6BR Norma shooter needs help with hunting bullet selection.

[Wheres-Waldo]

I’ve been shooting MatchBurners in my BR for the better part of 5-6 years and only shooting steel/paper with awesome results.

My son is getting to the age where he’s more than happy shooting MY rifle and has the itch to kill some stuff.

I initially was searching for a bullet that could serve as both a target and hunting projectile that was economical and would be able to handle thin to medium skin game to several hundred yards… Mainly hogs, deer, coyote and ram.

I did not find anything that I was happy to let bridge the gap, and decided that the best option would be to keep my current range load, and start a new load development with a hunting bullet.

I’m still wide open on hunting bullet options but have done some initial development with the 103 gr ELD-X.

I’m concerned about interlock vs bonded cores, and know a bonded bullet would be better on hogs specifically, which I foresee being the bulk of what we kill in TX.

Seeing as how he will be shooting whatever we decide on out of a 6BR and likely at BR speeds… 2700-ish… should I stay with an interlock construction to get safe and reliable expansion, even if I give up a little bit of weight retention?

 

[Mike Casselton]

105 Berger hunters.
On my BRs they hit to the same POI out to 800yds

Edit to clarify: they have the same impact and trajectory as the 105 MB. The Berger are just more consistent.

 

[spife7980]

The eldx will be fine on hogs