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Is this bullet strongly enough constructed for deer out of a 6mm Remington. I usually use heavier bullets, but these suckers really shoot out of my No.1.

yep

Taken several mule deer, Columbian blacktail, antelope and several species of African plains game with my 240 WBY, deadly and accurate. Oh, and many wild hogs.

I typically love ballistic tips and I've seen this bullet do good work out of the 6mm Rem and .243 WSSM. However, this is also the only bullet that I've seen classicly "fail" by blowing up on shoulders. One a Texas Whitetail that I finished with a .30-30 (buddy shot him). One a Wyoming Mule Deer buck that I shot 6 or 7 times while he staggered around.
Weird stuff happens, but I've mostly seen good things from this bullet.

Yes, but if you ever NEED sure penetration on a trophy buck that only offers 1 suboptimal shot, I'd rather have the 95 grain Partition loaded in my .243" bore rifle.

I shoot 95 grain BTs at paper and varmints, but load the tougher 95 grain Partition when shooting medium game. In my .243" bore rifles, 243/244/6mm, those 2 bullets shoot to the same approximate POA, so no need to rezero, just swap ammo and go hunting.

Jeff

I shoot he 95 grain Combined Technology (Ballistic Tip) In both my 6MM and several .243's. Took 3 deer last season with the 6MM, closest 45 yars, furthest 150 yards. It performed flawlessly on every one..

Yepper it is, I've used it quite a bit out of a 6/06 and to date we've never kept one in a deer or lope. It'll do very well for you I have no doubt!

Dober

Yes, it works great on mule deer, particularly after it has a bit of room to slow down before impact. I'd favor the chest/lungs shot with it rather than the shoulder shot, although my son had one absolutely destroy the off-side leg bone on the way out. Complete penetration and instant death in that case.

Good bullet. If your rifle shoots it well, go for it!

6BR, around 3,000 mv, 2 deer last year, worked fine. One of my top choices in 6mm. 5/8" groups at 200 yds....for three, never tried 5.

Most of my shots on deer are very close, under 75 yards. The 95 gr. Ballistic Tips work fine as I shoot necks or ribs, have yet to recover one from our under 150 pound deer. It has been a bit different for me on feral hogs though and I like a bit bigger bullet for them.

That's exactly what I did, one neck, one lunged. For Hogs, the 85 Barnes is the 'magic bullet' for a 6 bore IMHO. On deer of any size, I'd be very comfortable using the 95 BTs unless I planned to try breaking ALOT of bone, then the TSX would get the nod.

the 95g BTs are one of the most accurate bullets out of my 6mm Rem. I run them at 3260fps with imr4831. I have not shot a deer with them though, plenty of yotes, and other vermin. I know they will work on deer, but I feel there are better bullet choices for deer out of a 6mm. I run 90g Sciroccos at 3400fps for deer.

a buddy gave me a box of factory win ammo for my 243, loaded with the 95gr bt's. i killed one whitetail (maybe 80-90 yards) and at least 10 beavers. after i shot them up i went back to my 100gr partitions for deer and 100gr blue box federals for the beavers. if he gives me another box i'll shoot em'.

Loaded some 95 Ballistic tips for a buddy, in a 6mm AI Rem he had... with an MV of about 3400 fps, he reported back that he killed two antelope and two mule deer with those loads in Montana.

One each for him and one each for his son.

He reported he had never seen a more 'instant' kill than that.
His previous use had been a 7 Rem Mag.

95gr B-Tip result at 98m fired with 23" barrel, Thompson TCR

54kg Bambi

Fellas, for hogs it's a little light.. If you hit them in the lungs you'll do ok but hit a shoulder or a raking shot or perhaps a bigger tough boar and it just won't get the job done. I love a 6mm but frankly just haven't found a really good hog bullet. In my rifle the TSX doesn't display decent accuracy.

ori..,

Use them in my 6mm and a couple of .243s. No problems with killing deer and small groups to boot.

O

Deer are in no way immune to a 95 grain 6mm slug.

Reading all the above, you will see that it works fine with broadside shots behind the shoulder, which one would suspect..I would not feel comfortable shooting through the shoulders or taking a raking shot with one..I would prefer a more strongly constructed bullet, why take a chance, that doesn't even make since to me...

Like the often quoted "use enough gun", add to that "use enough bullet" IMO is more important.

PatB, what accuracy are you getting w/TSX?

See my post below on the 85 Barnes and it's field/terminal performance.

My 243 was sighted in for 85 Sierra BTHP GKs at the time I shot that hog, I substituted the Barnes, never had tried them for accuracy, or POI for that matter, had loaded about 8 or 9 the year before and had been awaiting an opportunity to give one a go. I had an inkling that day was going to give me one, so I chambered one up when I got in my stand with my son, and I was right.

The Barnes 85 IMHO is one of the deadliest 6mm slugs going. 95-105s will retain more lbs WAY out there, but for MOST common distances, there are very few flies on the TSX IMO.

YMMV.

BTW, if a rifle does not like the 85 after several loads, I'd try the 80 TTSX. I simply substitued the same IMR4350 load I had for the Sierra and seating depth. POI was fine for that shot on the hog at 240 yds, where I had a 200 zero prior w/Sierra.

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