.243 QUESTION

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02-09-2006, 07:57 PM

#21

dkhamner

Fork Horn

Join Date: Jan 2005

Location: Amarillo, TX

Posts: 456

RE: .243 QUESTION

IMO it is the best deer rifle. saying that, i don't have one but i do have the twin sister in the Rem 6mm. took my 1st deer with it and my daughter took her 1st deer with it this year

02-10-2006, 12:35 PM

#22

nchawkeye

Giant Nontypical

Join Date: Nov 2004

Posts: 5,425

RE: .243 QUESTION

I have taken about 140 deer with my .243...Have used it since 1980..
No problems...

02-10-2006, 03:04 PM

#23

hillbilly17

Join Date: Sep 2005

Location: Tn

Posts: 286

RE: .243 QUESTION

a .243 will knock black pepper out of fly poop.

02-10-2006, 05:50 PM

#24

hobie11

Join Date: Dec 2005

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Posts: 283

RE: .243 QUESTION

the .243 is just fine for deer i would go with 90/95/100 gr bullets though for more energy. 95 gr ballistic tips are around $22 dollars a box but they create a wounds channel of catastrophic proportions on deer an allow for quick clean kills.