.243 bullet for white tail?

[montana bob]

I shot a sow hog a couple nights ago, probably around 175-200 lbs, ranged her at 265 yards , shot her with my 243 85 gr SGK. She dropped right there.

[Lincoln4]

Every deer I or my daughter have shot with .243 has been a bang-flop, except one (poor shot by me). We've always used 100 grain, but everything from Winchester Silver Tip, to Remington Core-Lokt, and now Hornady Interlock Soft Points. Doesn't seem to matter much what we use.

[handirifle]

For those that shoot the shoulder, or high shoulder, how much meat loss do you end up with?

[1Shot]

...If it's a high shoulder shot you'll lose some loin...Depends on how far back you hit-em...With the 85gr Sie. HPBT-GK or Nos 90gr BT I like the neck shots myself DRT...I don't do shoulder shots..Lungs or neck...I use the front legs for berger anyway so I guess it would'nt matter too much...A shoulder shot will lose alot of meat with those bullets...

[efw]

90 or 95 gr NBTs; the latter is VASTLY under rated in my opinion.

The gentleman who designed it was a 6mm fanatic and made it TOUGH AS NAILS, shooting elk & bear w/ it as well as whitetail.

If I were going w/ one bullet for a 6mm hunting rifle (.243 Win, 6mm Rem, 240 Bee) I'd do that 95 if it'd shoot. If it wouldn't I'd do the 90, which has performed very nicely on deer, varmints, paper, and steel through my 6mm-250.

[fishshocker]

...If it's a high shoulder shot you'll lose some loin...Depends on how far back you hit-em...With the 85gr Sie. HPBT-GK or Nos 90gr BT I like the neck shots myself DRT...I don't do shoulder shots..Lungs or neck...I use the front legs for berger anyway so I guess it would'nt matter too much...A shoulder shot will lose alot of meat with those bullets...


+1 for the neck shots! My first few kills with my 243 were shoulder shots with the 95gr winchester ballistic silvertips....man do they drop them in their tracks! But I also noticed a lot of meat damage, so I switched to neck shots and that changed everything! I shot one @ 160yrds on the edge of a field right at dusk...headed down to the edge of the field and walked the woods to track her, but couldn't find any blood...anywhere, so I went back to my stand...noted where she was when I shot her and walked straight to that spot....very easy tracking job from then on...she didn't even fall over. All 4 hooves were on the ground (in the same direction that she was facing when I shot her), but her knees were bent and her nose was in the dirt. She actually scared me, thought she was trying to hide. I've been shooting neck shots from that day forward.

[skypilot]

My older Model 110 shoots the factory Winchester 100 gr Power - Point (X2432) well.
Never had to track a deer when shot with the Win. PPs all DRT. I have a place in the Southern US and it works on the 150 lb. deer there and on the 300 lb deer here in Canada

I may try some reloads for it because ammo is quite higher here and I reload for the .223 anyway.

Regards,

[Steel Talon]

85gr Nosler Partitions...

[Stockrex]

in the big ass game sub forum, there a vid posted last year of an Elk (cow) shot with a 243 at 600 yrds or so.
so Nosler partitions might be overkill for bambi unless you are shooting a 500lb Mule deer ;-)

[Steel Talon]

How about a link to the video

[logic factory]

i assume this is the video being mentioned. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY0w1c-gf18 kasandra cow elk at 688yds. is the title on youtube.

[tyler.woodard04]

95 VLD. Worked great in my 6BRX striker to 500 yards

[Stockrex]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY0w1c-gf18

[5spd]

My last antelope was dropped with a 95g nosler Hunting BT at 120 yards & it was to much IMO as it ruined one whole shoulder at a low but very accurate 2600 fps.
This year my load will be the sierra 85g GK or 80g nosler PT.

[nsaqam]

I'd be pushing the 80gr Barnes TTSX very fast.

Shoot for the shoulder to break them down fast if they need to be anchored.

[kk71]

How about a factory box bullet?

[sniper15545]

I use the 95 grn ballistic tip Nosler.

[bcraig]

I use the Barnes 80grain TTSX factory load. Works great on deer and shoots 3 shots into less than an inch at a Hundred yards out of a Remington 7600 with 4x leupold.
Craig

[helotaxi]

85gn Partition. I've got some 100gn Partitions but don't have time to work up a load for this year's season. You're less likely to destroy a lot of meat if the bullet holds together. There's no such thing as "too dead".

[JackinSD]

105's in both the AMAX and Berger VLD's.