6mm /.243 hunting success on Big Game

[TxLite]

Nice! How you liking that McMillan?

Been a fan of it so far. Spotting impacts has been easy.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Been a fan of it so far. Spotting impacts has been easy.

I shoulda jumped on the initial run.

 

[Timjohnson11]

Just a heads up, Ally Munitions is offering 109 ELDM ammo for 6 Creed. Kinda pricey but I'll let you know how they shot.

6MM CREED 109GR ELDM CULL BUCK

Premium 6mm Creedmoor 109gr ELD-M hunting ammo from Ally Munitions' new Cull Buck series. Built for match-grade accuracy and deadly performance on deer, hogs, and pronghorn.

allymunitions.com

 

[TxLite]

200 yards with 108 elite hunters. MV 2943.

Broadside shot. Buck ran ~75 yards. Lots of lung chunks and heavy blood in the blood trail. Lungs hanging out of exit hole. Exit shoulder had slight meat loss but very little overall.

 

[sierracharlie338]

200 yards with 108 elite hunters. MV 2943.

Broadside shot. Buck ran ~75 yards. Lots of lung chunks and heavy blood in the blood trail. Lungs hanging out of exit hole. Exit shoulder had slight meat loss but very little overall.

Those 108s seem to be some flat out killers

 

[huntnful]

Those 108s seem to be some flat out killers

Jeeze you ain’t kidding. I was just thinking the same thing while scrolling through.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Jeeze you ain’t kidding. I was just thinking the same thing while scrolling through.

Ive been very impressed with the 6.5/140 in my 260 and 205 in my 30 Nosler. Several guys here are wrecking animals with the .25/133s

 

[huntnful]

Ive been very impressed with the 6.5/140 in my 260 and 205 in my 30 Nosler. Several guys here are wrecking animals with the .25/133s

The right berger in any caliber can be pretty tough to beat. They shoot excellent and kill violently. The .264 156’s have wrecked stuff for me lately.

 

[TxLite]

Those 108s seem to be some flat out killers

My first time shooting them at game. 4 Antelope so far, all very dead. I didn’t post one of the other does but it was 150 yards frontal, ran 40 and tumbled. I plan to keep shooting them.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

200 yards with 108 elite hunters. MV 2943.

Broadside shot. Buck ran ~75 yards. Lots of lung chunks and heavy blood in the blood trail. Lungs hanging out of exit hole. Exit shoulder had slight meat loss but very little overall.

Nice haulasselope, congrats. Definitely some great bullet performance.

 

[CJ_BG]

200 yards with 108 elite hunters. MV 2943.

Broadside shot. Buck ran ~75 yards. Lots of lung chunks and heavy blood in the blood trail. Lungs hanging out of exit hole. Exit shoulder had slight meat loss but very little overall.

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Did they seem to have a short neck length or did they get pretty far in before opening/shedding/fragmenting?

 

[TxLite]

Did they seem to have a short neck length or did they get pretty far in before opening/shedding/fragmenting?

I did gutless method but seemed like they generally had caliber sized entrance and opened up inside the body cavity unless you hit rib/bone.

 

[FredH]

Anyone still use standard soft points from Hornady, Sierra and Speer? I have had excellent results from all three. My use being mostly before cell phones were everywhere, heck even before pictures became digital. And it was a time when pictures of gore were not normally posted.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Anyone still use standard soft points from Hornady, Sierra and Speer? I have had excellent results from all three. My use being mostly before cell phones were everywhere, heck even before pictures became digital. And it was a time when pictures of gore were not normally posted.

I kilt many a deer with them 150g interlocks in a 308! They are devastating. Shot a doe at about 340 yards and the exit hole was the size of a softball.

 

[CJ_BG]

Anyone still use standard soft points from Hornady, Sierra and Speer? I have had excellent results from all three. My use being mostly before cell phones were everywhere, heck even before pictures became digital. And it was a time when pictures of gore were not normally posted.

Brother shot a few with 85gr speers and 100gr power points. I know a couple guys that shoot the 100gr interlock.

They all killed but I don't see the super short neck lengths or as heavy of fragmentation compared to tipped bullets. The best of what I saw from standard soft points was the 85 speer. While not just a cup and core soft point, partitions seem to do better, my guess is they have a softer front end.