Beretta28g Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 (edited) What are you feeding yours? At present i have some Winchester CX2(?) 140g SP Hornady Interlock 140g SP Privi 139g SP It was what i could get hold of at the time. What do you use, bearing in mind that they will be primarily used for Red deer with some CWD/Muntjac/Fox work too. Edit; The rifle is a Tikka T3 which has i belice a 1:10 twist Cheers Beretta Edited December 25, 2011 by Beretta28g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Federal 140g SP normally, Winchester Sx2 140g SP on occasion. Sako 156g SP for Boar. Just about to start reloading with some Hornady 140g SPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted December 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Federal 140g SP normally, Winchester Sx2 140g SP on occasion. Sako 156g SP for Boar. Just about to start reloading with some Hornady 140g SPs. Ill try and get federal, but it looks like ill have to order at least 200 rounds, so id like to try a few first. All my local gunshops dont stock 6.5, reloading may be the route to go. Are the winnies very accurate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vipa Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 (edited) Mine loved Federal Powershok 140gn Hated Fed Fusion.. went from Cloverleaf to 2" groupings!!! repeatable test so I know it's the ammo it didn't like. I now load my own and use 140gn Nosler Partitions over Varget.. 1 raggedy hole @ 100m every time! 6.5x55 T3 is 1:8 BTW Edited December 25, 2011 by Vipa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted December 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 (edited) Reloading will be a while down the line, but ill try and get a few federal to try. Whats the accuracy of the privi likley to be like. Edited December 25, 2011 by Beretta28g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Norma 120gr noslers. Best bullet for a 6.5 for all deer species. Tried em all and found these top notch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted December 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Top notch price too. Especially when you have to shell out for at least 200 of them at one time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Well dont use someones experience who shoots 300+ deer a year then... How long will 200 last you? My 25-06 is £44 box! And go to a decent gunshop were you dont have to buy 200! When in Norfolk i have found Lings to be very good. Bought single boxes from them in the past.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 The fed powershoks shoot really well in my Steyr. Winnie open up a little but still acceptable. Priivvi are horrendous in mine though. I have some privvi fmjs and some Norma 120 bts for sale in other sales btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted December 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 I will proberbily go through maybee 50 rounds a year, but in the first year i will be using more. But with about 100 mile round trip for me to get to a stockist i dont want to keep nipping there to try different stuff. Im going to have to get some Federal. What price are you paying for 20? Hornaday £24-50 I will proberbily go through maybee 50 rounds a year, but in the first year i will be using more. But with about 100 mile round trip for me to get to a stockist i dont want to keep nipping there to try different stuff. Im going to have to get some Federal. What price are you paying for 20? Hornaday £24-50 The fed powershoks shoot really well in my Steyr. Winnie open up a little but still acceptable. Priivvi are horrendous in mine though. I have some privvi fmjs and some Norma 120 bts for sale in other sales btw Thanks for the offer, but i dont have a use for FMJ and hertfordshire is a very long way from norfolk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vipa Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 It's been a little while but I seem to remember Powershoks being about £28/box Fusions £32. Privi... will do the job but if your Tikka is anything like mine you won't get consistent shot placement.... not good! certainly in my experience! At Bisley earlier in the year, there was a guy who was shooting Privi through his .308...... They were keyholing.... at 100yds!!!!!! :blink: :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 10" of twist seems slow for the Swede. My T3 was 8 1/4" IIRC They are a fast twist based on them shooting upto 160grains, like long pencils them are! Anyway, just out of interest my T3 shot Hornady 129 grain softpoints and their 95grain Vmax pretty much to the same POA at 100yds and the scope was next to nothing off centered turrets! Good rifle it was. H414 I used in mine U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 10" of twist seems slow for the Swede. My T3 was 8 1/4" IIRC They are a fast twist based on them shooting upto 160grains, like long pencils them are! U. that was my bad UD, i thought it was 1/10, obviously not and thanks for putting me straight too anyhow, i'm using norma 156gr alaskans at the moment, had to order 200 at a time from nth walsham, not a common round unfortunately, and i'm still considering changing to .243, but they seem to work quite well in my tikka, and like pete i'm only using a few boxes a year. the normas are a bit big for fox though so i'm collecting brass so a friend can reload some 120gr & 85gr softpoints, i'll try these out on fox in future, but i'm missing my win 70 22/250 for foxing, perfect tool for the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 that was my bad UD, i thought it was 1/10, obviously not and thanks for putting me straight too anyhow, i'm using norma 156gr alaskans at the moment, had to order 200 at a time from nth walsham, not a common round unfortunately, and i'm still considering changing to .243, but they seem to work quite well in my tikka, and like pete i'm only using a few boxes a year. the normas are a bit big for fox though so i'm collecting brass so a friend can reload some 120gr & 85gr softpoints, i'll try these out on fox in future, but i'm missing my win 70 22/250 for foxing, perfect tool for the job. I may still be wrong, I'm now thinking 71/4"!! Any way best of luck. I tried a Win mod70 in 22-250, the light one. Cracking rifle U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 I used to use 130gr Barnes TSX home loads in mine. Before that I used home loaded Speer 140gr SP. Factory wise 140gr Federal Premium shot to under an inch and the Norma 156gr Alaska was even tighter (although I felt they may be a bit heavy for what I was using it for). Tikka barrels are a 1/8 twist in 6.5x55. Don't know about others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted December 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Cheers all, i will try some other brands but i want to find one that the rifle likes before i place a huge order. I will do a check on the Tikka barrel, so thanks for that. Will be collecting all my fired brass to reload in the future. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vipa Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 6.5x55 tikka barrels are 1:8 twist http://www.tikka.fi/pdf/datatable.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roefall Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Hi guys just to chuck another scenario into the mix i use 140gr Hornady SST's with 47gr's H4183sc powder in my 6-5x55 Blaser and as never left me wanting. Shot all 6 deer species with it cracking round. roefall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Finally got to fire the Swede today!!! Winchester are OK at 50 yards but dont group that well maybe 2'' at 100yds. Privi will shoot a 1'' group at 50yds and 1.5'' at 100yds (some of that may have been me s i was hurrying as it was coming on to rain) Hornady are accurate grouping inside a 50p peice, at 100yds and touching each other. Well pleased for a new rifle, now i just need more practice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Welcome to the gentlemans club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Cheers Nick, hoping to "blood" the rifle this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 100yds 3 shots Hornady 140g Interlock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 100yds 3 shots Hornady 140g Interlock That will kill all the deer I know, 6.5x55 cracking calibre. ps I use federal premium or privi, have to say when the federal is all used up it will be privi as it does the job and I dont target shoot. never reloaded but guess that would be the best, I am told, but have no idea that the federal brass is good for reloading and the privi not so good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Used to use 140gn Feds in mine, but now use 140gn Hornady interlocks with my reloads. If the rifle is new then the groups will tighten with use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Cheers, the rifle is new and i have put 30 rounds through it so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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