All,
Buddy has a Sig Cross in 6andahalf Creed. He's a good dude and I wanna do something cool for him. He bought some Winchester factory 120 grain stuff that didn't shoot well. I know I can do better.
He's a budget guy, realistically wont be sending anything further than 200 yards. I want him to have a good 400 yards smoking power if needed. He's a high shoulder guy and would not pull a neck or head shot, so he needs a good kill bullet. Might shoot 5-6 rounds out of the gun a year, so 50 custom loads for the rifle will last him a bit.
I found hidden in my stash, a 50 count box of Peterson SRP lot of Virgin 6.5. This will be perfect for him. Now I need a bullet. I love Berger's, but I've never hunting with their hunting line. I did run some 215 grain VLD Hunting in my .300 with good accuracy results. Also considered the Barnes 120 TTSX. Never hunted with it before though.
Any real world data or opinions would be appreciated. I'm about 5 years late to the party on asking this question I'm sure. I just don't pay attention to typical hunting bullets. I have dropped plenty of deer with a match bullet on neck or head shots inside 300 yards to not have given a damn on expansion etc. Last deer I did a high shoulder shot on was with a buck at 225ish and it was with a Partition from a 7mm STW and it ran well over 200 yards with 3 legs, an exploded set of lungs.....
Thanks in advance
Buddy has a Sig Cross in 6andahalf Creed. He's a good dude and I wanna do something cool for him. He bought some Winchester factory 120 grain stuff that didn't shoot well. I know I can do better.
He's a budget guy, realistically wont be sending anything further than 200 yards. I want him to have a good 400 yards smoking power if needed. He's a high shoulder guy and would not pull a neck or head shot, so he needs a good kill bullet. Might shoot 5-6 rounds out of the gun a year, so 50 custom loads for the rifle will last him a bit.
I found hidden in my stash, a 50 count box of Peterson SRP lot of Virgin 6.5. This will be perfect for him. Now I need a bullet. I love Berger's, but I've never hunting with their hunting line. I did run some 215 grain VLD Hunting in my .300 with good accuracy results. Also considered the Barnes 120 TTSX. Never hunted with it before though.
Any real world data or opinions would be appreciated. I'm about 5 years late to the party on asking this question I'm sure. I just don't pay attention to typical hunting bullets. I have dropped plenty of deer with a match bullet on neck or head shots inside 300 yards to not have given a damn on expansion etc. Last deer I did a high shoulder shot on was with a buck at 225ish and it was with a Partition from a 7mm STW and it ran well over 200 yards with 3 legs, an exploded set of lungs.....
Thanks in advance
