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The best lead-free bullets

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I am looking for a superior lead-free 6.5mm bullet for my Schultz & Larsen (S&L) Victory rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor, with which I take longer shots across moorland. Do you have any recommendations?

The 6.5mm bullet is a very aerodynamic projectile and has good ballistic coefficients compared with other bullets in the same weight category, hence its popularity, especially in 6.5 Creedmoor.

I have tested most of the 6.5mm bullets available in lead-free and in all the test rifles, especially the S&L with its cut-rifled barrel, the Barnes LRX 127-gr bullets have been superb.

The all-copper LRX offers match-grade accuracy at long range from the long profile and boat-tail design, giving very good terminal performance. Its polymer tip initiates the expansion of the four frontal petal sections to produce a wide wound channel on impact, releasing energy and penetrating deeply due to a higher weight retention for a