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    6.5 projectile options

    I’m about to run out of my last Amax supply
    What’s everybody switching to for there go too hunting projectile??

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    What weight

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    143ELDX

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    I was using 140 amax but been running the 143eldx along with quite a few mates and no body is changing as they work.
    The 147eldm also work very well.
    I am a hornady slut though!

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    Quote Originally Posted by longrange308 View Post
    I’m about to run out of my last Amax supply
    What’s everybody switching to for there go too hunting projectile??
    I have plenty if you want more

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    Quote Originally Posted by andyanimal31 View Post
    I was using 140 amax but been running the 143eldx along with quite a few mates and no body is changing as they work.
    The 147eldm also work very well.
    I am a hornady slut though!

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    Sweet , I have been running the 140 amax

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    Ive been using the budget 140 speer seems to go ok ive gone off hornady as i dont want to get a good load sorted and then they discontinue the peojectile like they did with a max it was one of the best ive used
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    Hornady 143 ELD X, or 147 ELD M (what ever one shoots best from your rifle. Both awesome). Or for controlled expansion 130gr Sierra Game Changers. Done

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    143gn ELDX, or have just been trying the Nosler 142gn AccuBond-Long Range, which seem to be doing the job. Just don't believe the published BC on the box.

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    The revised BC's on any new stock are spot on with the AB LR

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    Anyone using the 140 ballistic tip?

    If so any comments? I find them easy to find accurate loads with but have not used on deer as yet.


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    Any velocity under or around 2850fps they are great @Dicko

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    143 gr ELD X working great.
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    In my 6.5s I ran 129ssts, 140ssts, 130sierra hpgk and 143gr ELD-X. If it is up close and you are not running at silly speed the 95gr vmax is amazing. Seen it take a shit load of fallow from yearlings to big bodied bucks and even a few pigs. Not that fast though

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    140gr VLD
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    #BallisticFists

 

 

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