.243 bullet for white tail?

[Scalian]

What bullet do you use for white tail in your .243. I just put mine together and want to try it for deer this late doe season. I had some 80g federal soft points factory loads laying around and they shoot tiny groups. Wondering is this is heavy enough of a bullet for clean kills.

[1Shot]

...I use 85gr Sie. HPBT GameKings or Nosler 90gr BT's.. Both do the job... :)

[montana bob]

I've been hunting with a 243 wssm for the last couple of years and have taken both deer and hogs using the Barnes 80 gr TTSX, my preferred 6 mm bullet for hunting. I picked up a 243 this summer and have loaded 85 gr hp SGK. I've shot one buck with them so far this season, went through the lungs, broke a rib going in and coming out and found very little blood.He only ran about 30 yards but it was through some thick stuff and took a while to find him

[va243hntr]

The 80 will do just fine with the right placement , that being said for deer in Va I like the federal 100 SP the cheap blue and silver box took a couple with them and the deer went no more than three or four steps

[xj4me]

ive always had good luck with factory remington 100gr core-lokt. every deer ive shot with them has ran less than 20 yards, several bang-flop. I tried some hornady 100gr soft points 3 years ago and had a buck run about 50 yards so i went back to the core-lokts.

[piroguejoe]

Used the 100 gr hornadys when I first started hunting and always had good luck with them. Now with the ttsx and accubonds and partitions etc. Can you really go wrong?


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[5spd]

I have used speers 80g jsp/ sierras 85g jhp bt/ nosler 90g partition/ nosler 95g hunting bt bullets in my .243 and they have all dropped Antelope with one shot out here...so they would be perfect for whitetail.

[mattri]

Sierra 100gr Game Kings are very accurate and very effective. Have shot a number of mulies with them out to 200 yards and never had to track a deer.

[sniper15545]

85 grn sierra's and 90 grn nosler ballistic tips both are great on white tail!!!

[peterf225]

I have used 95 gr NBT and 95 gr ballistic silvertips with no problems.

[fyimo]

For Deer like a quality 100 grain bullet and the Sierra game king is a good one and I killed two does last Friday using a reload with Hornady SST 100 grain bullets loaded to 2825 FPS and they both dropped in thier tracks.

[tpepper70]

When I was a kid, I hunted and killed LOTS of deer with a 6mm shooting Dads reloads using 100grn Hornady BTSP Interlock bullets. Never tracked more than 20 yards and most bang flop. Now I load this same bullet in my wifes 243. All her kills have been bang flop. Not gonna change what works great. Good luck and God Bless, tpepper

[kweeks10045]

87 gr. Nosler Partitions work great. I am using the 95 Nosler ballistic tips right now. They haven't failed me yet, but I have had some concerns on penetration. I have never had one exit a deer. And this is at 100 yards. But, dead is dead.

[sendero72]

I use the 105 a-max and the 95 gr SST.

[montana bob]

I just shot a doe last night at about 230 yards with then 85 gr SGK. She ran about 50 yards down the field at full speed did a banking curve and ran back to where I shot her and dropped. Lung shot and lots of the red stuff.

[cariss74]

I shoot the 85gr Barnes TSX out of my .243. Farthest any deer has gone has been about 20 yards. Most of the times they are a bang flop. People tell me I shoot a kids gun and should step up to something bigger. I just tell them that I dont like tracking my deer and my kids gun works just fine!

[seanmurphy265]

For deer I prefer Remington Cor Lokt. I'm not a fan of the ballistic tips, but I also hunt the woods. One of my best friends shoots I believe Hornaday ballistic tips and will shoot nothing else.

[fyimo]

My hunting partner Ron killed 6 Whitetail deer this season with his Remington 700 in 243 and he never had to track one more than 25 yards so yes they will kill a whitetail deer. Now we do live in Arkansas and our deer run much smaller than the Midwest and Western whitetail deer so in those areas a larger caliber like 25-06 or 270 might work better. I lived in Colorado for 21 years and the 25-06 and 270 definitely work on mule deer and Antelope.

My choice of bullet in the 243 was a 100 grain Sierra game king BTSP.

[cajun]

I've been fortunate to take three deer with my Savage Weather Warrior in 243 this season while shooting a 100 grain Nosler Partition bullet: doe (115#) at 200 yards; 6 point (165#) at 125 yards; 8 point (170#) at 200 yards. All three shots were high shoulder with a result of bang/flop.

[Danley]

i am shooting the berger 95 hunting vld. super accurate out of my savage 243 and devastating on deer.