6.5 Creedmoor – 140 gr FMJ – Sellier & Bellot (SB65A) – 500 Rounds

Practicing with premium hunting or match ammo gets expensive fast, which is why 6.5 Creedmoor owners look for an affordable FMJ for fundamentals and barrel break-in. This listing is Sellier and Bellot 6.5 Creedmoor 140 grain full metal jacket boat tail ammo, MPN SB65A, sold as a 500 round case for volume range work. It also pairs well with a new barrel during break-in, when you want inexpensive rounds to fire between cleanings.

Sellier and Bellot rates SB65A at 2,658 fps with 2,195 ft-lbs of muzzle energy. The 140 grain weight is the classic 6.5 Creedmoor bullet weight, so recoil and trajectory are in the same family as many match and hunting loads. The boat tail improves ballistic efficiency compared with a flat base. A full metal jacket bullet does not expand, so this is a practice and plinking load. It is not a match-grade precision load and should not be used for hunting.

It fits rifles chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor, such as the Ruger Precision Rifle and American, Tikka T3x, Bergara B-14 and HMR, Savage 110 and Axis, Browning X-Bolt, Howa 1500, and AR-10 style rifles in 6.5 CM. A common question is whether 6.5 Creedmoor and 6.5 PRC are interchangeable. They are not. The PRC is a longer, larger magnum case. Another common question is what FMJ is good for in a precision cartridge. It works well for practicing position shooting, learning a rifle, and steel at moderate range, and it saves expensive match ammo for competition.

Sellier and Bellot SB65A is new production ammunition, not reloads, made in the Czech Republic. Cases are reloadable brass with boxer primers, and the load is non-corrosive. This listing ships as 25 boxes of 20 rounds, 500 total, from one lot, which is a deep supply for a full season of training with a 6.5 Creedmoor rifle. Handloaders also get a good supply of brass from it.