6mm /.243 hunting success on Big Game

[Elite]

I shot 3 animals with the 90 grain ELDX last year and was next to a buddy that shot another. All with .243s

Yardages were from 25 to 300 yds. All but one were instant light switches with exits. The one that didn't was mentioned in this thread and is still talked about frequently by my hunting crew. We have agreed to chalk it up as a WTF moment and keep shooting them.

Looking forward to more killin' and more data points this year, although I'll also be shooting the 87 grain hunting VLDs which get no love in this thread but were my go-to prior to the 90s. They are wicked fast in a 243...like 3300 fps fast.

Planning on killing at least one elk with them this year

What animals did you shoot? And that one that didn’t die instantly get away?


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[Tobe_B]

Has anyone used the Hornady ELD-VT bullets on deer/elk? I was comparing tbem to the ELD-X and ELD-M. Both my 6 ARCs shoot the 103/108 bullets well. But I could gain about 200fps (just going off the Hornady website) possibly by going to the 80gr ELD-VT. Supposedly it’s a fast fragmenting bullet, just wondering if it’ll get enough penetration before it grenades internally.


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