6mm Creedmoor – 90 gr CX – Hornady (813944) – 200 Rounds

The 6mm Creedmoor is known as a long range target round, but with the right bullet it is also a light recoiling, flat shooting deer cartridge. This listing is Hornady Superformance 6mm Creedmoor 90 grain CX ammo, MPN 813944, sold as a 200 round case. It is built for deer and pronghorn hunters who want a lead free bullet, and for hunters in places where nonlead ammunition is required.

Hornady rates this load at 3,325 fps with 2,209 ft-lbs of muzzle energy. The CX, or Copper alloy eXpanding, bullet is a monolithic copper alloy design with a heat resistant polymer tip. It expands into petals and keeps nearly all of its weight, so a light 90 grain CX penetrates more deeply than a lead core bullet of the same weight. Superformance propellants add velocity, which helps the copper bullet expand reliably at distance. This is hunting ammunition, not match ammo.

This ammunition fits rifles chambered in 6mm Creedmoor, including the Ruger American and Ruger Precision Rifle, Savage 110 and Axis, Tikka T3x, Bergara B-14, Browning X-Bolt, Christensen Arms Mesa, and AR-10 pattern rifles built for the round. A common question is whether 6mm Creedmoor and 6.5 Creedmoor are interchangeable. No. They share a parent case but use different bullet diameters, so fire only ammo matching your barrel marking. Another common question is whether 6mm Creedmoor and 243 Winchester can be swapped. They cannot. The two cartridges fire the same bullet diameter but have different case dimensions.

Hornady 813944 is new production ammunition, not reloads, made in the USA by Hornady in Grand Island, Nebraska. Cases are reloadable brass with boxer primers and non-corrosive components. The case contains 10 boxes of 20 rounds for 200 total from one lot, which lets you confirm your zero and carry the same lead free load for several seasons. Copper bullets often group differently than lead core loads, so the extra rounds are useful for confirming accuracy at hunting distances.