The 85 HBT Gamekings are great on deer. Pretty tough bullet that gave good penetration and a great wound channel.
6mm bullets for hunting
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DustThroughaFan
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What did you do for shot placement ? I killed quite a few deer with a 55gr corelokt out of a 22-250, but I always took the high shoulder shot. Never chased one.
Try the ARC! I run the 87 vmax and the 75 Sierra varminter for coyotes.
DustThroughaFan
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Giving it some serious thought. Probably going to ditch my large frame and build an upper in 6arc.
Thinking something along the lines of an spr type upper.
Took a whitetail buck at 250-300yds and made a "poor" shot that ended up being a high shoulder shot, buck dropped immediately and didn't hardly flinch. Several blacktails in the crease, one ran 70-80 yds with literally no heart when I dressed it out, another bucked took a half dozen steps and fell over.
DustThroughaFan
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The 90gr Sierra gamechanger looks promising. Got on the list for some at midway.
roadrunner1
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Hornady Interlock 100 gr. excellent accuracy and deadly on deer.
slikmrc
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90 grain accubond has performed very good out of a 6mm Remington out to 300 yards.
I have used 103 ELDX and 105 VLDH out of my 6 dasher. I found the Hornady to be quite explosive even at dasher speeds on pronghorn out to 300 yds. I might try some monos in the 70 gr weight range for whitetail at 300 yds and under. 6 dasher is so fun to shoot.
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Hugnot
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6mm hunting bullets - death per dollar - 100 grain Hornady Interlock Boat Tail
Just don't shoot at stuff more than 1/4 mile distant.
Just don't shoot at stuff more than 1/4 mile distant.
Gary in MD
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I've killed deer with the 243 Winchester and use the 240 Weatherby a fair amount. The 95 grain ballistic tips are really accurate and death on deer with good expansion and full penetration on broadside shots. I've also killed a few deer with the 105 grain Berger hunting VLD using the 240 and they are super accurate and put a big hole in the offside of the deer on broadside shots.
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I use the 80 gr Hammer Hunter the most for deer to 300 yds. About half are boom flops, the rest 5-10 yds. Haven't hunted with the 105 HVLD, but they shoot great! 243 AI
Critter Picker
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As long as you're getting good accuracy with the 85 Sierra GK why not use it? Not a fancy new bullet, I've killed everything from Prarie dogs to whitetails with them. They just plain work. If it ain't broke don't fix it!
