6.5mm 160 gr RN Hornady Interlock ballistics gel test shot out of a 6.5 Creedmoor.

[@GetMeThere1]

The old timers loved this type of bullet -- and you can see why. They might not have the pizazz of more modern bullets but they very dependably get the job done!

[@talltanndn]

Without breaking your shoulder

[@samuelpope7798]

If you can't effectively kill North American big game with that, you missed!

[@julianbownes8752]

I enjoy your video format. Keep em coming.

[@guardianminifarm8005]

Good results. Thank you.

[@tylarhaugan7908]

Hope to see you one day test the 156 norma oryx favorite brush gun load for 20 inch 6.5 creed gas gun

[@veteranironoutdoors8320]

Thank you for this test! Gonna load some of these in my carcano for deer.

[@veteranironoutdoors8320]

Couldnt find any hornady bullets, but I managed to find a box of norma 6.5 carcano, loaded with their 156gr RNSP “alaska” bullet. I took two deer with it and am VERY impressed. Broke at least one front leg ball joint on both deer, and it left 1/2”-5/8” holes on both sides of the ribcage. Not bad considering that carcano carbine was spitting those heavy slugs at about 2,200 at the muzzle.

[@jmkhenka]

carcano is larger diameter then 6.5 creedmoor. Should not be fired in a CM. But alaska is the go-to bullet for 6.5 rifles in sweden, 6.5x55 mainly. Hornady 160 is a great bullet to.

[@brandonkinnison4573]

I love this channel.

[@wmdbowman]

All tests very well done good info for practical killing power

[@ridgerunner6211]

I just ordered a couple boxes of the Hornaday 160 gr rnsp to try in my 260 rem. And 6.5 creed.

[@johnnorman7708]

Knew a guy that carried a Swedish cavalry carbine in 6.5x55 as his elk rifle. Hunted off a horse. Saddle gun. This was his favorite bullet for elk. He however said that they were so tough that they were ineffective on broadside shots on mule deer. Not enough deer to get them to expand. The deer behaved as if hit by FMJ. Again, this was the mild speeds out of a stubby cavalry carbine in 6.5x55.He used the lighter spire point bullets on deer.

[@samuelpope7798]

That was my first deer rifle for whitetail and mule deer in TX and NM. Got it in 1970 from my dad who got it shortly after getting back from ww2 for the staggering sum of $15. Sill going strong. Will shoot moa w 140gr nosler partition. I have retired it from hunting for sentimental reasons, replacing it with very similar 6.5 CMs

[@johnnorman7708]

@@samuelpope7798 I really like the looks of little carbines. I also love the way they carry; like big 6 shooters in some cases. But I've yet to find a 150 yard 6 gun. Most hunting ends somewhere short of 150 yards about anywhere. Even in the aspens and cedar breaks it is often real close. I like to be able to take a 200 yard shot if needed, but for where I have stomped around over the years, they are rare.

[@eugenegress5896]

GOOD POINT!!! As proven in Washington State, on deer hunts . Gun mag articles brain washed my friends into buying Magnums, when the 308 cal did just fine. Magnums, 8mm mag 300 win mag, 338 mag, just blew through deer. You need a certain amount of body weight resistant , for the bullet to preform well. Your Spot on! Hope your still hunting and doing well these days!

[@tripplebeards3427]

I’d like to see the the Seirra 2170, 180 grain round nose tested in the 30-06’. Tried them in my 300 RUM on a deer. Big holes in and out with a super wide blood trail.

[@MrBuckeye63]

I used to load these bullets in a 6.5x55 .. Devastating results ( as in really good )

[@anthonyfairbanks2952]

Try the 156 grain sellers & ballot bullet

[@livingintheLight.]

I wonder if you could get them up to a functional velocity out of a grendel

[@simplemindedfella]

It may be possible, but that is an awfully long bullet to be trying to shove in that short of a case. You're really limited on how much powder you can put in there. I don't think that I would try, although one may be able to get it done.

[@livingintheLight.]

@@simplemindedfella I started reading on it and most people were calculating around 2200fps at the muzzle with available case capacity at 2.260 coal. I think about a 140 grainer would be the sweet spot for a grendel

[@johnnorman7708]

I just wonder what the extreme potential of this bullet really is?

[@samuelpope7798]

Great video!!!!!

