Looking for a round to use to kill deer and wild hogs @ no more that 200 yrds. Please help new to 6.5.
Looking for a round to use to kill deer and wild hogs @ no more that 200 yrds. Please help new to 6.5.
I'm assuming you mean factory loads, and if so there are a lot of them that are very good for that purpose especially since you are limiting the range to only 200 yards. I think my first choice would be the AA 129 grain Hornady SST. I haven't seen a Grendel that wouldn't shoot this load pretty well but I am also sure there is one somewhere.
Bob
Last edited by stokesrj; 02-21-2012 at 01:47 AM.
whatever shoots best in your rifle. Im staying with the 100 - 120gr
Grendel Junky!
As long as it is loaded with a quality hunting bullet, not a match bullet, it should do fine. I killed a big doe with the inexpensive Wolf Gold. One shot, 100 yards, she dropped like a ton of bricks, broke both scapula's, collapsed both lungs. Somehow I missed the heart. The exit hole 2-3 inches in diameter. I don't think you would need anything more than that for deer. I've never hunted hogs, but I am sure that with good shot placement you won't have any problems.
Just ordered 4 box's of 6.5 Grendel 130 gr. Nosler Accubond Ammunition 200rds I think that will get me started?
probably should have gotten some to try first, keep us posted!
Grendel Junky!
I bought a couple of hundred rounds of 130gr Accubonds loaded by Precisions firearms a while back. Very accurate and deadly on deer and hogs. I should uses them more often. If they dont work well for you let me know.
I shot a large doe with the Wolf 120 SP in December and it worked very well. The distance was only 25 yards.