Thread: Amax terminal performance

Bought a T3 6.5x55 a while back to get the scope off it then onsell, but had it out a time or two, have decided to keep it, so far it has slotted a pig, a couple of Tahr and a large bodied red.

The load developed for it before me, was 120gn NBT, not a bullet that appealed to me (regular users of it in 6.5 feel free to comment) so I developed my own loads, which happen to work really well:
120gn TTSX and 140gn VLD and/or 140gn SST. But, I have a bunch of 120gn Amax and 140gn Amax and have discovered the rifle really likes them, good velocity considering the barrel length, the numbers look quite good, but for punching animals rather than paper, I would like to hear from those using the Amax in 6.5 over a number of animals to have an accurate read on performance, close and far, 50yds/500yds, tough and dense game, light framed game ect. Rather like the 120gn Amax, but........?