.243 load for Deer n Hog.
12-23-2014, 09:32 AM
#12
Giant Nontypical
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I want accuracy AND speed, especially after 300 yards that extra few hundred FPS makes a big difference.
12-23-2014, 09:38 AM
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Beyond 300 yards you might want a little more speed, which is easily attainable in the .243/6MM! But then again, beyond 300 yards, you'd probably want "more gun too!"
12-23-2014, 09:38 AM
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No argument there! I was just trying to say that many people that don't know the other variables like bullet design think that speed is all that is necessary to kill something, when it's far from being that simple.
12-23-2014, 10:45 AM
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Even factory 100gr Winchester PowerMax is 2960 fps...
Barnes Vortx ammo with an 80gr TTSX is 3350...500fps faster then the 85gr Sierra load. That's the difference between a standard cartridge and an Ultra Mag.
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12-23-2014, 10:57 AM
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Fork Horn
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One load for 2 different types of animals. Probably barnes or the GMX just because of the hogs plate. Here is a picture of how thick a plate is and if you have never shot a hog then I will vouch that you will need a good bonded or a solid copper bullet. Especially if you are using a .243
12-25-2014, 08:45 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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I picked up some Horn. 80grn GMX's, 85grn Interbonds and finally a box of 95grn SST's on the way back from Puducah Ky the other day from a funeral. So I now have proj's to play with and just need some more brass.
I only had about 50 to play with. Don't know how much they have been shot. Some mixed Rem and Winch. Sounds like I will give him a shopping list and let him go. Brass will be less likely to be screwed up by a non-loader to get!!!!!
I only had about 50 to play with. Don't know how much they have been shot. Some mixed Rem and Winch. Sounds like I will give him a shopping list and let him go. Brass will be less likely to be screwed up by a non-loader to get!!!!!
12-25-2014, 10:58 AM
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You don't really need a bonded bullet if you shoot a hog right in or below the ear an inch or two. There is no plate there and it's the only animal I'll make head shots on because of their anatomy and wanting to put them down where they stand. If you look at the blood on the head of that hog I posted the picture of earlier in this thread, you'll see what I'm mentioning because he was DRT just like every other one I've shot. Of all I've shot in Texas I've yet to take a body shot on one and never had one go the length of it's body after the shot. All I use is a SP or BTSP Hornady Interlock. The bonded bullets have become very expensive and most people don't need them unless they go on an elk or moose hunt where better penetration before complete expansion is wanted.
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12-25-2014, 06:38 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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You don't really need a bonded bullet if you shoot a hog right in or below the ear an inch or two. There is no plate there and it's the only animal I'll make head shots on because of their anatomy and wanting to put them down where they stand. If you look at the blood on the head of that hog I posted the picture of earlier in this thread, you'll see what I'm mentioning because he was DRT just like every other one I've shot. Of all I've shot in Texas I've yet to take a body shot on one and never had one go the length of it's body after the shot. All I use is a SP or BTSP Hornady Interlock. The bonded bullets have become very expensive and most people don't need them unless they go on an elk or moose hunt where better penetration before complete expansion is wanted.