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Old 10-26-2005, 02:29 PM
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Solitary Man
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Default .243 bullet choice

I bought my son a .243 Ruger Compact for his first sure 'nuff deer season (he's 10) and would like to get some opinions on bullet selection.We loaded some cartridges with the 100 gr. Nosler Partition and shot them, so I know those shoot okay in this rifle. I've also loaded up some 85 gr. Barnes Triple Shocks, but wehaven't had a chance to shoot those yet. My guess is that they'll shoot okay too.Of these two bullets, which one would you prefer to hunt smallish sized whitetails with and why. This is new territory for me as I've never used anything smaller than a 150gr. 30 caliber bullet for hunting whitetail.
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