Anybody hunt with a 6BR?

[rishu_pepper]

Anybody here hunt with a 6BR? I just picked one up from a fellow CGNer, and thought it would be perfect deer medicine.

Specs:

Rem 7 action, trued, bolt and handle skeletoned
20" Shilen 1-10" twist barrel in 0 contour (talk about thin!!)
Bansner stock in black
Weighs 5.5 lbs scope-less
Smithed by Bill Leeper

A Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40mm Z-plex will be mounted with Leupold rings.

I plan to go with Barnes 85gr TSX. This should be good for my LEH mulie doe (And I won't ask if it's good enough for "mo__e" or "_lk" or "cari__u", because everyone will just say "Shot placement is key" )

What are your experiences with hunting with this calibre?

 

[KodiakHntr]

The caliber is fine....6mm pills kill stuff pretty dead....Shot my first 30 or 40 deer with a 6mm remington and 100gr lead cup'n'core's....

As to the cartridge, who knows....What does it push the 85's at?

 

[OKTREE]

With the right powder, you will be over 3,000 ft/s with 85gn bullets.

I would not hesitate to hunt with mine, although I have not.

 

[sunray]

Use the right bullet. 6mmBR.com is your friend.
http://www.6mmbr.com/index.html
"...plan to go with Barnes 85gr TSX...." Use Barnes data. And no it's not enough for moose, elk or caribou. Neither is a .243 Win.
"...push the 85's at?..." 6mmBR.com says 3050 fps with an 87 grain V-Max. (No using V-Max bullets for deer though.) Just under 3000 fps(50 whole fps) with a Sierra 85 grain SP. 2600 FPS with a Sierra 100 grain SP.
http://www.6mmbr.com/f/Sierra_6mmBR_Data.pdf

 

[rishu_pepper]

Unfortunately 6mmbr.com doesn't give very detailed reloading data.

And I was kidding about the moose thing I have a 7WSM for that kind of thing.