What is your favorite .264/6.5mm BULLET and what cartridge do you shoot it in and at what velocity & for what purpose?

Got a pair here,cn't decide which is best.

142 Sierra at 3,000 ft/secs in 6.5/284 or the 140 Berger VLD. Both have been outstanding on varmints beyond 1,000 yards!

264 win mag, 125 gr Nosler Partition, 3300 fps, Deer, hogs and varmints

Pre 64 Model 70 "Westerner" with 26" barrel

260 Rem

100gr Nosler BT 3010fps Yote Antelope Deer
120gr Nosler Part 2860fps Deer

6.5 Rem Mag
120gr Nosler Part. 2800fps ???

156 gr. Norma RN. from the 6.5x53-R and the 6.5 M/S, for all medium plains game, sheep, and goats.

Haven't got one yet, still in manufacturing and licensing process at this stage.

However, plan to use 95gr GS Custom HV at 3650fps for Springbuck, Impala and Blesbuck.
Aware of guys who use it for Kudu, etc. with great success.

120 gr Sierra 2700fps

Heck I shoot several different calibers in this bore.. and I am trying to think of one that didn't do the jobs it was suppose to do...

The 6.5 bore is like the 338 bore... heck they are all good!

That's why I like them...

I do have a few parameters... I can launch 100 grain bullets out of a 260 or 6.5 x 55 at 3300 to 3450 fps depending on barrel length.. ( 43.5 grains of IMR 4064 in the 260 for example)...

If you are shooting deer with that combo, get ready to loose 10 pounds of meat due to bloodshot damage....even at 300 yds plus...so I use another bullet style, like the 100 grain Hornady works great...the Ballistic tips I keep MV under 2700 fps..

and I don't use the 107 match king as deer hunting bullet...

so as long as you use the old noggin, it works pretty well with anything..

that is why I love em! they ain't picky like my ex wife was about everything...

cheers
seafire

Most 6.5mm bullets are good, but my absolute all time favorite in the 6.5x54mm is the 156grain RWS H-Mantle. It's accurate in a Mannlicher carbine, shoots into an inch with three of them, and gives me almost 2400 fps.

LLS

120 grain Northfork in the 6.5 X 55. I shoot it about 2,900'/sec and use it for deer and pronghorns. I've also used it to advantage on the smaller plains game such as springbok and impala.

Same as Woods: 125 Partition in a 264WM.

What's your favorite bullet 308sako? You got everybody else's opinion.

Mine is a 6.5 Rem. Mag. Long seat in a pre-64 Model 70. 125gr. Nosler partitions, RL22, 215M, and 3350 all day long.

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Originally posted by Tombo:
What's your favorite bullet 308sako? You got everybody else's opinion.

see post #2 in this thread...

I don't have much experience loading in this caliber just started with a 6.5x55 Swede actually and got pretty lucky. Found out my Swede likes the cheap Remington Core lokts 140 gr. with 39 grains of IMR-4064 in an S&B case and CCI primer. Please dis regard the mis labelled group in the photo IMR 4350 was not used IMR 4064 was used. Wish I could photoshop that but I don't know how.

140 Nosler Partition, .264 Winchester Magnum, 3150 fps. Lighter bullets are for smaller cases. If you've got the case capacity, you might as well have the advantages of the high B.C. of the long 140; it catches up with the lighter bullets pretty quickly and is flatter out at the yardage where it counts the most. It also turns a good deer caliber into a decent big game caliber.

125 grain Nosler Partition, 6.5x57 R, for roe deer and chamois plus a wild pig now and then.

Never let me down and kills well, the 120 grain Ballistic Tip is even more precise and shoots nearly to the same POI. Crows do explode...

6.5 TCU (2000 fps in a 10" and 2200 fps in a 14"), 6.5 JDJ, 6.5mm BR, 6.5x50R Bellm, 6.5 Bullberry & Bullberry IMP/6.5x30-30AI (all except the TCU from 2300-2450 fps from 14-15" barrels): 120 grain Ballistic Tip

6.5 BR, 6.5 Bullberry IMP and 6.5 BRM from a 24-26" barrel and all from 2400-2450 fps: Hornady 140 grain A-Max (1:8 or faster required)

6.5x55, 6.5x57, 6.5x308 (.260) and 6.5-06: 140 grain Sierra BT Sptz. GameKing (velocities from 2650-2900 fps)

Used to be I liked the 140gr Hornady in my 6.5x06. Killed 2 elk and several deer with it, one shot each. Switched over to the 129gr Hornady this year; probally no good reason, just because I can.

