I do not have a 6.5 yet but I have done a lot of research and my choice in bullet would be the 140 gr A-Max.
I have shot many deer with the .308 with 155, 168, and 178 A max and the .223 with 55gr V-max and not even 1 deer has got away.
Many are bang flop.
More so with the 55gr V-max.. Yea go figure.
I researched that 140gr 6.5 and excellent reviews in deer killing with it.
Yes a different brand of ammo with same weight bullet may put the rounds on paper in another area.
Same load in my older .308 but just change the brass and the load shoots on paper much farther right.
Same brass prep.
This is winchester brass vs Federal for 3 shots each and federal shot 3 was even farther right..right off the paper.
Just about 2.5" right with just a brass change at 226 yards.
If you find a box of ammo that works then get that same lot number because if lot numbers change so will the groups many times.
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There is a reason we reload. Factory round inconsistencies back up that decision.I sighted my Ruger in with the whitetail hunting ammo. I shot the black box and still had a great group. The POI was about 3 inches high and left with the same bullet weight. I was surprised by the difference at 100 yards. Anyone else see this much change in POI in factory ammo of the same weight with 6.5?
Matt Damon came from Harvard..... Hogg is the next Damon!!!!!!! Oh the pain, the pain............(I think they all come from Matt Damon)
Yep, I haven’t loaded for the 6.5 yet. I got the gun just a couple weeks before deer season last year and didn’t have time. I was shooting up the last of the three different boxes I had so I can get started. I’m going to work up some ladder loads this weekend.There is a reason we reload. Factory round inconsistencies back up that decision.
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