Thread: 6.5mm sub 250m bullet recommendations

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?