243 big enough for whitetails?
08-26-2009, 05:23 AM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,476
It will do the job when you do yours.
My biggest deer, and the only one to grace my wall, was taken with a .243, 100 grain handload. I must admit though, that when taking large whitetails, those that dress out at 175 lbs or better, it would be very advisable to use a premium bullet.
The cartridge's famed low recoil definitely contributes to shooters being steady and holding still while shooting.
My biggest deer, and the only one to grace my wall, was taken with a .243, 100 grain handload. I must admit though, that when taking large whitetails, those that dress out at 175 lbs or better, it would be very advisable to use a premium bullet.
The cartridge's famed low recoil definitely contributes to shooters being steady and holding still while shooting.
08-26-2009, 05:42 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: MA
Posts: 1,653
Great deer round but the key is a well placed shot.. I like mine cause it's just so much fun to shoot at the range. The kick is so gentle you can really bear down when shooting paper and if you have ever watched someone shooting to much gun at the range you know what I mean. Watching someone shooting a 300 Win Mag or something they really can't handle is a sight!!
Nothing worse than sighting in a gun your scared of..
Nothing worse than sighting in a gun your scared of..
08-26-2009, 05:56 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 3,406
You Dad says the .243 is plenty to kill a deer and has one it before...Listen to your Dad!
08-26-2009, 06:24 AM
#15
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 252
Got my very first deer with my grandfathers .243 17 years ago. It was a doe at 100yds with a perfect heart shot, she went maybe 50 yards. I couldn't tell you what grain bullet it was as i was 12 but whatever it was, the .243 did the job.
