Thread: 6mm Creedmoor vs 243

Originally Posted by Flyblown

6mm CM: 108gr ELD-M at 300m: hits at 2,450 ft./sec with 1450 ft-lbs thump
243 Win: 95gr Nosler BT at 300m: hits at 2,240 ft./sec with 1050 ft-lbs thump (30% less)

A fast twist 6CM with high BC bullet outperforms a slow twist 243 with a lower BC bullet, no question, especially when the range stretches out.

But I doubt that a big red hind hit in the hilar zone would notice the difference in the scenario above. She would be dead right there, either way