Contemplating a new rifle.

**DaavG** · 27-06-2023, 06:05

Originally Posted by BBT

That looks nifty, where did you see this?

A NZ site - VTP - https://www.vtp.co.nz/product/howa-m...=false&q=false

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**TStone** · 10-11-2023, 11:19

I have been hunting with the 6mm Creedmoor Howa for the past couple of weeks, mainly blesbuck but it also accounted for a springbok, an impala and a black wildebeest. The blesbuck below was shot this morning at ±300m with a 90gr Hornady CX bullet.
Scope is a Leupold VX-6 3-18x44 and the silencer is a Fryer & Devik 131.

**shark_za** · 10-11-2023, 13:04

How "soft" are those Hornady CX bullets?
Compared to other monos?

**TStone** · 10-11-2023, 13:35

Originally Posted by shark_za

How "soft" are those Hornady CX bullets?
Compared to other monos?

The one below was recovered from a blesbuck shot at ±300m, angling away shot. I have shot several blesbuck at similar distances and all wound channels showed expansion. Compared to other bullets, similar to the Hornady GMX it replaced.

**Daaf Malan** · 10-11-2023, 14:08

One of the best purchases I ever made was my Savage VLP in 204 Ruger. You will drop anything from a crow to a blesbuck. Cheap to shoot, forgiving to reload and cases and bullets are not that hard to come by. I shoot a 32 grain VMax at almost 4000 fps.

Speed kills.

**Againstthegrains** · 15-11-2023, 14:44

Originally Posted by Daaf Malan

One of the best purchases I ever made was my Savage VLP in 204 Ruger. You will drop anything from a crow to a blesbuck. Cheap to shoot, forgiving to reload and cases and bullets are not that hard to come by. I shoot a 32 grain VMax at almost 4000 fps.

Speed kills.

Nothing more satisfying than a clean headshot with a 32gr Vmax. And you see the red mist through the scope picture