Best 243 bullet for deer
09-28-2011, 10:29 AM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Idaho
Posts: 1,081
Remington Core Lokt, Hornady Interlock, Speer Hot-Core, Nosler Balistc Tips, and Sierra Pro Hunters (I dont like Game Kings, there boat tail bullets do have a tendancy to shed their jackets) have been reliably killing game for years at less than half the price of Barnes. In my opinion Barnes TSX's are overpriced and do not provide reliable, consistent expansion.
Last edited by fritz1; 09-28-2011 at 01:55 PM.
09-28-2011, 05:12 PM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 194
Okie2,
Less than 80 grains of a bullet to stop a deer with minimal meat damage?
Hummm! It sounds like to me you are one of them there speed demons who wants a trajectory similar to a frozen rope and can only get it with a light bullet. It has been my experience that small bullets driven fast usually disintegrate on impact causing a whole bunch of blood shot meat. The next question is which deer? Small eastern deer can be stopped with any bullet a .243 can spit out. Heck, for eastern deer (like here in Virginia) I shoot whatever Winchester or Remington packs in their Walmart ammo boxes. I believe they are 100 grain PowerPoints or Corelokts???? For western deer like where I grew up in Colorado or dall sheep there in the Wrangells when I lived in Alaska, I would roll a 100 grain Speer Grand Slam!
Good luck and be safe!!!
Less than 80 grains of a bullet to stop a deer with minimal meat damage?
Hummm! It sounds like to me you are one of them there speed demons who wants a trajectory similar to a frozen rope and can only get it with a light bullet. It has been my experience that small bullets driven fast usually disintegrate on impact causing a whole bunch of blood shot meat. The next question is which deer? Small eastern deer can be stopped with any bullet a .243 can spit out. Heck, for eastern deer (like here in Virginia) I shoot whatever Winchester or Remington packs in their Walmart ammo boxes. I believe they are 100 grain PowerPoints or Corelokts???? For western deer like where I grew up in Colorado or dall sheep there in the Wrangells when I lived in Alaska, I would roll a 100 grain Speer Grand Slam!
Good luck and be safe!!!
10-02-2011, 06:42 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,926
Shooting, but then I'm old
If you shoot it in the right place, the deer will go down. And if you're not a butcher, how would you know anything about meat damage. Ever skin a deer of its hide?
The difference between bullets of different calibers is small, if you put two different deer bullets next to each other. As if the deer is suppose to know the difference.
Went through my youth, using an old slow 200 grain interlock bullet. In those swamps with a max shot of 100 yards, it was all I ever needed. And you'll learn what you need. And it isn't all of the useful calibers, used on deer, in the last fifty years.
Still reload those old slow bullets. The physique of the deer hasn't changed much. I only have to worry about my old eyes.
The difference between bullets of different calibers is small, if you put two different deer bullets next to each other. As if the deer is suppose to know the difference.
Went through my youth, using an old slow 200 grain interlock bullet. In those swamps with a max shot of 100 yards, it was all I ever needed. And you'll learn what you need. And it isn't all of the useful calibers, used on deer, in the last fifty years.
Still reload those old slow bullets. The physique of the deer hasn't changed much. I only have to worry about my old eyes.
