Loaded 160gr Hornady RN today

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Your post reminds of W D M Bell the great African hunter who used a 6.5x54 Mannlicher–Schoenauer bolt action to take many African game including elephants. VihtaVuori has load data for their 156 grain Mega bullet in 6.5 Grendel. I know forum member experimented with the 160 grain RN SP trying to get a suitable sub sonic load but I don’t recall anyone actually using that bullet hunting (out of a 6.5 Grendel). Your velocities are not that far off of the 6.5x54 M/S velocities.