The Howa 6mm creedmoor has connected on 4 deer ranging from 45 yards to 301 yards with a 90gr Sierra Gamechanger.

Complete pass throughs on all except the huge doe at 45 yards on an extreme quartering to shot. Bullet entered at neck/shoulder intersection and penetrated at least 20” and came to rest just under hide on off-side as shown in pic below. The bullet retained 53% of its weight, expanded to 0.5” and the deer never even twitched. I was extremely impressed with the performance of a non-bonded bullet on such a close shot hitting bone.

None of the other three deer ran more than 45 yards and all had good blood trails. The 301 yard shot deer made it less than 20 yards and the shot was just a double lung hit behind the shoulder.

I wanted to shoot the Barnes 95gr LRX but the rifle much prefers the HSM 90gr Gamechangers.

I know four deer is a small sample size but so far the 6 CM is proving to be more than just a paper punching varmint gun as some have suggested.

45 yards




301 yards

120 yards