Thread: 6mm Creedmoor vs 243

Statistics can be used to prove anything you like, Select your own cartridge/pill combination driving along quickly, against it select a cartridge/ pill combination with a much lesser bc, drive it slowly and viola! your point is proved.

Lucky for me I guess, my .243 (9t) is one of those weird ones that can push a decent bc pill fast, my 95 Berger is going 3050 at a not max load, 300m? 2400fps, big Red just goes down where he stands, as do Tahr, somewhat harder to kill than a Red if you cock it up........ Oddly, it will push a 105 Berger at 2950, and the 9 twist still keeping it stable at 300m arriving at about the same speed as the 95.

Imagine, if you will, a world where the 6mmCreedmoor had a 10 twist and pushed a 95 Nbt slowly, and a .243 had a 7.5 twist and pushed a 108 Amax fast..........

Originally Posted by 257weatherby

Statistics can be used to prove anything you like, Select your own cartridge/pill combination driving along quickly, against it select a cartridge/ pill combination with a much lesser bc, drive it slowly and viola! your point is proved

Nope. Nice try but not even vaguely close mate.

Both examples I gave above are using the same muzzle velocity (3,000 ft./sec). Which is a realistic muzzle velocity for both cartridges using those common and popular bullets, not the hottest load and by no means the slowest. It’s the most sensible way of demonstrating the difference between the two cartridges at the range our mate here told us he wants to be able to shoot large deer.

And why when shooting large red deer in particular, I have come to the view that one is more suitable than the other.

I get the .243 fanboy reticence to see the issue for what it is. Remember I have been a .243 shooter since I was in my early teens, 40 years ago. I can out-fanboy the best when it comes to loving the .243 Winchester. In that time there’s only been a handful of years that I have not been in possession of one. I know the cartridge inside out and back to front, just like you.

I also know what 30% more thump looks like at the business end….