6br groundhog bullet

[BULLET 05]

I was wanting to see if you guys that shoot ground hogs with a 6BR may have a Bullet of choice. I have a 1:10 barrel. I prefer shooting the critters beyond 300 yds. I have used the 87 Vmax and it does well. I was just going to try a bullet that may be a little more accurate in my gun.

 

[457ciSBC]

Try the Berger 80 grain varmint.

Forum Boss: I have shot that in my 6BR and it was exceptionally accurate. Kills not as explosive as a 22BR shooting plastic tipped bullets, but the 80gr accuracy was outstanding.

 

[WyleWD]

Sierra 80gr Blitz or Sierra 85gr HPBT should work just fine in a 10 tw br. JME. WD

 

[FryeGuy]

I have used the sierra 70blitzkings, 58vmax, 65vmax, 75vmax, 55 ballistic tips. I liked the 65- 75's best. I once used 70 matchkings, but quickly learned they don't open worth a crap at further distances. All of the other bullets worked well for me. I never shot any past 550-600, so I cannot recommend anything beyond those yardages. I did shoot several out to 400-450 with the 55 & 58 grain bullets, they are like lazers, but I liked the extra weight in case of shots beyond those distances.

 

[mike a]

Berger Varminter 88grn flatbase

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

Berger's 87 grain, HVLD's , SHOOT in, the .2's and .3's in my 1-10 Twist, T-3, SS Tikka in .243 Win. with, N-160
Hornady 87 V- maxes,.. .4's to 1/2 MOA with, the same Powder,.. 43.7 grains + CCI Prs at,.. 3,135 FPS
Sierra's #1515 80 grain Varminters, shoot as GOOD as, the V- Maxes with 42.7 grains of IMR 4350 ( Sub 1/2 MOA ). NOTHING can beat, the Berger's in MY, Gun ! You will, PAY for, the Performance, tho !
VhitaVouri Powders and Berger Bullets, are NOT, .."economy class" !

 

[mike a]

Berger's 87 grain, HVLD's , SHOOT in, the .2's and .3's in my 1-10 Twist, T-3, SS Tikka in .243 Win. with, N-160
Hornady 87 V- maxes,.. .4's to 1/2 MOA with, the same Powder,.. 43.7 grains + CCI Prs at,.. 3,135 FPS
Sierra's #1515 80 grain Varminters, shoot as GOOD as, the V- Maxes with 42.7 grains of IMR 4350 ( Sub 1/2 MOA ). NOTHING can beat, the Berger's in MY, Gun ! You will, PAY for, the Performance, tho !
VhitaVouri Powders and Berger Bullets, are NOT, .."economy class" !

Yep, the Vmax and the Sierra 1515 are good but it has been my experience the Berger 88 and 95 Classic Hunter are much, much better. Twice as good at twice the price.

 

[urbanrifleman]

I tried to get Tubb to make a shortened DTAC at 90 grains with a thin jacket for Pdogs, but he declined hahaha'

Worth a shot.

I really think that for the MONEY the 85 HPBT Sierra is the one. Guys really love the 87 Vmax but I have never had much use for Hornady bullets myself. Considering all the great reviews I might need to get some.

 

[LarryDScott]

70GR TNTs shot well for me. LDS

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

@ urban,
The OP is asking for, a MORE "accurate" Bullet than, the V-Max AND, the 3 Bergers, "noted",.. do, THIS !
The V-Maxes I tested and USE, have an extreme Spread almost 3X higher than,.. the Berger's !
Berger's COST, almost, 2X more per Box, tho ! Just trying, to ANSWER, the OP's, Question.
The Sierra, 80's, 85' s, V-Maxes and others, all shoot fine ! BUT,.. NOT,.. Berger FINE !

 

[457ciSBC]

If you ever run across any of these, grab them and sit them on top of as much Varget as you get in the Lapua case.

