I recently built a 6.5 with a Howa #6 contour barrel, The first bullets I bought to load were Hornaday HPBT Match 140gr.. I couldn't find ANY load info. anywhere so I contacted Hornaday and was told they were getting good results with 43 gr. of Superperformance. I tried that load with Hornaday brass and CCI LR primers loaded to 2.8 col. and was putting cloverleafs together at 250yd.s! I couldn't get my hands on any ELDX bullets for Hunting so now I'm working on a load for Berger Elite Hunter 140gr.. I like the heavier bullet for long distance shooting.