I picked up a 6.5 last year to start target shooting , haven't hunted with it , but ive been folowling a few facebook groups , 6.5 creedmoor and creedmoor nation , and the guys are just piling up deer with that round, predominantly with the 143 eld-x , most all drt , I am totally surprised on the growth of popularity over the past year , hope this helps out a little