6mm /.243 hunting success on Big Game

[The Guide]

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6mm creedmoor
95 grain LRX
Shot distance about 100 yards
Broadside, Aimed middle middle, hit where I was aiming.
Bear ran about 100 yards.

That 95 LRX is a dang killer. They are one of my favorite ones for the 6CM.

Jay

 

[Thegman]

View attachment 942064
6mm creedmoor
95 grain LRX
Shot distance about 100 yards
Broadside, Aimed middle middle, hit where I was aiming.
Bear ran about 100 yards.

What did the terminal performance look like?

 

[HGL]

Got a chance to test the 108 ELDm at a high velocity impact, a doe came out at about 10 yards. Hit her quartering away from me, and impressively the bullet exited the neck. I was definitely surprised it held together just enough...

6mm creed, 108 ELDm, impact velocity was approximately 2975 fps, I was slightly elevated, so the angle was down from about 5 feet above ground level.

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Pretty much toasted the shoulder. But because I didn't hit the spine, she actually ran about 20-30 yards. Just goes to show you, unless you hit the CNS, they will run, at least a bit.

 

[ehayes]

What did the terminal performance look like?

I didn’t take the time to really look. There was no obvious blood trail, although I didn’t have to look for one as we found the bear quickly. The site where he laid there was very little blood until pressure was put on the chest cavity and then really poured out.

It was a pretty clean pass through with a small entrance hole and an exit hole a little bigger than what you expect from full expansion.

Sorry I don’t have more useful info.

I’d be nervous about losing a bear if the same thing happened again if the area I was hunting was more dense with thick cover.