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<blockquote data-quote="Fred Ea" data-source="post: 628197" data-attributes="member: 43009"><p>I bought a 243 for my son for the light recoil. I have been loading 100gr. speer GS, 100gr. hornady spire point and round nose that I had on the shelf and they did ok, but it just didn't have the punch to my liking. So I got some 85gr. barnes tsx for it and that made the difference. My son shot a doe at 120yards and the bullet entered in the front shoulder, went through, broke 3 ribs, exited and broke the other leg, deer ran 30 yards and fell. These bullets shoot better that any of the other ones I have put through it. I was not very sure about a 85gr. bullet for deer, but the barnes bullet is almost the same length as the 100gr. bullets I have been using. They are impressive in my opinion and perform well with better penetration.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p>FE</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred Ea, post: 628197, member: 43009"] I bought a 243 for my son for the light recoil. I have been loading 100gr. speer GS, 100gr. hornady spire point and round nose that I had on the shelf and they did ok, but it just didn't have the punch to my liking. So I got some 85gr. barnes tsx for it and that made the difference. My son shot a doe at 120yards and the bullet entered in the front shoulder, went through, broke 3 ribs, exited and broke the other leg, deer ran 30 yards and fell. These bullets shoot better that any of the other ones I have put through it. I was not very sure about a 85gr. bullet for deer, but the barnes bullet is almost the same length as the 100gr. bullets I have been using. They are impressive in my opinion and perform well with better penetration.:D FE [/QUOTE]
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