Thread: Projectiles for the 6.5mm

Originally Posted by Flyblown

So pretty standard NZ open country hunting then.

Sounds like your mate want’s a geyser of blood on the exit side. There’s a lot of very solid old school bullets out there that will do the job just fine, just a matter of finding the one that shoots well enough. With the 1:9” twist in mind I would look at:

Sierra 130gr HPBT Gameking
Sierra 140gr SPBT Gameking
Hornady 129gr Interbond
Speer 140gr Grandslam
Speer 140gr Hot-Cor

Of the above, for guaranteed exits and blood assuming he’s poked the hole in the right place, I’d go with the 130gr GameKing first, drive it around 2,900fps, it will work. Good solid medium game bullet.

When he said 'traditional' I'm picking he meant copper and lead, as opposed to solid monolithic bullets like Barnes ttsx.

Originally Posted by GWH

When he said 'traditional' I'm picking he meant copper and lead, as opposed to solid monolithic bullets like Barnes ttsx.

I didn’t take any notice of the whole traditional or modern business. I was only looking at what was going to stabilise comfortably and shoot accurately in the 1:9” twist barrel, and kill the deer cleanly (which remarkably these bullets have been doing for decades!). Anything <1.5 stability is out in my book, so ELD-X for example doesn’t make the cut. There’s no point suggesting even longer bullets that require a fast twist because he doesn’t have one!