6mm /.243 hunting success on Big Game

[FredH]

6cm 108eh cow elk 300yrds quartering to shot hit thick ridge of scapula, broke 2 ribs and tore up onside lung, offside lung untouched. 2nd shot to the neck dropped her
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Just a bit shy on penetration. Under the hide on the far side is my minimum appreciated penetration.

 

[LoboinMS]

I did not read all 75 pages so forgive me if this has been asked already.

What bullet would y’all use on whitetail deer that would be shot from 25-250 yards? Deer weight no more than 180 #’s in my area. Gun has 1/8 Krieger.

Thinking 95 grain Partitions or SST.

 

[haywoodhunter]

Didn’t really plan on posting these because 1. These tiny coastal island deer are hardly what I’d call big game 2. Not a bullet most have expressed interest in. 3. I didn’t take pics of wound channels, only entrance/exit. However, one of the deer was pretty interesting so I’ll share.

243 win factory hornady American whitetail (100 interlock btsp) suppressed from 20” barrel.

Deer 1 85ish yards neck/shoulder junction drt



Deer 2 at 20 yards, quartering towards me. Tucked behind near side shoulder. Exit roughly the back of ribs. This was the interesting one. Exit hole was HUGE. At the shot the deer actually ran past me and died behind me. While it was running, I could see the entrails hanging on the other side. That was a first for me for sure. I wish I’d taken more pics of this one, but this hunt was a lot different than any I’d done before so I honestly just didn’t take the time.




Pigs. Walked up on two together. First one shot quartered hard towards me. Shot on point of shoulder. Fell right there kicking. Second one ran at the shot, I ran the bolt and hit it running away in the left ham angling up into the opposite shoulder. That shot stopped her, I put a quick second shot through her high shoulder that finished her immediately. First pig was still kicking so I shot her again too. I think that one deflected on something, hit her ham.



Like I said, definitely not one of the oft recommended optimized bullets, but my shots are rarely more than 100yds and I’ve never shot at any game over 220yds so while I am kinda itching to shoot something with a 95NBT or 90eldx, I feel like the benefit to those bullets may be mostly lost on me since I don’t need bc or low upset velo thresholds.

 

[Gettincloser]

Two white tail does killed this year with the 16” 6 ARC. Shooting 108 ELDM’s at 2500 FPS muzzle velocity. Wife’s doe was 150 yards and second doe was 230-240, exit wound pictured was the 240 yard shot, heart was from wife’s shot that impacted the bone just above the elbow. This gun continues to blow golfball or bigger sized exits out of whitetail at 200+ yards. Gives me all the confidence in the world in this bullet at bigger game.

What is the twist rate on your barrel? 1:7 or 1:8?