The best 6.5 Creedmoor ammo for hunters

By Kristin Alberts

The ammo selection. The Winchester XPR rifle did well with all, but groups really tightened up at range with the heavier bullets (Photo: Kristin Alberts/Guns.com)
With a deluge of 6.5 Creedmoor rifles flooding the market in 2017, there are plenty of ammo options for shooting long ranges. While many of them are geared toward long range bench rest shooters, there are also great offerings for hunters. After numerous antelope and deer fell to our Winchester XPR in that caliber, we know the rounds that perform. Though they’re all capable of MOA accuracy from the bench, we chose these for their performance on game.
Horandy Precision Hunter
The Winchester XPR in 6.5 Creedmoor and Hornady Precision Hunter ammo took this nice pronghorn at 300 yards. (Photo: Kristin Alberts/Guns.com)
Hornady’s line of Precision Hunter ammunition with ELD-x bullets has been setting the standard for long range, controlled-expansion hunting ammunition based on both their technology and wide range of caliber and bullet weight offerings.
They were one of the first to the 6.5 Creedmoor table with their 143-grain Heat Shield tip bullets.  Long range shots of 400 yards or greater are well within Precision Hunter’s knockdown capabilities, with the bullet built for controlled expansion at distances.
Although Precision Hunter

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