6BR Norma shooter needs help with hunting bullet selection.

[Wheres-Waldo]

I’ve been shooting MatchBurners in my BR for the better part of 5-6 years and only shooting steel/paper with awesome results.

My son is getting to the age where he’s more than happy shooting MY rifle and has the itch to kill some stuff.

I initially was searching for a bullet that could serve as both a target and hunting projectile that was economical and would be able to handle thin to medium skin game to several hundred yards… Mainly hogs, deer, coyote and ram.

I did not find anything that I was happy to let bridge the gap, and decided that the best option would be to keep my current range load, and start a new load development with a hunting bullet.

I’m still wide open on hunting bullet options but have done some initial development with the 103 gr ELD-X.

I’m concerned about interlock vs bonded cores, and know a bonded bullet would be better on hogs specifically, which I foresee being the bulk of what we kill in TX.

Seeing as how he will be shooting whatever we decide on out of a 6BR and likely at BR speeds… 2700-ish… should I stay with an interlock construction to get safe and reliable expansion, even if I give up a little bit of weight retention?

 

[Mike Casselton]

105 Berger hunters.
On my BRs they hit to the same POI out to 800yds

Edit to clarify: they have the same impact and trajectory as the 105 MB. The Berger are just more consistent.

 

[spife7980]

The eldx will be fine on hogs

 

[NELAshooter]

Check out the Berger 108 Elite Hunter. I harvested 2 deer with it. 1 at 25 yards and the other at 325 yards. Performed perfectly.

 

[XP1K]

I've been playing with the 95gr berger hunting vld and the 90gr Sierra TGK in a 22" dasher. The bergers are doing mid to upper 2700's. Sierras are running 2850ish. Preference towards the berger at the moment. Popped some caracaras that liked to take a run at my ducks with both bullets. The sierra seemed to hold together a little better. A little more explosive result with the berger.

Also have the 108 elite hunter, but I havent loaded any yet. I shot the 85gr sierra bthp gameking a lot from a 243AI. Its a pretty good one also. Probably work well at br speeds.

 

[Hickswr]

108 eldm would serve you well or Berger 108 elite hunter

 

[sheepdog697]

im going to try the 90gr ballistic tip this year for whitetail out of my 6 dasher. Im finishing up the ladder test now. Hoping to be north of 3000 fps. should do well.

 

[diggler1833]

I think just about every bullet mentioned already is going to work. Since 6BR, I'm assuming accuracy is going to be there... so I'm just jumping in to point out that shooting hogs in the head and neck don't require much of any kind of fancy bullet.

 

[BoilerUP]

108gr Elite Hunter FTW

 

[XP1K]

108gr Elite Hunter FTW

Taken much game with that bullet ? I've got a box to load in my dasher but I haven't put any together yet.

 

[BoilerUP]

Taken much game with that bullet ? I've got a box to load in my dasher but I haven't put any together yet.

I unfortunately have not.

That being said, after taking a deer with a 107SMK, I chose the 108EH as a "do it all" bullet based on accuracy, BC and terminal effect reviews.

I have also taken deer with Amax, though not the 108 ELDM.

 

[kthomas]

People have killed a lot of animals with Scenars. The 105 Scenars are probably worth a look.

 

[aprocast]

People have killed a lot of animals with Scenars. The 105 Scenars are probably worth a look.

Yeah, I wouldn’t, Scenars are on the harder side and need more speed, a 90 grain ballistic tip or even an 87 V max would be a much better choice.

 

[Haney]

I use 85 grain Nosler Partitions for whitetail , taken many of them with no problems with deer in the 165-225 pound range . I have tried many bullets up to 105 grains and always go back to the noslers .

Scenars are a bad choice.