[@simplemindedfella]

Thanks

[@samuelpope7798]

That penetration is nuts!!!!!

[@simplemindedfella]

@@samuelpope7798 yes, they did an excellent job giving good permanent wound cavities as well as great penetration. Being a bullet designed more so for the 6.5x55 moose hunting close range and in brushy conditions I would have to say Hornaday did a good job with this one, It definitely performs like it was designed too.

[@samuelpope7798]

@@simplemindedfella 6.5x55 carbine was my first deer rifle for whitetail and mule deer in TX and NM. Super lite for mountain in NM with excellent accuracy inducing moderate recoil. Got it in 1970 from my dad who bought it shortly after getting back from ww2 for the staggering sum of $15. Sill going strong. Will shoot moa w 140gr nosler partition. I have retired it from hunting for sentimental reasons, replacing it with very similar 6.5 CMs

[@jagrench62]

of course they don't make this classic anymore. One of my favorites was the 243 like this.

[@andrewpeden1516]

I believe they started making them again... popping up on lots of reloading sites again

[@albertlemont5471]

Load spec?

[@1337RedFox]

What powder are you using?

[@aaronwilcox6417]

Interesting. There's a lot of folks in Europe who used various 6.5's with a 160gr roundnose and even Africa with good results. You hear of Swedish hunters praising the 6.5 on moose. In North America its the 30-06 and the 220gr roundnose. I recently picked up some hornady 220 for my 30-06. I can't see why I would need another bullet to take game out to 300 yds. Affordable and they e been working for a long time.

[@eugenegress5896]

BACK IN THE DAY!!!, OF Gun Writer, Hunter Jack O' Connor, he said hand Loaded 30 06 cal, with flat nose 30 cal bullets, for the 30 30 rifle, would make deer hit the ground, like the rug was perked out from under them!

[@MrPh30]

Well known and liked in 6m5x55 for Moose etc in Scandinavia. For long time it was one of few better heavier to be had here. Have a look at Woodleigh 160 also, many call that the successor to the Hornady.

[@tylarhaugan7908]

I use 156 norma oryx in 6.5 creed for elk

[@billr4677]

@@tylarhaugan7908 can’t find anything like that on eastern coast of Canada. Finding anything actually is hard these days.

[@charlesmason1278]

@@billr4677 are components hard to find in the Maritimes?

[@billr4677]

@@charlesmason1278 it’s cyclical for powder but impossible for popular powder. Same with primers. Really expensive to order these online due to the 2-3 time increase in shipping/ hazardous fees. Brass is ok for common but not quality brass. Very difficult to get good quality projectiles. Hammer pills or any heavy for cal pills are impossible.

[@billr4677]

How in the halibut did I miss this video. If you recall I’d asked you to shoot those pills as they are surprisingly accurate. My 3 shoot 100M group was~.470” Centre to centre. 0*C at 28M above se level. Alpha Brass. COL of 2.740, 39.5gr of H4350. Primer was likely CCI BR (SMALL) Avg vel was 2325.66FPS. Ex spread of 20.61 and Sd of 10.90. If you remove the cold bore shot (was a little bit high at 2 o’clock position) the group tightens to ~.330”. It’s my bush load for hunting Black Bear. It’s slashes twigs way better the the eldx. I’ll never bush hunt with that pill. I knew better and it cost me a BIGG BB.

[@johnnorman7708]

Round nose Core-Lokt bullets always had a good track record. Hornady Interlock is as good or likely better. Other brands worked well too. I don't get why, when distances are so short in so much hunting that round nose bullets aren't holding 50% or more of the market.

[@simplemindedfella]

Marketing and new school train of thought. Hornaday has a really good marketing team that is pushing things like the new PRC lineup and high BC bullets as well as this push in America away from hunting and into long range shooting of animals. I hear a lot of talk amongst "hunters" about needing high BC bullets with high velocity so one has over 1500 foot pounds past 1k yards. I don't fully understand why there is such a big push away from hunting and into "sport" shooting of game animals. Never mind the fact that if you have the opportunity to take a closer range shot your going to blow up a lot of meat with really high velocity impacts. A marksman can hit their target well beyond 500 yards, a hunter should never need to. (Keyword need. I still do sometimes but I'm honest enough to admit it's not really hunting and more just spot and kill) 300 yards and closer round nose bullet are coefficient enough to not have to worry about drop and drift like one needs to for longer ranges as well as being a better option for brushy country. I too am saprised that more hunters mostly in the eastern US don't choose to use round nose bullets.

