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Is The 120 Grain Ballistic Tip Ok For White Tail Deer In The 6.5X55
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Would like to know how you people feel the 120 grain Ballistic Tip would be on white tail deer in the 6.5X55. Thanks for any info.
 
Posts: 188 | Location: New Brunswick, Canada | Registered: 25 May 2001Reply With Quote
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Yes, or the .260 Remington, 6.5 Remington, .264 Winchester, or any other 6.5 bore cartride you can think of. The ballistic tip hunting bullets are tailored to whitetails.
 
Posts: 13274 | Location: Henly, TX, USA | Registered: 04 April 2001Reply With Quote
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Yes! For whitetail, it is the bullet of choice for me. I use it in my 6.5x55, 6.5x284 and 6.5-06AI. In these cartridges, I prefer it to the 140 grain bullets. It just seems to knock them in the dirt.

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Posts: 3942 | Location: Kansas USA | Registered: 04 February 2002Reply With Quote
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While I have no game experience with the Ball tip 120 gr. I have used the 120 gr Solid Base on a number of hunts with impressive rewsults. I feel that the 120 gr is a perfect match in the Swede. I can get 2950f/s from my Reminton with MOA accuracy.

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Posts: 174 | Location: ,Alberta ,Canada | Registered: 12 February 2002Reply With Quote
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I love teh 6.5X55! I've not used BT's on deer (and will not) due to some negative comments I've read, but I've used Nosler's (125 gr) Reminton Core-lokt and Barnes bullets with great results on hogs and deer. IMHO BT's might have a problem with blowing up if they hit bones. especially in large deer
 
Posts: 258 | Location: Houston, Texas, USA | Registered: 18 March 2002Reply With Quote
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I've used 150 BTs in my .280 rem with such good success that this year I am loading my sons Ruger 77 6.5x55 with 120 BTs. I am crossing my fingers on this one.

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Posts: 281 | Location: MN | Registered: 27 May 2001Reply With Quote
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Oddball,
I do not think you need to cross your fingers at all.
I have used the 120gr Bal. Tip. in my singleshot 6.5x65R and their performance on our red deer has been superb. I have also found them to be extremely accurate in my particular rifle and the confidence this facts provides, adds on its performance.
When I caress the trigger I know where that bullet will go.
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Montero
 
Posts: 875 | Location: Madrid-Spain | Registered: 03 July 2000Reply With Quote
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As we like to take the shoulder shot we use the 125gr Partition in our 6.5x55's. 13 deer in 2 years can't be wrong.

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Posts: 1739 | Location: alabama | Registered: 13 November 2001Reply With Quote
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If you load your 30 cal. and under BT's to high velocities.....yes, 2900+ in your Swed is a high velocity, you run the very real risk of them expanding far too quickly on med and large deer. I shoot BT's in mt Contender single shot pistols, loaded at around 2300-2400 fps and they work great...some even exit. My bullets are moving somewhere around 2000-2200 fps at impact. For your 2900 fps starting speed...that's WAY out there. I'd load up something like the Partitions or SST's for that gun if I were you. You are not going to always have a perfect shot. Gary.
 
Posts: 1970 | Location: NE Georgia, USA | Registered: 21 March 2002Reply With Quote
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I have shot approx 50 fallow up to 150lbs ready for the larder with this bullet and the 100gr version out of my 6.5x55 at ranges from 40yards to 180yds.Velocities 2,800/2,850fps for the 120 and slightly higher for the 100.

Excellent accuracy, good expansion, penetration through and through on all broadside shots but not on 100% facing.

Answer IMHO a perfect compromise bullet. There appears to be very little difference in performance between the 120 and the 100.

 
Posts: 2258 | Location: Bristol, England | Registered: 24 April 2001Reply With Quote
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Yeah, I've just got back from a trip away. Both the 120gn Ballistic Tips and 129gn Hornady Interlocks are excellent prjectiles in the 6.5x55.
 
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I think it depends on what kind of whitetail. The whitetail around here run 100-150 lbs. and the 120 would be fine for them, but if it was for those big bruisers up north, 200 lbs. and up, I would go with a heavier bullet. Just my thoughts.


Good luck and good shooting

 
Posts: 849 | Location: Between Doan's Crossing and Red River Station | Registered: 22 July 2001Reply With Quote
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