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    .243 bullet for white tail?


    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.

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

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    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

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    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

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    Re: .243 bullet for white tail?

    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.
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    Re: .243 bullet for white tail?

    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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    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.

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    Re: .243 bullet for white tail?

    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.

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    85 grn sierra's and 90 grn nosler ballistic tips both are great on white tail!!!
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    Re: .243 bullet for white tail?

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

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    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.

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    Re: .243 bullet for white tail?

    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
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    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.

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

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    Re: .243 bullet for white tail?

    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.

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    Re: .243 bullet for white tail?

    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!
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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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

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    Re: .243 bullet for white tail?

    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.

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    Re: .243 bullet for white tail?

    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.

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    Re: .243 bullet for white tail?

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

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    ...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...

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    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.

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