6mm /.243 hunting success on Big Game

[Nine Banger]

I bought the rest of a limited inventory of this discontinued ammo and they will be long gone before Fall but I'm curious.

Would yall send one of these on an animal?

Nosler Match Grade 6mm Creedmoor Ammo 115 Grain Nosler RDF Jacketed

Nosler Match Grade Ammunition is loaded using Nosler Custom Brass and meticulously weighed powder along with trusted Nosler Bullets. The brass goes...

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[Austin Kaufman]

That’s a nice trophy photo congrats

Thanks!


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[sierracharlie338]

I bought the rest of a limited inventory of this discontinued ammo and they will be long gone before Fall but I'm curious.

Would yall send one of these on an animal?

Nosler Match Grade 6mm Creedmoor Ammo 115 Grain Nosler RDF Jacketed

Nosler Match Grade Ammunition is loaded using Nosler Custom Brass and meticulously weighed powder along with trusted Nosler Bullets. The brass goes...

www.midwayusa.com

I remember hearing mixed results with those RDFs so prob wouldn’t be my first choice personally.

 

[7IsAHolyNumber]

First timing using a 6mm this year (have mostly used 7’s and 6.5’s). Deer took was a full size PA doe.

6BRA
108gr Elite Hunter
2765fps w/H4895

No pictures for sharing but the shot was ~100yds quarter. Entrance was a little behind the vitals closer to liver. Ran ~50yds and died. Good blood trail along the way.

No exit was found. When field dressing, there was a lot of damage and jellied parts. Very surprised she was able to run as far as she did.

Bullet is quite impressive on target as well.

 

[Chris in TN]

I bought the rest of a limited inventory of this discontinued ammo and they will be long gone before Fall but I'm curious.

Would yall send one of these on an animal?

Nosler Match Grade 6mm Creedmoor Ammo 115 Grain Nosler RDF Jacketed

Nosler Match Grade Ammunition is loaded using Nosler Custom Brass and meticulously weighed powder along with trusted Nosler Bullets. The brass goes...

www.midwayusa.com

I'd think the tiny little nose opening isn't going to be consistent; one might be violent and the next just pencil through. I don't have any direct experience - I've never shot an RDF, much less at game - but just looking at the design tells me 'no'.

 

[Matt5266]

When I was looking at them once upon a time I remember seeing more negatives than positives on the RDF. But I have no personal experience with them

 

[Rockpicker]

RDFs earned the reputation of Really Don’t Fly. A lot of problems with them and consistency. One would hope Nosler got them figured out. Barnes Match Burners had a bad reputation when first released and they seem to be a lot better now according to people I know that shoot them.

 

[Nine Banger]

RDFs earned the reputation of Really Don’t Fly. A lot of problems with them and consistency. One would hope Nosler got them figured out. Barnes Match Burners had a bad reputation when first released and they seem to be a lot better now according to people I know that shoot them.

I'll have them this week and post a group if anyone is interested but kinda off topic for this thread.

I wasn't sure if the bullets were discontinued or just the loaded ammo.

It's slim pickings right now for factory loaded high BC 6 creed.

 

[7IsAHolyNumber]

RDFs earned the reputation of Really Don’t Fly. A lot of problems with them and consistency. One would hope Nosler got them figured out. Barnes Match Burners had a bad reputation when first released and they seem to be a lot better now according to people I know that shoot them.

Other synonym floating around is Random Damn Flyer (RDF) as there was always one reported to unexplainably not want to join the group lol.

I used the 140’s in a 6.5 creedmoor a little bit and they shot pretty well. They were handloaded so was able to “tune” them in. I experienced the flyer phenomenon sometimes but never really mattered for my level of entertainment.

 

[sierracharlie338]

First timing using a 6mm this year (have mostly used 7’s and 6.5’s). Deer took was a full size PA doe.

6BRA
108gr Elite Hunter
2765fps w/H4895

No pictures for sharing but the shot was ~100yds quarter. Entrance was a little behind the vitals closer to liver. Ran ~50yds and died. Good blood trail along the way.

No exit was found. When field dressing, there was a lot of damage and jellied parts. Very surprised she was able to run as far as she did.

Bullet is quite impressive on target as well.

That 108EH is a killer for sure

 

[Brandon_SPC]

Another 6mm ARC kill with the Howa Mini. 108 ELDM, 230 yard shot so about 2197 FPS impact velocity. This marks 11 with the 108 ELDMs this year. Next year it will be the 107 TMKs.


Blood Trail of this buck.

 

[Brandon_SPC]

Here is two separate videos of blood trails I video from some does I took. First one was a 63 yard shot, second one was a 280 or so yard shot.

 

[BasicUtahrd95]

Another 6mm ARC kill with the Howa Mini. 108 ELDM, 230 yard shot so about 2197 FPS impact velocity. This marks 11 with the 108 ELDMs this year. Next year it will be the 107 TMKs.


Blood Trail of this buck.

That's really cool buck! Nice work!

 

[WyoWild]

Here is two separate videos of blood trails I video from some does I took. First one was a 63 yard shot, second one was a 280 or so yard shot.

Awesome!

 

[WyoWild]

Forgot to share this on here but here is a quick video of a badlands backcountry hunt with my Howa Mini 6 Arc. Took a nice buck at 220 yards. Footage of the actual shot is zoomed in and a little grainy but as you can see dropped him right on the spot. This was with the Berger 105 VLD Hunting bullet with a MV of 2640.

 

[Matt5266]

Forgot to share this on here but here is a quick video of a badlands backcountry hunt with my Howa Mini 6 Arc. Took a nice buck at 220 yards. Footage of the actual shot is zoomed in and a little grainy but as you can see dropped him right on the spot. This was with the Berger 105 VLD Hunting bullet with a MV of 2640.

Nice buck and great quick video! Congrats!

 

[handwerk]

Nice on both the video and beautiful buck.

 

[bnsafe]

brandon, are those factory eldm, or you roll your own. the factories shoot lights out for me, but slow. seems like yall are shooting heavys instead of the 95 gr stuff

 

[Brandon_SPC]

brandon, are those factory eldm, or you roll your own. the factories shoot lights out for me, but slow. seems like yall are shooting heavys instead of the 95 gr stuff

Yeah these are factory. Most lots I've shot average around 2515-2530 fps. I did just recently started rolling my own and did a velocity node test with Staball Match, Alpha Brass, and 107 SMKs and found two nodes in the 2600 fps range for this 16.5" barrel. I'm going to also try and experiment with Reloader 15.5 and see where that gets me.

 

[ckt3]

Might pick up some of this as 243 range ammo at $0.85 per round. Any experiences with it? Wondering who makes the brass. Keeping it for reloads after a bulk order would be nice.

Barnes 243 Win 100 grain JHP BT 2960 FPS (20 rd box) - Rivertown Munitions

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