New Mod 70 in 6.5x55 this year and using the 140gr Hornady in it. Probally won't kill anything any more or less dead than a number of other bullets but I like the way it falls off the tounge!

Ballistic qualities quit mattering a long time ago. I don't shoot at anything much over 400 yds and I don't shoot at anything that bleeds at much over 250yds.

.260 Improved w/120 Nosler BT @ 3000 for Rocky Mountain Mule Deer...

Hank

Current favorite is the 129 gr Hornady at about 2600 fps out of a 6.5x55 Swede chambered Howa 1500. Still waiting for Nosler's new 130 gr Accubond, which I predict will become my new favorite once it is available.

6.5x55 140g sierra bthp over 45g of v160 has killed 4 red stags and a roebuck for me this month. This is a new calibre for me, but it seems to perform as well on deer as 308 with 150 grain.
I assume the sierra load is doing 2500/2600. I think this bullet may be too destructive to meat at higher velocity.

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Originally posted by Snellstrom:
I don't have much experience loading in this caliber just started with a 6.5x55 Swede actually and got pretty lucky. Found out my Swede likes the cheap Remington Core lokts 140 gr. with 39 grains of IMR-4064 in an S&B case and CCI primer.

DITTO THAT! I have not found a Swede that wouldn't shoot this bullet well. Second choice would be Sierra's 160 grain RN.

I have had very good sucess with the 129 Hornady spire pt in the 6.5x55 swede and in a 6.5x68. At close range (under 200 yds) that bullet comes apart pretty quick in the 6.5x68 but in the old Swede it is perfect for whitetails. The 6.5x68 is ballistically very similar to the 264 Win and it has proved to be very effective on antelope with the 129 gr bullet.

120 Barnes TSX, Crons at 2750 with Varget...from a 15" XTP100 (handgun,sort of).

264 Win Mag with the 140 SBT Sierra, I load it for deer but ended up shooting a moose with that load, shoots very accurately at 3150fps.
bigbull

Gidday Guys,

120gr Hotcore, 260 rem at 2700 fps for red, fallow, whitetail and sika deer. Chamois also.

Happy Hunting

Hamish

I just shot this group out of my 6.5X284 about 4 hours ago, using the 100 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip at 3,400 fps.

Fjold, Very nice, but doesn't a 6.5/284 make it easy!

Im shooting a 6.5X55 in a 700 classic, my favorite so far has been the 120gr Barnes X, but im about to try the 130gr TSX.

Like everyone else has said its really hard to find a bad bullet in .264" so far i have killed deer with the 120gr X, 129gr Hornady, 140gr trophy bonded bear claw, and a 140gr speer hot-core. All worked very well except the hot-core, it didnt exit on a lung shot, first time for the swede.

I just finished building a 260 Rem today and fixin to try some hornady 129 grainers. Ill be using it for muleys this year.

Love those High BC 6.5 slugs!!!

120 gr. Nosler B-Tip is our favorite for whitetail in PA, out of the 260 Rem. Also use the "cheap" 120gr. Rem CL, they also do a great job.
For varmints, the 95gr Hornady V-Max and the Sierra 85gr. HP are accurate in our Model Seven Rem 260s
In the Swedes I like the 160gr. Sierra and the 120 Nosler B-Tip also the 140gr Hornady.

Another vote for the 125 gr Nos Part in my 264 for deer and antelope. Most accurate in that rifle is the old 120gr Nosler Solid Base (no I won't part with any of my stash of these). For elk I shoot the 140 gr Hornady and that is the only bullet I shoot in my 6.5x55.

Here is a vote for the 140 grain Nosler Partition in a 264. Like Stonecreek I like the higher sectional density and the improved long range ballistics, although the 125 Nosler Partition is just as accurate. I get 3175 fps with IMR 7828 in a 24" Model 70 Winchester.

The 6.5x284 does make it too easy. My gun actually like the 142 grain SMK's the best, shooting them at <2.5 inches at 400 yards.