I've already built my Savage12FLV with a 6.5x47mm McGowan SS match barrel, It shoots very well. With the Choate stock and the 28" barrel it's to heavy to carry very far in the field. I'm already using it for long range coyotes. However, a great deal of my deer hunting now days is sitting, waiting, glassing, etc. off of a good rock, overlooking large canyons that are 3-500 yards across. I know the ballistics are good enough to "take" mule deer cleanly at those distances. I've been using my 270win for many years however, I'd like to try the 6.5. Does anyone have any experience with this cartridge and are there good "hunting" bullets in the 110-140gr range for the 6.5mm? (Hornaday, Nosler, Sierra)?