6mm creed deer bullet

[BEN243]

What would be a good deer hunting bullet to use in a 6mm creedmore ?

 

[Gb300wm]

A 90 gr Accubond would really do the job. I load them in my daughters 243.

 

[sawcarver]

For whitetails the 108 ELDm has done well for me in several 6mms from 50 yards to 400

 

[Kermit in Va.]

+1 for the accubonds

 

[7887mm08]

I am going to try the hornady 90 ELD-X

 

[Gary in MD]

The 95 grain Ballistic Tips have worked very well for me out of my 243 Winchester and my 240 Weatherby.
Good expansion and penetration with superb accuracy.
Gary

 

[dk17hmr]

I really like the 90gr Sierra Game Changer in my 6-250AI. 3375fps from a 22" barrel with reloader 16 kills critters really well.

 

[Drop Port]

What would be a good deer hunting bullet to use in a 6mm creedmore ?

Everything mentioned above and a bunch more, what distance? 80lb does? 275lb bucks, one hole or two? what are you shooting now?

You can always add a Sierra 85GK to the mix, they are proven.

 

[Mark W]

My 6mm bullet selection depends on twist. I use Sierra 85 Gameking, Sierra 100 Gameking, or Berger 105 Hunting VLD. All three work great if you put them in the right place.

 

[B23]

My 6CM only has a 9tw barrel so I'm a bit more limited but even if I wasn't and I wanted to use it for deer, I'd go with the 95gr Berger's.

IMO, hunting bullet choice/s comes down to which bullet theory you prefer. Some bullet designs are all about weight retention and penetration. The other is about just penetrating the hide then going off like a grenade and creating as big of a wound channel as possible so the animal bleeds out as quickly as it can. I've had pretty good luck with Berger's so I generally buy into the latter of the two, but both seem to get the job done.

 

[Plumsask]

What about the barnes 95 gr LRX?

 

[areaone]

Sierra 85 grain hpbt.....accurate and deadly. Works in any twist....have used it in a 244 Remington..12 twist, deadly on antelope.

 

[swd]

I’ve killed a few with the 95 Partition. Works great!

 

[MikeT49]

If you throat it for 90 TGKs you can also load 70 SBKs to just off touch and still have plenty of bearing surface in the neck. Just had my barrel dude do me a plain Jane 243 using my supplied dummy rounds. 8tw, 3R. I was pleasantly suprised to find the 70 SBK seating depth. Nobody has mentioned the 85 Partition. Get em up to speed and voltage and they kill like Thor's hammer.

 

[swd]

Nobody has mentioned the 85 Partition. Get em up to speed and voltage and they kill like Thor's hammer.

I killed one deer with the 85 Partition. It worked fine but I get pass through a on a heart lung shot with 95’s so I’ve stayed with them. I like them leaking out both sides.

 

[STOMP442]

I haven't seen a deer yet, walk away from the 105 Berger VLD. The hybrid also works well.

 

[MikeT49]

I killed one deer with the 85 Partition. It worked fine but I get pass through a on a heart lung shot with 95’s so I’ve stayed with them. I like them leaking out both sides.

For me, true on the no pass through. However, on behind the shoulder shots (I don't like ruining meat) the two I've shot with 85Ps went about 3' straight down, no tracking involved. Those were big Northern whitetails.

 

[Ccrider]

This all depends on where you intend to shoot the deer and what distance you are shooting from.

 

[farmerjohn]

This all depends on where you intend to shoot the deer and what distance you are shooting from.

I wish I knew the right answer to the OP 's original question from some fokes with experience. I've killed a lot of deer with different 6mm's, but always with a head or neck shot. When ever I went "horn hunting" I always carried my old Mod.70 300H&H with good 180gr bullets so I could be sure of a DRT from any angle. Last few years I have been hunting from a permanent stand I can shoot up to 500 yds and end up taking two rifles, a 6mm and my old H&H. I just got a new deer rifle built, a 6CM. Got Berger 105 VLD hunting running around 3200fps and the new 100 Serria Game Changers a little over 3300. Both shooting under 2" at 300 yds, having never body shot a deer with either I'm trying to get the nerve to just take it and no back up this fall. Be interested in actual results myself.....John

 

[B23]

When it's all said and done, I think shot placement is far more important than "The" perfect bullet so pick a bullet, develop a load, and practice. That'll do much more for you than just about anything else.