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Old 05-30-2008, 07:37 AM
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cjwink
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Default RE: 243 win.

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The .243 Win makes a good deer round for young hunters or lady shooters who might be recoil sensitive. While it does have enough energy to make a clean kill, a 30 caliber round like a .308 or 30-06 will perform better in more circumstancesover the years.
A 243 will kill a deer just as dead with either a Man, Woman or child behind the trigger. In fact the 243 using the85 BTHPbullet will have more speed, less drop and aboutthe sameEFP than many of the 308 150 grain bullets out past about 350 yards. I am not sure what "more circumstances" are but to me the 243 is a better "deer round" than the 308. That is not a knock to the 308, cause I love the 308.. Just for bigger sized game..
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