.243 for whitetails
08-20-2007, 03:11 PM
#21
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,425
RE: .243 for whitetails
Funny how deer hunters that have used the .243 report good results....
Those that haven't....
Just don't know.....[8D]
Now if you had asked me how to fly a helicopter, I would have had to tell
you "I don't know".... Three of the most honest words in the English
language, funny how they get used so little....
Those that haven't....
Just don't know.....[8D]Now if you had asked me how to fly a helicopter, I would have had to tell
you "I don't know".... Three of the most honest words in the English
language, funny how they get used so little....
08-20-2007, 03:12 PM
#22
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Posts: 16
RE: .243 for whitetails
The two bucks I killed with a .243, 100 grain, didn't know what hit them. I shot one running and one standing still. The one running had winded me. I put the cross hairs where he was running and when the scope filled with hair I squeezed and he dropped. The other deer ran 30 yards and piled up!
08-20-2007, 05:54 PM
#25
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 65
RE: .243 for whitetails
i purchased my wife a rem 7400 in 243 she killed a few deer with it she shot one at 60 yards broke both shoulders and through heart it went 50 yard and got hung on a vine it was dead but still going tuff bastards. i shot one at 30 yards it went 40 yards it was dead on its feet but still 40 yds.i then shot one waking at 150 yard it went in behind the ft shoulder took heart out the bullet never exitedout. it ran a big loop for 200 yard right to me about the time i was going to shot again he started slowing down until he fell out. what i'm getting at is i shoot the deer with my 270 at that range the dirt flys up on the other side of him. 243 maybe good at close range but it doesn't have enough down range.
08-20-2007, 05:55 PM
#26
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: va USA
Posts: 580
RE: .243 for whitetails
I've used a 243 and probably 15 or 16 othercartridgesfor deer hunting over the years.
I simply will not use a 243 on deer again. IMOthere are better choices out there, so why limit yourself with a marginal round like the 243. The fact that this debate surfaces again and again, not only on internet boards but in hunting camps everywhere speaks volumes.
I simply will not use a 243 on deer again. IMOthere are better choices out there, so why limit yourself with a marginal round like the 243. The fact that this debate surfaces again and again, not only on internet boards but in hunting camps everywhere speaks volumes.
08-20-2007, 06:21 PM
#27
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: St. Louis, Mo
Posts: 855
RE: .243 for whitetails
I say shoot whatever you want, 243, 270, 30-30, 30-06, 308, 7mil, etc. They all do what they are designed for. It is just a choice of the many available to us hunters and sportsmen and women.I have several calibers and have taken white tails, mule deer, and antelope with them. At this pooint of my life I am looking for light weight and less recoil. That is why I purchased my Remmington 700 ADL in 243. Good choice for me.
Spudrow from Mo
Spudrow from Mo
