Wife's first deer with the Savage

[bigger]

I put together a .243 for my wife and took her hunting this past weekend. She got her first deer with a nice 150yd shot on a little buck. Gun, shooter and my handloads all performed great.
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Savage 110 .243, cut 2" off factory stock, reshaped the butt a bit, then did a custom paint job, "custom" gel wrist support under the sleeve for a cheek rest (works perfect).
243, 100gr Hornady Interlocks, 39gr IMR 4350

[tufrthnails]

Congrats. That is a cool paint job.

[jim_k]

This is fabulous, and I know how great it is to harvest an animal with a Savage you put together yourself; even better for your wife to accomplish this. Kudos!

[bigger]

This is fabulous, and I know how great it is to harvest an animal with a Savage you put together yourself; even better for your wife to accomplish this. Kudos!

It really does. Last year I killed a deer with it as a 30-06, this year it's a hot-pink .243, still killing deer.

[swamphonkey]

I never get tired of seeing that. Look at that smile! You can't fake that. If you think about it you just got the best gift your wife is now a hunting buddy also. Great job on every thing.

[bigger]

I never get tired of seeing that. Look at that smile! You can't fake that. If you think about it you just got the best gift your wife is now a hunting buddy also. Great job on every thing.

She got her elk tag now and is rearing to go.

[handirifle]

She got her elk tag now and is rearing to go.

Is she gonna use the 243? What load will you use?

[bigger]

Is she gonna use the 243? What load will you use?

Looking at moving her up to my son's 7mm-08 with 139gr Interlock. Haven't worked out the load for that one yet.