips in 120 and 140 grain to your list. Not dear by the box as there is only 50 in a box.
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Federal fusion 140 grain

Basically one or two votes for each bullet out of the entire catalogue. Hope we managed to narrow it down for you

Originally Posted by Pommy

Basically one or two votes for each bullet out of the entire catalogue. Hope we managed to narrow it down for you

That's 6.5 pills for you. They generally all have High BC and SD so you cant go too wrong.

Originally Posted by Dicko

Lots of good 6.5 pills in the 120-140 range. You can add the Nosler BTips in 120 and 140 grain to your list. Not dear by the box as there is only 50 in a box.
wifes shopping logic!

The 6.5 120 nbt is a fantastic all round bullet.

Thanks for all the input. I was trying to narrow down the options, not expand them. The list now looks something like this:

120gr:
Sierra pro hunter
Speer gold dot

130gr:
Hornady Interlock
Sierra Gameking HPBT

140gr:
Not sure yet.

I have lately sourced a 16" short and ultra light 6.5CM which use is to tag along on my back while walking the dog and exploring new territory without me even feeling that it's there. Being short, top speed was never gonna happen so I looked for a light-ish bullet that does the job from pretty much point blank to max. 400m. Which means not too fragile to blow up on close encounters but also has a reasonable BC and would do a good job when going slow at longer distances. This means bullets like the SST type bullets are out and so are the Interlock and monolithic bullets.

Ended up with the Nosler ABLR 129gr:
0 - 5m it turns the inside of big billy goats into jelly without blowing up on the outside, even when hitting bone. You can see the whole animal expanding on impact.
50 - 200m pretty good exit wound with a lot of damage inside.
250 - 375m still exit wound but narrow and decent but not excessive wounding inside, so shot placement is key which is easy with the high BC.

I would have preferred a 120gr version of the ELD-X as I like them in my 6.5CM Bergara and they do just fine out to 600m plus it is usually easy to find a very accurate load with no pressure spikes but as you know, there is only the 143gr version available which was going too slow in the shorty.

Have a look at the various bonded bullets for your application, I think they could work for you just as they do for my situation being medium fragile over a very wide velocity range?

Originally Posted by Magnetite

Thanks for all the input. I was trying to narrow down the options, not expand them. The list now looks something like this:

120gr:
Sierra pro hunter
Speer gold dot

130gr:
Hornady Interlock
Sierra Gameking HPBT

140gr:
Not sure yet.

140 should definitely have the sierra sp gameking.

Just to throw a spanner in the works...100gr Barnes ttsx at silly speed. Will smash in that 0-300 range. Punches well above its weight and am sure a few people will back that up

If you are genuinely only ever shooting sub 250 then surely just a plain jane soft point pill will never let you down and do the job no fuss