bullets

[a1hunter]

okay guys new to the 6.8 i have shot the 110 gr ph , 110 grain ab and both have yet give me the pass throughs i've been hoping for at close ranges. i've been waitng on some of the combat loads to arrive. most of the shot have been quartering shots but are finding the bullets just under the skin. love the rifle because it just right for my 10 year daughter to shot with the collapsable stock. just hope to find a good combo of bullet that stays together and that penatraes all the way through.



6.8 body count
8 point 220 yd
doe 250 yds
spike 70 yds
doe 20 yds

[68WJ]

Of course a quartering shot will give the most mass to penetrate and limit the chance of pass-throughs, but try one of the Barnes options. Since you are close range, the 110 gr TSX should open quickly but retain ~100% of its weight. The Accubond that you have already been using is about the strongest construction of any of the 6.8 bullets that will still allow good expansion. More choices are surely to come, but it is hard to beat a monolithic like Barnes for expansion and weight retention. If you reload, the 95 TTSX may be even better.

[colt100]

I have only shot one deer with my 110 gr accubonds reloads but I did shoot it twice. The first shot hit the chest but a bit low and it ran about 40 yards and stopped. Not knowing at the time how bad it was hit, I shot it again behind the front shoulder and it dropped in it's tracks. After butchering, I found that the second shot was not really needed but it helped put the animal down faster. I was about 2 inches too low with the first shot but still in the chest cavity area so it would have been a fatal shot. I'm sure that when the deer stopped, it was about to drop based on what I saw when I butchered.

Anyway, the shots were about 70 yards or so and both were complete pass throughs. The first shot entered the front shoulder, broke the shoulder, entered the chest, went through lung, and then out the left front of the chest in front of the other front shoulder. I couldn't tell the difference in wound profile from my 308.

Are these light handloads or are they factory loads? My handloads are going 2550 from the muzzle in a 16 inch barrel.

[Napoleon_Tanerite]

Of course a quartering shot will give the most mass to penetrate and limit the chance of pass-throughs, but try one of the Barnes options. Since you are close range, the 110 gr TSX should open quickly but retain ~100% of its weight. The Accubond that you have already been using is about the strongest construction of any of the 6.8 bullets that will still allow good expansion. More choices are surely to come, but it is hard to beat a monolithic like Barnes for expansion and weight retention. If you reload, the 95 TTSX may be even better.

Double Tap offers an off-the-shelf loading with the 95gr TTSX; however, I don't know anything about its specs. Even if it's relatively slow it should be effective out to 200-250yd, since according to Barnes it expands down to 1600fps