 

[RussellJ]

Sierra 80gr Blitz or Sierra 85gr HPBT should work just fine in a 10 tw br. JME. WD

+1 for the Sierra #1515 Biltz Bullet. It's one hell of a coyote bullet as well.

 

[RussellJ]

I was wanting to see if you guys that shoot ground hogs with a 6BR may have a Bullet of choice. I have a 1:10 barrel. I prefer shooting the critters beyond 300 yds. I have used the 87 Vmax and it does well. I was just going to try a bullet that may be a little more accurate in my gun.

Try sorting the 87grn V-Max bullets by the distance from the base of the bullet to the 0.219" diameter on the ogive. You will be surprised on the different lengths in the same lot number. The old A-Max bullets seem to have a much tighter tolerance than the V-Max bullets.

 

[JEFFPPC]

75 gr Sierra HP killed a bunch for me. Most 300 to 500 yd. Only head shots counted min. range of 200. Under 200 yd to count had to be offhand not required to be headshots.Oh, 6mm Rem.

 

[urbanrifleman]

@ urban,
The OP is asking for, a MORE "accurate" Bullet than, the V-Max AND, the 3 Bergers, "noted",.. do, THIS !
The V-Maxes I tested and USE, have an extreme Spread almost 3X higher than,.. the Berger's !
Berger's COST, almost, 2X more per Box, tho ! Just trying, to ANSWER, the OP's, Question.
The Sierra, 80's, 85' s, V-Maxes and others, all shoot fine ! BUT,.. NOT,.. Berger FINE !

What does???? hahahaha I mean... Bergers. Right?

I was just making conversation. I think the Sierra 85 is the best for the money (I suppose) that I have tested. I think they would shoot inside the Vmax, but that is just speculation on my part.

 

[JoeyGrapes]

I use 55gr nosler varmint tips, 3800+ FPS. does one hell of a job...

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

Try sorting the 87grn V-Max bullets by the ogive length. You will be surprised on the different lengths in the same lot number. The old A-Max bullets seem to have a much tighter tolerance on ogive lengths than the V-Max bullets.

HEY,.. I'm NOT, the least bit, "surprised" as, the V-Maxes, ES was almost, 3X HIGHER than, the 87 grain HVLD Berger's were,.. when, we were Chrono / accuracy testing, both Loads !
I'm NOT, a Match shooter, so WON'T bother to, "sort", for a Coyote bullet at, 100 to 400 yards, as they, WON'T know,.. the Difference ( I'm pretty,.. SURE ! ) LOL !
MY # 1 store bought, favorite, Bullet= Berger's ! And the Bullet of "choice" IF, the shots are, further out ( say 400+ ).
MY #2,.. ditto, ditto,.. Bullets,..are, Sierra's ! The 80 grain #1515 Varminter Blitz,.. shoots, a tiny bit, "tighter" than, the V-maxes, in MY Rifle ! But the red tipped, V-Maxes, ARE,... Prettier !

 

[GT Accuracy]

I have pretty much shot them all. For a standard 6mm BR it's hard to beat a Berger for accuracy. Whether it's a 68 GR or the 80 class bullets, they all just shoot little tiny groups. As others have mentioned above, they are not nearly as explosive on chucks as the ballistic tips, but if you're going for DRT, they do the job just fine.

If budget constricts you but time does not, you can GREATLY increase the accuracy of the V-Max and Sierra Blitz by sorting by ogive as @RussellJ mentioned. If budget constricts and time does as well, the Blitz has been slightly more accurate for me than the V-Max across the board.

The only time I really don't recommend the Berger varmint bullets is when you're getting up there in the 3900+ velocity scales. They just can't take the speed, especially if you rev them hard, like the BT's can

 

[AckleymanII]

Bullet, a major consideration is to determine how much freebore your chamber has....then start choosing bullets.

 

[ken158]

70 Nosler ballistic tip in my Cooper 6 BR does the job on groundhogs and coyotes.