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<blockquote data-quote="ImBillT" data-source="post: 3082943" data-attributes="member: 117715"><p>Powerful enough for what? A whitetail? Definitely. A mule deer? Probably with a heavy bullet. A 6mm Remington shouldn't have any trouble getting a 115gr VLD to 800yds above 1800fps. It would probably kill deer just fine below 1800fps.</p><p></p><p>There's a guy on another forum that claims 87gr VLD's are excellent mule deer killers. I like to hit mule deer with more than 87gr, but that doesn't mean it won't work just fine. I killed my first mule deer with an 85gr solid base at 475yds.</p><p></p><p> Believe it or not, the BC on that bullet is so bad that it has the same energy at 500yds that a 115VLD from the same cartridge would have at 1000yds. So yeah, I think 6mm's have enough "power" for deer. I personally would recommend 105gr or more for large deer, and might not recommend a 6mm for elk, but a 243Win, 6mm Creedmore, or 6mm Rem should all be excellent deer cartridges, even at long range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ImBillT, post: 3082943, member: 117715"] Powerful enough for what? A whitetail? Definitely. A mule deer? Probably with a heavy bullet. A 6mm Remington shouldn't have any trouble getting a 115gr VLD to 800yds above 1800fps. It would probably kill deer just fine below 1800fps. There's a guy on another forum that claims 87gr VLD's are excellent mule deer killers. I like to hit mule deer with more than 87gr, but that doesn't mean it won't work just fine. I killed my first mule deer with an 85gr solid base at 475yds. Believe it or not, the BC on that bullet is so bad that it has the same energy at 500yds that a 115VLD from the same cartridge would have at 1000yds. So yeah, I think 6mm’s have enough “power” for deer. I personally would recommend 105gr or more for large deer, and might not recommend a 6mm for elk, but a 243Win, 6mm Creedmore, or 6mm Rem should all be excellent deer cartridges, even at long range. [/QUOTE]
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