03-31-2023, 05:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-31-2023, 05:17 PM by Stinky Coyote.)
JASmith Wrote:Regarding 6mm performance on deer, look over user comments on Midway and elsewhere.
You will see that 100gr-class bullets uniformly get excellent reviews in the southern tier of states, particularly in Florida, Texas and Arizona. These deer generally weigh less than 130 lb as adults.
Move to more northerly states where deer runn as much as 330 lb, and a few complaints of wounded and lost deer start to appear.
We see very few complaints of this nature with 125 grains and heavier cup and core bullets.
Interesting viewpoint not discussed often enough. Even though my main criteria formula is sd/construction/impact velocity and will trust it implicitly even below 120 grain bullets and into the 6mm's but as noted and agreed by most...the 6mm's fall into the 'niche' end of spectrum for big game hunting, and naturally that means sub 120 gr bullets. The .25 cals have some bridge the gap bullet weights from there to the 6.5's but the 6.5's on up generally starts a 120 gr....excluding most copper stuff.
Having said all that, my 4th criteria in my selection was bullet weight 120 grains or higher to be a legitimate (not niche) bullet choice for big game hunting, granted at the lighter end...but still legit. For some reason outside the numbers I was simply wanting to throw at least that amount of lead down range at game.
And that's a dandy buck a couple posts up. Have a friend who's been smashing things with 6-dasher with 105's at 2900 fps for long time, good size Alberta mature buck at 500m instant dead no prob. Very precise shooter and deadly on game. Big game a snap for him and that combo as he's usually smashing coyotes with it, in hurry up situations, running, at distances etc. There really is nothing that will make big game a breeze better than coyote hunting imo.
