ORIGINAL: nchawkeye
I have done this with many different .243 bullets, in my inline I have done it with the 300 Barnes copper and the 250 SST....I have also done it 7-8 times with the .54 and a round ball, although I usually aim right behind the shoulder with that, like a good bow shot...
Thank you NC Hawkeye for your post. What is the name of your 300g Barnes, the X bullet? Iwill betesting a couple of Barnes, the 290g MTZ I believe and the 285g Knight Ultimate Slam, both are aerodynamic. I intend to shoot them out of a Savage 10ML for 150 yard shots,my purpose is hunt elk in the 1st rifle season in colorado in 2008, but I am working up loads and using the bullets on deer this fall. I have never purposely shot a deer in the should yet, but Randy Wakeman, on his home page says that is a killing shot also with a proper penetrating bullet. He likes the Barnes also. I agree the SST is too hard, they tend to shoot thru the deer without expansion.
chap