243 winchester
12-22-2007, 12:59 PM
#22
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Amarillo, TX
Posts: 456
RE: 243 winchester
it is a great caliber! I bought my daughter one for Christmas last year. It has plenty of energy and velocity for whitetail deer at ranges most folks wont shoot. Shot placement is important as with any caliber. My daughter took her first buck this season with her .243 80grain bullet at 300 yards, however it was a perfect high shoulder shot. The buck ran about 20 feet and fell. I would recommend this caliberor the 6mm Remington to anyone! Its the perfect caliber for deer and smaller game.
12-22-2007, 08:50 PM
#24
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Illinois
Posts: 2,688
RE: 243 winchester
ORIGINAL: xXxrory7xXx
when i used to shoot deer with my old .243 i found hardly any blood also
then when i turned 13 i got a .308
much bigger hole= much bigger blood trail
ORIGINAL: bayou_buckslayer
i used to use a 243 winchester but i needed something with more power! i killed a deer about 2 years ago with my cousins 243 we could hardly find any blood it was a ok shot its a good lil fella gun mighty small though....i moved on to a 308 wood model love that gun! i was 10 when i shot my first deer now im 12 and i have a 308 i like my 308 more but you know i wouldnt switch again but its a good lil gun it just doesnt leave much blood but it kicks cause it has a short barrel depends what you like.........my opion.......no......but thats my opion u like 243 u buy it!
i used to use a 243 winchester but i needed something with more power! i killed a deer about 2 years ago with my cousins 243 we could hardly find any blood it was a ok shot its a good lil fella gun mighty small though....i moved on to a 308 wood model love that gun! i was 10 when i shot my first deer now im 12 and i have a 308 i like my 308 more but you know i wouldnt switch again but its a good lil gun it just doesnt leave much blood but it kicks cause it has a short barrel depends what you like.........my opion.......no......but thats my opion u like 243 u buy it!
then when i turned 13 i got a .308
much bigger hole= much bigger blood trail
12-22-2007, 10:02 PM
#25
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Jefferson County, Missouri
Posts: 7,684
RE: 243 winchester
ORIGINAL: longrifle1000
I wouldn't call the0.064" difference between the two"much bigger".
ORIGINAL: xXxrory7xXx
when i used to shoot deer with my old .243 i found hardly any blood also
then when i turned 13 i got a .308
much bigger hole= much bigger blood trail
ORIGINAL: bayou_buckslayer
i used to use a 243 winchester but i needed something with more power! i killed a deer about 2 years ago with my cousins 243 we could hardly find any blood it was a ok shot its a good lil fella gun mighty small though....i moved on to a 308 wood model love that gun! i was 10 when i shot my first deer now im 12 and i have a 308 i like my 308 more but you know i wouldnt switch again but its a good lil gun it just doesnt leave much blood but it kicks cause it has a short barrel depends what you like.........my opion.......no......but thats my opion u like 243 u buy it!
i used to use a 243 winchester but i needed something with more power! i killed a deer about 2 years ago with my cousins 243 we could hardly find any blood it was a ok shot its a good lil fella gun mighty small though....i moved on to a 308 wood model love that gun! i was 10 when i shot my first deer now im 12 and i have a 308 i like my 308 more but you know i wouldnt switch again but its a good lil gun it just doesnt leave much blood but it kicks cause it has a short barrel depends what you like.........my opion.......no......but thats my opion u like 243 u buy it!
then when i turned 13 i got a .308
much bigger hole= much bigger blood trail
i ALWAYS compared the bullets
put them side by side
on paper it may not sound like much
but just look at them
12-22-2007, 10:34 PM
#26
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Illinois
Posts: 2,688
RE: 243 winchester
my dad shoots a .308, i do also now but i used to use a .243
i ALWAYS compared the bullets
put them side by side
on paper it may not sound like much
but just look at them
i ALWAYS compared the bullets
put them side by side
on paper it may not sound like much
but just look at them
12-23-2007, 08:55 AM
#28
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Illinois
Posts: 2,688
RE: 243 winchester
whatever man
and if you dont think it looks like much
go shoot one of each through a 2by4
and see the difference
and if you dont think it looks like much
go shoot one of each through a 2by4
and see the difference
Bottom line is this. You put either slug into the kill zone at reasonable ranges, and you will have a very dead deer.