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6.5 Creed w/120 gr ELDM Match?
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No Target - a hunting bullet for Ferals ONLY?? Yes? No? Good? Bad? Ugly?

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Posts: 136 | Registered: 08 December 2013Reply With Quote
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I've used ELD-Xs & Eld-Ms in my 6.5/.284 XP handgun. They are very accurate, BUT they are very SOFT. The Xs have a little thicker jacket than the Ms, but both expand violently & penetrate poorly.
For pigs, the Ms will probably do OK on the little ones, but when you get to the 200#+ I'd be very warry.
In the 20+ whitetails I shot with the Xs & Ms no bullet exited on angling shots & not all exited on broadside shots. Minimal amounts of the bullets were ever recovered. They sort of "exploded".
Much better 6.5 bullets in the Creed would be Nos. BTs & ABs. A friend has killed a lot of pigs with 125 BTs without any problems.


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Larry,

Excellent reply. Thank you.

Based on a few very good experiences (deer) I'm a real fan of the 30 cal Sierra TMK. I spoke with the Sierra Rep on Tues - for short & LR Coyotes - 6.5 CM - which bullet? I thought he would say the 107 TMK. Nope. Hands down...130 TMK. This 130 gr bullet in my Tikka CTR shoots .1 & .2 MOA @ 100 yards.

Thanks again for answering my question. Will definitely pick up some BTs as you recommended.

Cheers! :-)
 
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