6mm for ground hogs

[maddysdad]

what would be your faverate wilcat cartrige for them using 75 to 87 grain bullets?

 

[MQ1]

243AI

Mine is a 12 Twist that was chambered by Dan Dowling years ago for a no neck turn Lapua case. My fireform loads were 70 Speer TNTs, and loaded with a jam, would easily shoot crazy tiny groups with little effort. I’ve shot up to 85 gr Sierra Game kings with good results, but have really grown an appreciation for the 80 Berger Varmint.

Have fun making up your mind…lots of neat 6mm wildcats out there…all with pros and cons…

 

[chutem]

Love my 6x45. Considering barrel life...

 

[Webster]

what would be your faverate wilcat cartrige for them using 75 to 87 grain bullets?

6BR or 6BRX. decent barrel life. Accurate.

 

[Capt. Oblivious]

what would be your faverate wilcat cartrige for them using 75 to 87 grain bullets?

How fast do you want to send them?

 

[K22]

While not a wildcat, I used the 243 Win for many years for ground hog with considerable success using factory 80 grain bullets in the 60's then later reloads with 75 grains bullets and eventually settling on the great Sierra 85 BTHP bullet.

 

[K9TXS]

6 BR, 24" length, 8 twist barrel from The Urbar Rifleman

Bergers 87 gr & 105gr VLD Hunting
87's most of the time, 105's for 15+ mph winds

The Wilson barrel that he furnishes you is very nice. I like it so much, he is making me a 20 P right now.

 

[Gary in MD]

Favorite wildcat? I don’t have it anymore but I had a 6mm Ackley Imp that would really hit the hogs hard with the 75 gr Vmax or 80 gr Sierra BLitz.

 

[alf]

what would be your favorite wildcat cartridge for them using 75 to 87 grain bullets?

6x47 Lapua......

 

[WyleWD]

A 10tw 243, 6xc, or 6 CM. Either would be a cinch to load for. 75gr V max, 80gr Sierra blitz, 85gr Sierra HPBT should all shoot very well in any or all of them. JME WD

 

[Uncle Grinch]

Tried several wildcat, but came back to my old standby, 6mm REM with 26 inch stainless Douglas barrel.

 

[itchyTF]

No particular favorite but I use (or used to use) 6mm-260, 6x47L & .243 AI. Doesn’t appear to be many GH’s around here.

 

[DRK]

6x47 Lapua......

Love my 6x45. Considering barrel life...

I agree with both. I like 6x47 L or 6 TCU inside of 300 yds.

 

[Alguapo]

No wildcat but a definite killing machine. Re-barreled Remington 700 Varmint Special in .243 w/ a Rock Creek heavy 8.5 Twist. Shoots 75 grn. Vmax's and the 87 grn. Vmax's . into tiny holes. Man they hit hard.

 

[RabbitSlayer]

You might look at building something to run those new 80 gr ELD VT bullets. I run a 6 creed with heavies for rock chucks and prairie dogs. When the barrel dies I'll get a 6br simply for barrel life.

 

[MasterYoda]

6 Grendel with 108gr ELD-M’s out of a 22” gas gun works good.

 

[MasterYoda]

Great cartridge. Have a 22 Grendel also.

 

[MasterYoda]

6ppc is also good 68gr hpbt Bergers

 

[coldboremiracle]

6GT and 6ARC are the 6's I use. Hammer on the chucks:

Major League Chuckers 9: Chuckageddon

A video featuring a high country Marmot hunt, chasing after marmots in the forest

coldboremiracle.com

 

[AckleymanII]

6 Remington Ackley Improved, 14T shilen zero freebore, 26"

80g Sierra bt Blitz at 3800, R#19, cci 250 primer

70g Nosler ballistic tip at 4100, Win 760, Rem 9 1/2 Primer, 14T, 26"

10T Douglas,26", zero freebore reamer, 3980 fps with 70g Nosler

Chucks take off on bullet impact like they have been shot out of a Circus canon!