6mm /.243 hunting success on Big Game

[Pescetism]

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This is some of the best (and cleanest) animal positioning in all of the success threads.

 

[MT-nuffgun]

Doe #2 with the .243 win savage axis hornady 105 BTHP (not aero match). Shot was 196 yards broadside. Impact velocity: 2370. Bullet entered the vital “V” on the right side, damaged the heart and the front of both lungs and left a golf ball size exit out the left side vital “V”. Found the nose portion of the jacket in the off side exit hole crammed together with no lead in it. The bullet did not open at the hollow point the way it looks. It seems the bullet possibly bent at the hollow point then sheared the jacket off roughly 1/4” behind the tip. Doe ran roughly 30 yard after the shot.

 

[nm.otter]

The bullet did not open at the hollow point the way it looks. It seems the bullet possibly bent at the hollow point then sheared the jacket off roughly 1/4” behind the tip.

Did you happen to grab a photo of the bullet?

 

[MT-nuffgun]

Did you happen to grab a photo of the bullet?

 

[Taudisio]

Standard way of how target hollow points operate.

 

[CJ_BG]

Doe #2 with the .243 win savage axis hornady 105 BTHP (not aero match). Shot was 196 yards broadside. Impact velocity: 2370. Bullet entered the vital “V” on the right side, damaged the heart and the front of both lungs and left a golf ball size exit out the left side vital “V”. Found the nose portion of the jacket in the off side exit hole crammed together with no lead in it. The bullet did not open at the hollow point the way it looks. It seems the bullet possibly bent at the hollow point then sheared the jacket off roughly 1/4” behind the tip. Doe ran roughly 30 yard after the shot.

that's fairly expected from that type of bullet. Tip bends and breaks or collapses in and then they start to fragment and/or tumble

 

[Brap01]

@Formidilosus

I have a 18” 6 creed and my son has a 243. I have 108 eldm and 95 tmk. Which would be better for elk and mule deer out to 500 yards?

I can tell you the 108 ELDM out of my 6 Creed at 2850 FPS did great on my mule deer buck this year at 400 yards. Also killed a spike bull elk with the 108 ELDM this year (from a 6 ARC) and I was happy with it too. I posted a few pages back if you want to see results.

I would shoot the TMKs but bullet availability is a problem. Popular for a good reason I'm sure.