Thread: 6mm Creedmoor goats and deer

That's one hellava nice rifle/ caliber you are running, may put the 243 into retirement (maybe) Certainly good ballistics from a heavy 6 mm bullet. Have you tried it to extended ranges yet?
Nice shooting Dave.

Originally Posted by Mooseman

That's one hellava nice rifle/ caliber you are running, may put the 243 into retirement (maybe) Certainly good ballistics from a heavy 6 mm bullet. Have you tried it to extended ranges yet?
Nice shooting Dave.

Naaaah don't, if you really believe your .243 has suddenly been made redundant - rebarrel with the same twist as the Cm's - bigger case always goes faster with the same projectile. And if you did go 6mil CM, you gain what exactly? Driving the 95 Berger at 3050 in my .243 and it kills stuff dead fast, no need to re invent the wheel.

Originally Posted by 257weatherby

Naaaah don't, if you really believe your .243 has suddenly been made redundant - rebarrel with the same twist as the Cm's - bigger case always goes faster with the same projectile. And if you did go 6mil CM, you gain what exactly? Driving the 95 Berger at 3050 in my .243 and it kills stuff dead fast, no need to re invent the wheel.

No you are right, the 243 is fine as it is, have the 95 SST going at 2950 fps and grouping .5 to an inch depending on my shooting. If I want more power I have a few to choose from. The 6 CM certainly shoots well though.

Originally Posted by 257weatherby

Naaaah don't, if you really believe your .243 has suddenly been made redundant - rebarrel with the same twist as the Cm's - bigger case always goes faster with the same projectile. And if you did go 6mil CM, you gain what exactly? Driving the 95 Berger at 3050 in my .243 and it kills stuff dead fast, no need to re invent the wheel.

243 will never become redundant......its too awesome.

Last evening on the hill tonight. Picked a fat as red hind from the crowd, and dropped her good and proper. The deer had the last laugh though, rolling way the hell off down the hill as I swapped sides for the back straps and rump. Damn this country is steep. Would have been nice if it had ended up down there in the first place...





Watched a beaut stag this arvo, truly a stunning animal, best I’ve seen for a good while. Would have thought about a shot on a different day but wasn’t the plan, didn’t have the daylight, the tools or the inclination....

Originally Posted by Mooseman

That's one hellava nice rifle/ caliber you are running, may put the 243 into retirement (maybe) Certainly good ballistics from a heavy 6 mm bullet. Have you tried it to extended ranges yet?
Nice shooting Dave.

Everything I’ve pointed it at inside 500m is dead @Mooseman. I think it’s a very precise and surprisingly staunch cartridge/twist/bullet combination, the hit sound is coming back to me way louder than anything I’ve used for ages. SMACK.

I’ve got some more video of 400ish goats but the card reader shat itself last night and I can’t get the video off the camera. Spent the afternoon observing dozens of reds and fallow (and goats) in a hard to reach spot, recovery wise, am quite keen to shoot another fat red with this rifle.