Is this a good whitetail load?
11-23-2004 | 12:42 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Western PA
Is this a good whitetail load?
How do all of you think this 6mm load i am using will work on deer. 95gr Nosler BT with 42gr of IMR4035 43 is listed as max. CCI large rifle primers. Do u think this will be a good deer load for PA whitetails?
12-16-2004 | 10:36 PM
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RE: Is this a good whitetail load?
I killed 2 deer this year with 95 BT in a 243 win. One at 230 yards, text book kill. The other at 40 yds and penetration was in the range of 7 or 8 inches and the bullet flew apart. (Frontal shot in the brisket) My father in law has killed upwards of a dozen over the past couple of years with same load with only a couple of mishaps. I would STRONGLY recommend avoiding bones and all but broadside shots, especially up close. That bullet is pretty tender at 3000 fps. My brother in law killed a deer and as we were skinning we found a fully mushroomed .243 BT still on the outside of the shoulder blade, it never even broke through. I'll be shooting 100 gr Partitions next year.
12-17-2004 | 10:07 AM
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From: NW Ohio , 5 min from Ottawa National / Magee Marsh
RE: Is this a good whitetail load?
7mmaniac and others Your statements about lack of penatration is why I am a firm beliver in 25 cal 115 gr or heaver bullets.