[@johnnorman7708]

@@simplemindedfella I've hunted Colorado and the longest shot I ever took was maybe 175 yards. That seemed like an odd fluke. The rest were sub 100 yards. Iron sights and blunt bullets were more than adequate and used in some of those cases. Woods are woods, and deer are deer no matter where you find them. Long range is more fantasy than fact in my personal experience.

[@simplemindedfella]

I've done most of my hunting in open sagebrush country in Wyoming. The closest I have been to a mule deer buck I put a stock on during archery season in that country was 7 yards. Better majority of my rifle shots are within 200 yards and I have harvest a decent bull elk at 598 yards, whitetails out to 600 and one mule deer at 800, none of which I couldn't have easily if I wasn't being lazy have cut the distance at least in half. And there is always more bragging rights in being a good hunter and cutting the distance then being able to place a shot at distance and not half to really hunt. I have no problems with people harvesting game at extended ranges as long as they have the equipment, skill, and knowledge nessary to take a good clean kill shot on the first shot and recover the animal in a timely fashion. (I understand accidents happen and we all place bad shots at times but the further out you go the more room for error the less ethical the shot is in general) I've shot elk that didn't even react to getting shot until they tipped over with a 300 and 338 Win Mags using good bullets 210gr ABLR in the 300 and 225gr TTSX in the 338 all shot within 400 yards. How can anyone with confidence especially if you don't have a spotter take that long range of a shot and know a critter could walk up over a hill or down into a draw or possibly dropped but that wasn't seen do to recoil not ever giving clear reaction to having been shot and the animals don't get recovered there is definitely a lack of ethics within a lot of the people shooting extreme long range they do not go and check and make sure because they don't want to walk the distance they just assume they must have missed because the didn't see a reaction from the critter or see it go down, that kind of c*** happens a lot and pisses me off. A buddy of mine's father-in-law one year had shot at an elk swore he missed I wasn't there when he did that but was planning on hunting the same area the next few days and ended up finding his elk of course too late it had started to spoil and predators had it chewed up but indeed it was the 1 he shot at and swore he missed.

[@josojoso1974]

220gr in 30 cal would be interesting to see.

[@simplemindedfella]

Agreed

[@PatriceRobert20]

If a moose don't drop immediatly, it won't go far. Great video. Thank you.

[@antoniodonovan5673]

Americans finally discovering the potential of the 160grain that the 6,5x54 mannlicher schoenauer discovered over 100 years ago

[@simplemindedfella]

@antoniodonovan5673 I do love how many people online show their total ignorance of the 6.5 when referring to the Creedmoor as a needs more. 6.5/0.264 has been used for hunting big game for just over a 130 years now in the 6.5x55 Sweed. More than capable when using the right bullets.

[@antoniodonovan5673]

Sure, i do own a mannlicher schoenauer and reload for it. Awsome rifle. It gets hard to find relaoding supplies here in Argentina, but it is still possible. Penetration with 160gn bullet is far better than with bigger and newer calibres.

[@jmartin9059]

*Round nose were the shape of choice in the early days of magazine fed cartridge rifles. 6.5x55 SE used a very similar shape 156 grains bullet... Good enough for war and more importantly Bear and Moose. Your Creedmoor is a similar power cartridge to the nearly forgotten 6.5x55 SE Swedish Mauser. 2200 to 2400 fps at 20 feet should be enough to bag your animals out to 300 meters. Beyond 300m your bullets may behave like full metal jacket and use remaining energy to penetrate fur, bone and tissue without expansion. You probably have done some practice. Now, go bag a beast and bring it home for the dinner.*

[@eugenegress5896]

Our tests with factory PPU 139 GRN, Gave near 30 cal. expansion. I believe , PPU 156 Grn may be even better. PPU Makes their cup and core Soft points with a generous amount of lead exposed at the tip. You 6.5x55 fans , " WILL GET GREAT TRACKING BLOOD TRAIL", Should you double Lung a Deer that runs off. The 160 Hornady may be quite well at 2500 fps or better.