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Liked your article MD.
I'm curious what bullet(s) you would use if you were using that cartridge and the rifle in your article if you were going after a trophy Mule Deer or perhaps a caribou.
I actually had one years ago. Sporter weight barrel, I remember a full case of 4350 and a 100 grain Hornady BTSP. Four deer killed and I kind of called it bullet failures. No exit wounds, they went off like varmint bullets. Granted killed quick so some would say it's OK, but I like an exit wound. Thing about the 6mm-06, you can damn near watch the throat erode. Kind of like a 264 win mag or a 220 swift in that way.
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[Thing about the 6mm-06, you can damn near watch the throat erode. Kind of like a 264 win mag or a 220 swift in that way. What a surprise!
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck
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[Thing about the 6mm-06, you can damn near watch the throat erode. Kind of like a 264 win mag or a 220 swift in that way. What a surprise! Well, it was fun while it lasted. My first wildcat. It went on to become my second wildcat, a 338/06. I was planning an Alaskan black bear hunt that never happened. I had worked up a load with the 225 grain Interlock and IMR 4320 that shot great.
The older I become the more I am convinced that the voice of honor in a man's heart is the voice of GOD.
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Bugger,
Thanks very much.
One of the biggies I've discovered is that big game bullets can change with time--both ways. I started using Hornady Spire Points back when they did not include the Interlock ring. They still worked pretty well, but apparently that was because they had a slightly harder-alloy core than some other cup-and-core bullets of the day.
Remington Core-Lokts had much thicker "sidewalls" back then, one reason they worked so well. That changed with the Pointed Soft-Points in the early 1990s, though not with the round-nose CLs.
The same sort of thing has happened with a lot of bullets--both ways, making them both "softer" and "harder." It's hard to keep up! not part of the discussion but that would explain why I love a RN over a SP....back in the 80s pretty much always used 180 and 220 grain RN's in my 06, Remington and Federal brands...
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