.243 bullet for white tail?

[huntted]

For 4 years only 95 Berger bullets at near 3000fps. Nothing walks away, not deer or hogs. Of course, I love those Bergers, only thing I shoot anymore in 220 swift, 243, 260, 30-06.

[stomp442]

Same here. I use a Berger in everything and the 95 or 105 would be my pick with the 100 grain sierra game king being my second choice.

[r3dn3ck]

100g core-lokt's on coastal blacktails are positively devastating but, blacktails are much smaller than whitetails. Large ragged exit wounds. Very flat shooting. Longest take was 550yrds down hill pretty steeply on a 120lbs buck. entered left shoulder, exited the front of the chest and left a hole you could drop a tennis ball through. No really excessive meat damage for all the dramatic outward appearance of the wound. I've taken a few bucks with .243 at much closer ranges and never had any fails to penetrate clean through. I don't know if a 80gr would be as tough.

[helotaxi]

I don't know if a 80gr would be as tough.

All the 80gn bullets that I have are varmint bullets but I wouldn't have any reservations using the 80gn TTSX. I just don't have any. The 85gn partition will get the job done.

[skoger]

Wife and I have killed a ton of deer with 85gr Sierra Game King, BTHP, with 36.gr of IMr 3031 under it, worked this load up over 20 years ago. A year or so ago, Brian Pearce in Rife magazine stated that this same exact load was the utlitmate whitetail round for a .243!

[Lincoln4]

Just got back from early buck and elk season. My daughter wacked another whitetail with the .243 Hornady Interlock 100 grain. Nice little 4X4, with a funky looking left antler. She hit him in the right shoulder on a quartering shot. The bullet passed through the right shoulder into the chest cavity, hitting the heart, and exited on the left side near the rear of the rib cage. The deer then took off and ran about fifty yards before crashing. Love these "cheap" bullets!

[dnsmith]

Wife and I have killed a ton of deer with 85gr Sierra Game King, BTHP, with 36.gr of IMr 3031 under it, worked this load up over 20 years ago. A year or so ago, Brian Pearce in Rife magazine stated that this same exact load was the utlitmate whitetail round for a .243!

I'm gonna write that one down.

[dnsmith]

to the OP, who started this thread a year ago, I typically use a 100 g hornady or sierra flatbase softpoint. 40 g of H4350. I have some nosler brass for the .243 that is really pretty decent. has required very little trimming.

[Orr89rocz]

I always used nosler partitions in 100 gr in my 6mm remington. Tough bullet. I always heard the lighter bullets that werent a solid copper or partition heavy jacketed bullet type could fail when hitting tough shoulder bone. 100 grain corelokts were my practice and groundhog bullets and they seemed to open up quickly... Wouldnt feel as confident on deer in thicker wood areas where i hunt.