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<blockquote data-quote="Engineering101" data-source="post: 844326" data-attributes="member: 63138"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">There are a lot of reasons a guy might have for picking one rifle over another. In my case, I would choose the 6mm Rem for deer. In my opinion it is the perfect deer gun – but of course for my reasons. I was raised on venison and don't like wasting it and the 6mm makes them just dead enough. The bullet usually stops on the opposite rib. I have a Douglas barreled Sako 6mm Rem and I've shot the majority of a couple of dozen deer including mulies, whitetail and blacktail with that rifle using the 100 grain Sierra flat base or later the SPBT which has a decent BC.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I switched to the 6mm after my 30-06 hammered the front half of a little buck that I hit a bit too far forward. A friend of mine told me recently that he literally cut a deer in half with his 300 RUM and some factory loaded ammo with soft bullets. The fact that there was "a lot" of meat loss did not seem to bother him all that much. I have no problem with a guy using whatever he likes for whatever reason he might have. As I said, my reason for my choice is I like them just dead enough. They usually stumble for 20 yards or so and go down. I can't think of any that went further. Said another way, I like to AVOID cutting them in half but I'm not a purist. The season before last I shot a whitetail over in Montana with my 338 RUM just to see what kind of meat damage I got with Barnes TTSXs. In thinking about how those bullets work, I expected the meat damage to be low and as it turns out, I was right. So I might take the 338 after deer too – but not without the Barnes bullets. Also when you start personally seeing grizzly in your hunting territory, the 338 takes on a new appeal. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I have switched over to the TTSXs in the 6mm Rem. I'm curious to see if it is enough gun using these bullets which will no doubt pass clear through meaning that some of the kinetic energy will not end up in the deer. That bullet is running 3,400 fps at the muzzle and groups around an inch at 200 yards so I couldn't resist loading up a batch. I will however switch back to the Sierras if deer go more than 20 yards. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Engineering101, post: 844326, member: 63138"] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]There are a lot of reasons a guy might have for picking one rifle over another. In my case, I would choose the 6mm Rem for deer. In my opinion it is the perfect deer gun – but of course for my reasons. I was raised on venison and don’t like wasting it and the 6mm makes them just dead enough. The bullet usually stops on the opposite rib. I have a Douglas barreled Sako 6mm Rem and I’ve shot the majority of a couple of dozen deer including mulies, whitetail and blacktail with that rifle using the 100 grain Sierra flat base or later the SPBT which has a decent BC.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I switched to the 6mm after my 30-06 hammered the front half of a little buck that I hit a bit too far forward. A friend of mine told me recently that he literally cut a deer in half with his 300 RUM and some factory loaded ammo with soft bullets. The fact that there was “a lot” of meat loss did not seem to bother him all that much. I have no problem with a guy using whatever he likes for whatever reason he might have. As I said, my reason for my choice is I like them just dead enough. They usually stumble for 20 yards or so and go down. I can’t think of any that went further. Said another way, I like to AVOID cutting them in half but I’m not a purist. The season before last I shot a whitetail over in Montana with my 338 RUM just to see what kind of meat damage I got with Barnes TTSXs. In thinking about how those bullets work, I expected the meat damage to be low and as it turns out, I was right. So I might take the 338 after deer too – but not without the Barnes bullets. Also when you start personally seeing grizzly in your hunting territory, the 338 takes on a new appeal. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I have switched over to the TTSXs in the 6mm Rem. I’m curious to see if it is enough gun using these bullets which will no doubt pass clear through meaning that some of the kinetic energy will not end up in the deer. That bullet is running 3,400 fps at the muzzle and groups around an inch at 200 yards so I couldn’t resist loading up a batch. I will however switch back to the Sierras if deer go more than 20 yards. [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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