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My son took my 12 y.o. granddaughter elk hunting this fall. He set her up with a 6.5 Creedmoor but the only ammo we could find at that time was pretty generic stuff. Anybody know where we might get something more appropriate for elk? We would like something along the lines of something with 140 grain premium bullets. Can anyone help find such that we can buy now in the off-season?
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Good luck, seems to be a pretty popular caliber, I've been looking everywhere I go and haven't been able to find any, not even online.
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HORNADY ELDx are really good, ELDm will hold a better group, Im shooting a 6.5PRC, creed has a lot better selection, I would look online, ore you have to hit the stores weekly to find any bullets,
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Thanks, Mike. What stores would you suggest beside Sportsman's, Cabela's and Gunnies?
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I'd check midway USA, I've been watching there, some places online won't deliver, but they will, cal ranch may get some in ours had a lot of ammo a week ago, just none I was looking for.
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I've thought about reloading, I see alot of that is hard to find, might have to start buying some stuff.
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Primers are what is hard to find at the moment unless you don't mind paying through the nose for them.
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01-27-2022, 02:10 PM
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(01-26-2022, 05:02 PM)lifeshort Wrote: (01-25-2022, 02:46 PM)catchinon Wrote: My son took my 12 y.o. granddaughter elk hunting this fall. He set her up with a 6.5 Creedmoor but the only ammo we could find at that time was pretty generic stuff. Anybody know where we might get something more appropriate for elk? We would like something along the lines of something with 140 grain premium bullets. Can anyone help find such that we can buy now in the off-season?
Buy a set of reloading dies currently you can get them for under $40 delivered they are in stock at several sites.
Nosler 140 Grain Partition or preferred premium bullet Less than $1.00 per round . Available now
Primers .10 per round
Powder under $50/pound less than .40 per round (tough to get now)
Would love to have you over to load them up
Load your own for less than $1.50 per shot compared to $3.00-$5.00 for factory ammo.
The only thing is getting the right powder currently but planning this far out should be doable. Save up your brass.
That sounds great. Where do you live? Can you buy brass? They live a ways from here and may not have shot much or kept the cases.
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