Thread: 6.5x55 bullet options

Originally Posted by Speill

What speed are you driving the LRX's? And how far out are you getting kills?

I am about to put the LRX over the chrony in the next week so will put the results up. I suspect they will be 2850 -2900 fps. The last tahr shot with this bullet would have been just on 500 I reckon. The guy that took the shot reckons he aimed about a foot above its head as it climbed up the bluff.

It impacted about midway down the back and exited just behind the front leg low on the chest. The destruction inside was quite surprising as half the liver was gone and the lungs were just soup. The beastie just took a step out into space and slid all the way down to within a hundred metres of us. It was all rather spectacular. A bloody good shot that wasn't a fluke as he had dropped another a couple of second earlier at the same sort of range.

I reckon the bullet would be doing about 1900 fps when it impacted so all round great performance which is what you would expect at about $1.50 each.

Originally Posted by 260hunter

I am about to put the LRX over the chrony in the next week so will put the results up. I suspect they will be 2850 -2900 fps. The last tahr shot with this bullet would have been just on 500 I reckon. The guy that took the shot reckons he aimed about a foot above its head as it climbed up the bluff.

It impacted about midway down the back and exited just behind the front leg low on the chest. The destruction inside was quite surprising as half the liver was gone and the lungs were just soup. The beastie just took a step out into space and slid all the way down to within a hundred metres of us. It was all rather spectacular. A bloody good shot that wasn't a fluke as he had dropped another a couple of second earlier at the same sort of range.

I reckon the bullet would be doing about 1900 fps when it impacted so all round great performance which is what you would expect at about $1.50 each.

I cronied the load at 2698 which was a bit slower than I thought so maybe I will have to jazz it up a bit. Will try to get 2800 out of it. That shouldn't be too hard I hope.