XCR 6.8 Kill shot

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Drewz

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Here she is, nice big doe. One through the sternum almost tore the front leg off and then one behind the eye when her head popped up again from the snow. -29 without the wind chill and 3 minutes left in the day for legal shooting time. Missed a nice big 4 pointer due to a truck hunter driving in on the private land so she went down a couple hours later.

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Very impressed with the damage the bullet caused and the 2-7 Leuopold scope was perfect as well. The shot was down hill from our stand of 22 feet high plus down slope of the land and 155.4 yards. Very nice!!!!!!!!
 
XCR has always run flawlessly I have had it in .223 as well as 7.62x39. This one is my buddies XCR in 6.8 and it shoots lke a lazer for a semi and the groups are surprising. The shot to dust her off was 155 yards and right behind the eye, when I pulled up to check on her the bullet was in hte exact spot I aimed. With the adrenalin going and everything to see it hit its mark exactly is a thrill indeed. Rifle weights are not a big concern of mine since I am a big physical guy so the XCR is cats a$$ in my opinion. I used his gun instead of my M14 shorty as I could not get my scope zero'd in, the XCR got her done but next year my M14 will be in the pictures.
 
Always good to see I am not the only one hunting with an XCR-L in 6.8SPC...

What load where you shooting?

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I'm really not trying to troll anyone by saying this, but that 6.8 really destroyed the front leg of that deer. I'm honestly thinking that it may have been too much bullet. Had that shot been along the back or into a rear leg, you'd have had some serious spoilage. People can say what they will about .223 being underpowered, but there's alot less meat spoiled compared to the destruction you see with larger calibres.
 
Nice work. Great to see a modern autoloader used for hunting purposes. We need more of this, to prevent the further restriction of autoloaders deemed "not suitable for hunting purposes".
 
That was a result of the shot placement not round. A bad shot from a .22 can still lead to spoilage.

Not that I was saying this was a bad shot at all.
 
cancer said:
I'm really not trying to troll anyone by saying this, but that 6.8 really destroyed the front leg of that deer. I'm honestly thinking that it may have been too much bullet. Had that shot been along the back or into a rear leg, you'd have had some serious spoilage. People can say what they will about .223 being underpowered, but there's alot less meat spoiled compared to the destruction you see with larger calibres.
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Get some facts straight first before making statements. It is illegal to hunt with .223 in my province.

Secondly I have never shot from an elevated position before and the round went down to teh leg. Now that she is skinned and gutted there is no meat spoilage at all, it caught the joint after hiting the lung and sternum.

Also going to a smaller round to prevent spoilage is never ever an excuse for taking a poor shot that spoiled an animal. If I was not sure of my placement in the front end I would not have taken the shot.

I can back this statement by admitting openly that I turned away at shooting a buck earlier due to distance, he was moving too much, and I could not be sure of a good shot.

I made a responsible choice, took a good shot, I now know that shooting from an elevated stand means aiming six inches higher at 200.


Thanks for all the comments on the black rifle shooter again!!!!!
 
cancer said:
I'm really not trying to troll anyone by saying this, but that 6.8 really destroyed the front leg of that deer. I'm honestly thinking that it may have been too much bullet. Had that shot been along the back or into a rear leg, you'd have had some serious spoilage. People can say what they will about .223 being underpowered, but there's alot less meat spoiled compared to the destruction you see with larger calibres.
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Actually the 6.8 is a really small bullet compared to a .308 or even a 30/30... About 2/3 the typical mass infact... The gap grows when you consider most folks hunt deer exclusively with .270...

Looks like the bullet did its job on that doe tho.. Nice.
 
FYI a 6.8SPC case can be made from a 30-30 case.

If I ever score a T/C Contender carbine barrel in 6.8SPC it will be set up to not only accept a factory saami spec 6.8SPC round it will also be machined to accept a rimmed 6.8SPC made from 30-30 brass...
 
Camp Cook said:
FYI a 6.8SPC case can be made from a 30-30 case.

If I ever score a T/C Contender carbine barrel in 6.8SPC it will be set up to not only accept a factory saami spec 6.8SPC round it will also be machined to accept a rimmed 6.8SPC made from 30-30 brass...
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Cool.... But you do know I was referring to bullet mass? "most" commercial 30/30 being 150 grain flat points while the 6.8 commercial is typically 110 grains... 40grain may not seem like alot but you could swage a light .223 bullet outta that ;)
 
With the 6.8mm 95gr TTSX that are designed specifially for the 6.8SPC to expand on soft tissue down to almost 1600fps the 6.8SPC with a muzzle velocity of 2825fps will cleanly take a deer @ 350 yards.

Can that extra bullet mass of the 30-30 do that nah the drop would be so great that no one would push that limit and no there are no 30-30 bullets that will give that kind of performance.

How about showing us a 223 round that can do that even a 62gr TSX will not reliably expand @ 250 yards let alone 350 these bullets are not designed to expand below 2000fps and any varmint round will not holds together and even if it did it would not be able to transfer enough killing power to reliably take deer at those distances...

The 6.8SPC gives so much better all round performance than either the 223 or the 30-30 that you really can't even begin to compare them.
 
I love my mini in 6.8spc. This round has really impressed me. I've yet to hunt with it, but after loading a few 90 gr HP's and seeing how the explode on pumpkins, this will be my new coyote gun, and before the "Mini bashers" pile on, it will shoot 1" @ 50, 2"-2.5" @ 100. I figure that should be good for dogs to 250ish, no recoil and 4 quick follow up shots for the ones that don't stand still. ;)
 
I have also heard the US military is thinking about switching to the 6.8 from .223. It is a more capable round from what I can find about it. The damage from such a small round is impressive, although I think the deer are not impressed. :welcome:
 
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