Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting Best deer bullet for 6x45 (6mm/.223)?

Takes a lot to keep a deer down...

When you shoot it poorly...

good one gregW!

70 NBT is what I'd be all about

Dober

could you get the 75 or 85gr X up to speed to work well in this cartridge?

I still haven't gotten around to putting a barrel on an action that I have a barrel laying around with plans to be made into a 6 x 45....

but I have downloaded 243s to those kind of velocities...

on our blacktail here...

take your pick... some of my favorites.. 80 grain Ballistic Tip, 75 grain HP Hornady.. Sierra... Speer, 75 VMax, 65 grain V Max...
60 grain Sierra HP, 70 grain TNT...

I'd have confidence on blacktail with anyone of those bullets at 6 x 45 MVs...

all of those bullet do quite well at lower velocities for penetration...and of course we know it is all about shot placement

for kids, or some of we 'getting old' guys, I thought a neat little package for hunting deer here in Oregon, would be a Ruger Compact barreled in a 6 x 45 or a 6 x 47....

and as a response to Blammer's Signature line about your ship coming in...if you don't want to unload it...

Call 202.456.1414... and ask for Barry or Joe, and tell them you need some governmental assistance...

No, It's you guy's that aren't bright.You a Have stupid comment for every dam thing anyone say's.Fireball 2 had more intelligent things to say than the rest of you retards.You don't have to shoot every bullet to know alot about ballistics and what sizes work on deer.Keep shooting your varmint size bullets on deer.You will here me laughing when your tracking it all night.Steeldouch!!

I had a 6MM Improved Wasp made for my youngest son because he was really small when he was young, for Antelope and Deer. This was many years ago and what was available that shot well was a Hornady 70 Grain SP. They still make them. At that time they made a 70 SX also and he used that bullet on varmints. The standard 70 worked well on the 3-4 antelope and the 3-4 mule deer he shot. I do recall one nice antelope buck he shot on the shoulder because of how loud the crack was when the bullet hit. The antelope folded and never even reaised his head.
It might be worth a try.

Isn't Barnes saying 1,800 fps or so for the TSX and TTSX to open and perform? Personally, I'd save the monometals for high speed and go with a good cup and core for slower speed calibers. I like the NBT and the SST, thinking the later is a bit tougher than the former. Both are very accurate. I'd see what the gun liked and go from there.

IMHO,

DF