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Old 08-24-2010, 05:22 PM
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What's your best Whitetail round? Just picked up a TC Icon tonight.

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Old 08-24-2010, 05:30 PM
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winchester 243 win 100gr. power point. Gets em everytime.
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Old 08-24-2010, 05:34 PM
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my wife uses a .243 TC Encore 100 grain Win Ballistic silvertip, I shoot a .280 140grain Win same thing. both of us have never had to look for a deer
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Old 08-24-2010, 05:37 PM
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150 grain Nosler out of a 6.5 x 55 swede
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Old 08-24-2010, 06:02 PM
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Inside of 250 yards the 100gr CoreLokt work as good as any, I've killed 85 or so with that loading...For bean field deer the Federal Premium 85gr Sierra GameKing HPBT is very flat shooting and has more velocity for extented ranges...

About 10 years ago, I decided to kill 5-6 deer with each factory loading, they all worked...Just pick one your rifle likes...
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Old 08-24-2010, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Night Crawler
my wife uses a .243 TC Encore 100 grain Win Ballistic silvertip

I do to. Works pretty good.
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Old 08-24-2010, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by kswild
winchester 243 win 100gr. power point. Gets em everytime.
Live it up! Doug
I second the motion.
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Old 08-24-2010, 06:30 PM
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I like the 85 grain Federal Barnes Triple shock. Solid ballistics of the lower grain and probably retains more weight than a 100 grain through the deer. Expensive though.
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Old 08-24-2010, 06:48 PM
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95 gr. winchester ballistic silvertips in my wifes model 7
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Old 08-24-2010, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Dirt Dawg
150 grain Nosler out of a 6.5 x 55 swede
I wouldn't think that would work very well in a .243.


I've had good success with the Remington Express 100 gr. Core-Lokt's. Try a few different loads and figure out what works best in your rifle.
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