Thread: Climbing & killing deer with my 6 XC

Originally Posted by doinit

The word cull caught my eye,really enjoyed that,thank you.

Yeah, I really used to enjoy hunting good bucks but at one stage it just snapped and it gave me absolutely nothing. So I'm happy to leave the good beasts to people who can appreciate them better than me, I'm in it for the hunt and the filming.

Originally Posted by Tentman

Very nicely shot video - thanks. Whats in you pack (besides quite a bit of video gear obviously) that takes you to over 15 Kgs? Do you always carry the front pouches?? I used them in army days and despite thinking a lot about a slimmer hunting version, have never ben "brave enough" to try them hunting as I feel they would make it too hard to move across really steep terrain.

Yes, the front pockets are the only way I can get the cameras in/out fast enough. Not how I constructed mine, they are only sewn to the harness along the top. They are soft backpack pouches made by Kifaru, nowhere near the stiff feel of military webbing.

As for weight, the backpack is shit. 2,5 kgs and that's me removing frames, lids and unnecessary fabric. The tripods are 3,5 kgs each the cameras about 2 ea. Outside camera gear, I only carry a gralloch kit, syntethic insulator, mittens and hat plus water and a snack.

Originally Posted by Bagheera

Can you tell us about the 6XC ?
Does it fit into a 308 size action ?
Why is it better than the 243 ?
What sort of ballistics are you getting from yours ?

Ballistics = 6,5x55 trajectory with a little less punch in a short action.
I have been told by a ballstician at Norma that 6 XC is easier to load develop for and it is inherently more precise/ predictable. The Swedish team won the world championship when they started using 6 XC. The 243 can see pressure spikes and fliers as the throat start to wear, this has been removed from 6 XC. I don't really know, I just parrot the information. My 243 shot ok, but 6 XC is definitively in a different league for precision.