STOMP442
Gold $$ Contributor
My 6mmXC rifle just dropped its third deer in just under a year. I got my deer last December, helped my buddy with his boy this past October and my sister in law just used it to harvest her first buck last weekend. So far that rifle has harvested three animals all at over 500 yards. I am convinced the 6mmXC may just be the best all-around deer cartridge I have ever used. This latest deer just cemented this opinion for me. My sister in law shot her buck at 585 yards at a hard uphill angle deep in a canyon. The sound of the impact was like a large man smacking the water in a belly flop contest. The deer was quartered away from us and the 105gr Berger Hybrid entered the rear leg just above the knee then entered the body cavity and traveled up and through the entire deer to come to rest just under the hide on the offside shoulder. To say that deer fell like a cow patty on the prairie would be an affront to cow patties everywhere. Even at over 500 yards that bullet traveled through at least 30" of deer. Very impressive. The second deer it killed was a text book through the shoulder shot and in that case the Berger 105 hybrid punched a nice round hole with a half inch exit wound. I think that deer took two steps before he piled up. The deer I killed last December was at 756 yards and again was a shoulder shot. In that case I was using the 110gr Sierra Match King. To say that bullet is devastating would be an understatement. It worked like a champ but maybe a bit too frangible for my liking and after making some furry hamburger out of some Arizona jack rabbits I decided to switch to the 105 Bergers for my big game needs. I love small efficient cartridges and the XC definitely fits the bill.
