I had the great pleasure to shoot a nice Mule Deer in Montana with my 6.5x55. I used a 120 gr. Barnes TSX over a moderate load of RL-19. It was a hundred yard shot and the deer was a 10 yard flop with blood every where from the point of impact following the deer. I am totally pleased with the performance of the caliber and the bullet. My load used a moderate amount of RL-19. Very accurate, sub-moa, not a lot of meat damage, in my tikka T-3. What an underated caliber and bullet combination. Extremely pleased. Buckfever