I've had good luck with 90 gr Nosler bonded out of both my 20" AR and my 20" bolt gun I built out of a Savage donor rifle.
I averaged 3004 FPS out of the bolt gun with a medium load and the bullets touch each other at 100. A real fun gun to shoot, and easily my most accurate rifle.
Two shots, two bang flops. Nice 8 point for the AR, doe for the bolt gun.
I've since built a lighter weight 16" AR in .277 Wolverine and use that mostly, unless I might need to stretch out and reach them past 250.
How about any other big game bullets in the 6.8? Haven't heard good things about SSTs....in anything
Just took my caribou with 120 SST. It went two steps. No meat damage and my POF shoots them less than MOA. Also a very popular cartridge on the 6.8 forum with the hog hunters.
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Shot a doe last year with the 123 SST from a 7.62x39 - launched from a Ruger #1, which gets a little faster velocity than an AK. The deer only ran 40 yards, but the bullet did not penetrate straight, which bothers me.
I've been shooting called yotes with a remmy 6.8SPC for a few years, and have been pretty happy with it.
havent tried many deer-class bullets as i wanted more splatter factor, and i mostly shoot Speer 90gr TNT's, which shot well for me with a stout load of H335.
however, I did get some Nosler 90gr bonded and some Federal 90gr bonded bulk, PM me your address & i'll send you some to try out...
last year i had it cerakoted it in Tungsten, and rattle canned the stock.
shot a couple of hogs with those 90gr TNT's, and headshots really rang their gong....no blood trailing required...
How about any other big game bullets in the 6.8? Haven't heard good things about SSTs....in anything
Just took my caribou with 120 SST. It went two steps. No meat damage and my POF shoots them less than MOA. Also a very popular cartridge on the 6.8 forum with the hog hunters.
Looks like Im gonna hafta try the SSTs.....
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