12-07-2023, 02:20 PM
You're free to use what you want, but the issue with the 105 hpbt match bullets is not the penetration, it is whether they have enough expansion to do adequate internal damage for a quick, humane kill inside the animal.
Some match bullets, like the 123 Eldm with the grendel, are moving slowly enough and are soft enough that most times they seem to perform well in hunting apps. And some really good shooters use a "varmint" bullet (the TNT 90 gr 6.5) as a pig bullet... 'course they mostly hit the hog behind the ear for a cns shot.
In a 243 Win the 105 could be moving fast enough to fragment once inside the deer...
A much wiser choice would be to use a bullet in 6Arc designed - or at least known and proven - to be a proper hunting round. Again, for a cns shot, head shot, or high spinal shot, even a 105 would do the trick. But why would you want to put a pencil hole through a broadside -- "good penetration"? Like I said, it's your choice...
Some match bullets, like the 123 Eldm with the grendel, are moving slowly enough and are soft enough that most times they seem to perform well in hunting apps. And some really good shooters use a "varmint" bullet (the TNT 90 gr 6.5) as a pig bullet... 'course they mostly hit the hog behind the ear for a cns shot.
In a 243 Win the 105 could be moving fast enough to fragment once inside the deer...
A much wiser choice would be to use a bullet in 6Arc designed - or at least known and proven - to be a proper hunting round. Again, for a cns shot, head shot, or high spinal shot, even a 105 would do the trick. But why would you want to put a pencil hole through a broadside -- "good penetration"? Like I said, it's your choice...