6mm /.243 hunting success on Big Game

[omicron1792]

I’ve got a 6 PRC. I’ve thought it’d be really fun to load up some 6mm 80 ELD-VT! I’m sure that’d make an awful mess

It all depends. I use a 6.5prc with 100gr eld-vt. Sometimes i get a frontal shot and no exit and you can barely tell the coyote has been shot. Sometimes you get a mess!

 

[Schmo]

It all depends. I use a 6.5prc with 100gr eld-vt. Sometimes i get a frontal shot and no exit and you can barely tell the coyote has been shot. Sometimes you get a mess!

On coyote I can understand, as I’d expect the damage to be internal. But on groundhogs/pdogs and such, it would probably shred them.

 

[bpitcher]

~150 lb Hog at 46 yrds offhand. 6CM 108 ELDM @ 2915 fps.

Bullet entered high shoulder.


Hole behind the hide was about 30 caliber.


Behind the shoulder the wound cavity had expanded to about golf ball size, taking out two ribs and shattering the shoulder into pieces.


Bullet lodged in the far side hide. Roughly 12-14 inches of penetration.

 

[MT-nuffgun]

What bullet?

 

[TxLite]

What bullet?

Post says 108 eldm at 2915

 

[Adbarnes01]

Been researching a fast twist 243. Settled on a Weatherby 307 7.5 twist. Anybody got any experience with 115 bergers out of one of these? Thinking about loading some up for this deer season

 

[khuber84]

Been researching a fast twist 243. Settled on a Weatherby 307 7.5 twist. Anybody got any experience with 115 bergers out of one of these? Thinking about loading some up for this deer season

Saami 243 throat isn't going to fit the 115 very well, it needs even more freebore than a 6cm due to the short throat. If you're above 3k da the 115 should stabilize fine. There are better bullets out there tho. The 108 elite hunter was made to replace the 115, same bc with hybrid ogive and very easy to tune. 109 eldm have been great for me as well, but these bullets are all gonna be deep in the case due to ancient chamber geometry of the saami 243.

 

[Poe]

I know we have a few examples but has anyone done enough testing to figure out what kind of wound channel difference is usually seen between the 95gr NBT and the 90gr eldx. Just curious how much of a difference one could really expect as far as penetration and wound width.

 

[HandgunHTR]

I know we have a few examples but has anyone done enough testing to figure out what kind of wound channel difference is usually seen between the 95gr NBT and the 90gr eldx. Just curious how much of a difference one could really expect as far as penetration and wound width.

While I haven't, my theory would be that the front half/3/4 of the wound channel would look very similar but that the NBT would drive a bit further due to the jacket being thicker near the base of the bullet.