zrexpilot

please do not try head and neck shots at 200 yds. Sorry but thats bad advice. Put it in the vitals at those distances.

Rebel Hog

If he knows how to shoot, he'll put in it's Ear!
I have been doing it for years.

smokepolehall

For what its worth i have been shooting a 243 for 30 years. I tried 80gr. Win. PP one time, i shot a Doe about 60 yards on first shot. I ended up putting 5 shots into her before it piled up. After complete cleaning job, i found the bullets fragmented badly. So after that i have shot only 100 & 105gr. bullets and they do the job, cleanly harvesting my game! [&:]

Rebel Hog

Smokepole,
I said 100gr!

Virginia7

243Win. for deer: 200yds., and forget the 80gr. bullets. Move up to 100gr., and
preferrably a good one like Nosler Partitions, Trophy Bondeds, etc.
80gr. bullets are for varmints.

zrexpilot

At 300 yds ? Pfffttt ! Ya right

Rebel Hog

Zrex, go back and read what I advised him. I told him to try and stay
at 200yds, not 300.
Can't you put them all in a 8"pie plate @ 300yds.I can, everyday and
even on Sundays.

halcon

I guess everyone has thier favorite bullet weight , myself I use the 85 gr Barnes X bullet and have no trouble keeping them in a 4" bulleye at 300 yards . Took two bucks with the 243 win this year , both one shot kills at over 200 yards . They were both complete pass throughs and neither deer took a step . I've never tried the heavier bullets after a tech at Sierra told me the 85 gr was the best weight for the 243 .win or 6mm .

smokepolehall

RebelHog, i did not take issue with your advice, i just answered his ? of 80gr. bullets & my unfortunate use of them. I use Nosler spitzer solid base 100gr. for my deer hunting. In close range i sometimes use the 105gr. round nose bullets with great results! I should have made it clear i was advising redneckbulldog. Seems this topic doesn't reply to the original person but to whom ever was writing before! So i hope this has been cleared up. [&:]

driftrider

You are correct, and despite my best effort, some people still don't understand that they must read the post, not the header, to figure out who a post is addressed to and make very defensive responses to posts not even directed at them. Perhaps if people would read the posts more critically then could assertain the intended recipient of a reply. I had no problem understanding that your post was directed at the original poster, and that you were trying to relay your bad experience with 80gr bullets and not accuse someone else of using them. I wouldn't take it personally.

Mike