6mm ARC bullets for deer?

[AWS]

While BCA ARs are fairly decent firearms, I use a BCÀ 223 upper for coyotes, they have to make their price point somewhere and their BCG isn't known to be the strongest. I'd stick with gas gun data.

 

[David Milisock]

Personally I'd use an Accubond or Partition, I've had too much bad luck with 6mm bullets failing on deer.

The absolute last thing you should use is a VMAX of any weight. You won't get decent penetration, and none if you hit bone.

What 6mm cartridge and velocities are causing you they bullet failures?

 

[David Milisock]

That is absolutely not true.

I have dumped a pile of deer and hogs with 87-grain VMax bullets out of my 6X45. Ranges from 10-350 yards and even hits in the dreaded armor known as “shoulders”. Never had a problem with penetration or wound channels.

For the 6ARC, I would take advantage of the faster twist and shorter cartridge to shoot 108 grain ELDMs. They flat-out hammer deer.

Many years ago a fellow suggested that I shoot his steel spinner target at 100 yards with my 6mm Remington. It was loaded with the Hornady 75 grain VMAX load that I use for varmints. I shot and he chuckled because he thought that I had missed, the plate barely moved.

It was true that the plate barely moved, it did so because that 75 grain VMAX launched at 3,900 FPS hit so hard it burned a hole clear through and barely rocked the plate.

I've never used my 6mm on deer but one 6mm shooter at the club got a deer every year for 10 years and only used a 243 Winchester with varmint bulletts. Success is the measure!

 

[SD guy]

I am in the camp that there a lot of options on how to get the job done humanly. Fewer ways to get it done humanly lead free simply due to the fact that there are fewer lead free projectile options. I have only used 2 lead free offerings. Both worked very very well. Fairly sure I could pick another half dozen lead free options that are on the market today & each & every one would work very very well for how I hunt, along with the shot placements I make. YMMV

This is from someone who has taken more deer with cup & core bullets over the years. Clearly monolithic offerings have grown on me. Sadly I never drew a rifle tag for this fall. looks like I will not have a opportunity to grow my experience this fall.

Although I did draw 3 archery tags so I do aim to harvest 3 deer with lead free projectiles using sticks & strings.