Thinking about trying the tikka t3x lite 6.5prc for some moose. Anyone had any experience with 400-500 yard shots with this setup? Not alot of options for bigger grain ammo so probably going to use the horndy precision hunters. Still new to the caliber so any advice on ammo, dos/donts is highly appreciated. Also might take it out wolf hunting so knowing how it would do against them would be great to!
Anyone shooting a 6.5 prc at moose??
- Thread starter rjefferies
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2 seasons ago I shot a nice cow moose with a 6.5 creed and 143eldx at 70ish yards. Worked great. 2585fps muzzle velocity.
Last season I shot a bull moose with a 7PRC with 175eldx at 2980fps muzzle velocity. It took 5 shots over 24 hours to get him. They were all placed properly, the bullets just fell apart. Range was 200ish for 4 of the shots. Hornady precision hunter is the last thing in the world I would pick to go moose hunting after that. Prior to those hunts I’ve used Winchester super-X and rem core-lokt without drama. I know people get good results with eldx but you couldn’t pay me to use them on a moose hunt again.
Last season I shot a bull moose with a 7PRC with 175eldx at 2980fps muzzle velocity. It took 5 shots over 24 hours to get him. They were all placed properly, the bullets just fell apart. Range was 200ish for 4 of the shots. Hornady precision hunter is the last thing in the world I would pick to go moose hunting after that. Prior to those hunts I’ve used Winchester super-X and rem core-lokt without drama. I know people get good results with eldx but you couldn’t pay me to use them on a moose hunt again.
I would use either my 6.5 PRC or my 7 PRC for any game nearly - but moose and elk would be only with a LRX or TTSX or a Accubond or Partition or Sierra TGK maybe . No ELDX or ELDM for me except deer . JMO too . RJ
I would use this if it shot well from my rifle . RJ
https://www.nosler.com/6-5-prc-140gr-accubond-trophy-grade-ammunition.html
https://www.nosler.com/6-5-prc-140gr-accubond-trophy-grade-ammunition.html
tomapleleafss
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You are perfectly fine with what you got. As long as the bullet enters at 1800 fps or higher (it doesn't matter what caliber of rifle it comes out of). At that speed the cup and core designed bullet will fragment (yes this a very good thing) causing a wound channel at least the size of a soup can, probably closer to a 1L. 50-50 chance the core will exit. Often gets caught up in the offside hide. A solid copper type bullet (TTSX, Nosler Accubond) will get you the pass through, but the wound channel is only about as big as a Toonie. I have only used ELDX, ELDM and Begers Elite hunters on moose and elk out of my 6.5 CM and 6.5 PRC and the most they have ever walked is 30 yards.
I was always a yay for 6.5 and moose, I thought, until my last moose, I wasn’t real impressed compared to what I am use to.
Iv taken alot with 30’s and 375’s, same bullet (but bigger), same shot, way better outcomes.
My last bull was with my 6.5 prc and 140gr accubond at 2975 fps, 40 yards perfect broadside, 1 shot centre lung. It worked, but the expiry time was pushing 2 minutes, far longer then I like, and longer then my experiences with bigger calibers, everything else being the same.
Perhaps a different bullet would have give me a quicker kill with that speed. I wouldn’t personally do it again with that setup, though it did kill the moose eventually.
Iv taken alot with 30’s and 375’s, same bullet (but bigger), same shot, way better outcomes.
My last bull was with my 6.5 prc and 140gr accubond at 2975 fps, 40 yards perfect broadside, 1 shot centre lung. It worked, but the expiry time was pushing 2 minutes, far longer then I like, and longer then my experiences with bigger calibers, everything else being the same.
Perhaps a different bullet would have give me a quicker kill with that speed. I wouldn’t personally do it again with that setup, though it did kill the moose eventually.
140ish and up 6.5 bullets will drop moose no problem, especially at the ranges you're talking about. Very high SD. Some of the comments above about slow kills etc. are the result of wrong bullet selection for the situation. For instance, an AB screaming out the barrel at 3000fps hitting something 40 yards away is not ideal. lol. sometimes that's the only shot you get though, and though the kill was slow, the bullet did do it's job.
All we can do is plan for the ranges and conditions we're likely to encounter - hardly ever works out that way though.
